Female Trainer Looking For A Better Gig.

I'm an experienced female driver and mentor. 5 years driving and I've been mentoring off and on throughout. I've been looking for info on companies that are best for female trainers. I've got a couple of specific things I'm looking for and my current employer isn't hitting the mark. I can't find info on this anywhere. Does anyone know where to start?

I think most companies could benefit from more good female trainers. You could find info here Trucking Company Reviews. Hope that helps. Good luck.

Mary,

Since your profile is blank, I don't know what area you are from, However I do highly recommend my company, if you are in their hiring area.

West Side Transport is a smaller privately owned company (550 trucks) located in Cedar Rapids, IA. The company is primarily focused on shorter haul regional routes (MidWest, Southeast, and Network Fleet), but don't let the short haul fool you. They have solo down to a science and preplan so well, idle time for solo drivers is virtually non-existent.

We have nice, well maintained equipment and they are serious about safety and CSA scores. It's so nice being with a smaller company and being known by name and not just a truck number. We have many drivers who have been with West Side Transport for 20 years+.

Female trainers at West Side can train both male or female drivers, trainer choice entirely. They have a student program, where they are willing to hire brand new CDL school grads and send them on the road for 30 days of company training. Other rookie drivers with a little more experience may go with a trainer for 2 weeks.

Weekly hometime if regional and bi-weekly if fleet. If training your student is placed in a hotel during your hometime at company expense and they get paid while waiting. My codriver trained before we began teaming, and we placed his students at Candlewood Suites or Hampton Inn when he took hometime. Cost was no factor in hotel selection and he made sure they had easy access to restaurants, grocery stores, etc. and were placed in a nice clean hotel with indoor pools and other expected amenities.

The trucks are automatics, with the exception of traning trucks. Those are new Freightliner Cascadia 10 spd manuals. All drivers must be able to shift a manual transmission and are trained and tested in those, but issued automatics when they go solo.

Check them out. You might love what you discover.