Profile For Dyamondprincess

Hey all, I recently got my CDL in August 2024 through DriveCo and started training at Roehl with my CDL already in hand. Unfortunately, I was let go during Phase 3 of training, and now I’m trying to figure out how to explain this to potential employers.

Here’s the situation: I was very open about being nervous and needing more backing practice, as I wanted to improve. I never hit anything or anyone, but I made a few mistakes:

Gas station: I didn’t realize I couldn’t hang up the pump on the driver’s side before pumping and forgot to pull the hose. I immediately reported it to safety.

First delivery: I had to move both trailers myself in a tight spot with heavy traffic. It took an hour. After waiting on my loaded I was at the location for two hours.

Second delivery: I got bad directions from my copilot and ended up on a dead-end street, but I was able to turn my trailer around on my own.

I kept asking for more backing practice, and my FM initially said I’d get it in 6 weeks. But the next day, they sent me to close-quarters training, and after failing it, they let me go.

Now I’m looking for another job and trying to figure out how to explain this termination. Should I bring it up? How can I frame it in a way that shows my commitment to improving?

Any advice would be super helpful! Thanks!