Training New Drivers At Werner.

Also as to how I like Werner they're OK. Good miles if you'll run and don't get burdened with someone else's failed pti job missing bad tires or gaping holes in trailers or outdated dot stickers. Yea I got stories there but they are good to me.

I agree fully. My brother and I run teams in the JT fleet and love it. More miles than I can shake a stick at and a good DM.

Hey that's very cool Acuzio! Glad you stopped by again! We send people off into the world and often times never hear from them again. It's great to hear things are goin good for ya. You came here to learn about trucking and now people are going to turn to you for the same reason. I dig that kinda thing. It really shows just how far you've come in a short amount of time.

Just a heads up to any Werner newbies I'll be in Omaha tomorrow for repairs and maybe get a student so if you are there for orientation may just get lucky. Also feel free to ask me any questions if you see my truck In the lot big red Volvo can't miss it

Just a heads up to any Werner newbies I'll be in Omaha tomorrow forrepairs and maybe get a student so if you are there for orientation may just get lucky. Also feel free to ask me any questions if you see my truck In the lot big red Volvo can't miss it

At least you are able to get to a yard with little trouble. Those of us on the JT loads can't pull into a yard while under a just in time load. It has to stay moving because there is very little time on the load. Now I can go to a yard for supplies for the truck but have to do that between loads. But a good thing is when we do happen to get to a yard and something needs to be done to the truck or trailer there is no waiting list for our truck or trailer. We bypass everyone and go straight to the top of the list for repairs. I know it's unfair to people that have been waiting hours for the truck to get fixed but then again they are not running team only loads that must get to the cconsignee without delay.

So I'm now a trainer for Werner enterprises. Just over a year and a half ago I came here for help getting my cdl. I can say this site helped me a whole lot. Just felt I should pop in and pass on the news. So anyone headed that way my truck is a red 2012 Volvo truck number 13999. Also if anyone sees me out there gimme a yell on the cb my handle is viking or walk up if my curtains open.

Hello! I need some advice about a friend whos with a trainer right now. She is a recent grad from Roadmaster and started with her trainer yesterday. She's 100% about doing things right and is ready to learn.. This is something she's wanted for a long time. She started her first morning heading out the truck door to do her pre-trip inspection when her trainer ask where she was going. She told her trainer where she was going and was told not to worry about doing that. she went to do it anyway. All was fine except the tandems weren't right. Trainer said they needed to get going, tandems are fine. At the first weigh station they get pulled to the side. DOT starts measuring the tandems. The trainer goes in the truck leaving my buddy to deal with DOT. my buddy was driving. She was given a $100 citation. When she got in the truck to do whats needed to notify the company, the trainer had already done it. Something else she has been doing is going to her bunk and sleeping while my buddy is driving. Should she talk to the company or keep quiet? she was told if she ask for a different trainer, she could be waiting a month for another trainer. Any advise is welcome. This site has helped her so much!!

Julie, for starters I believe the trainer will be held responsible for the citation, not the student. That would be my guess anyhow. If not, it's possible that trainer just played a game of dirty pool and put the risk on the student. Unfortunately there are too many trainers out there that would do that.

There are some people here in the forum that work for Werner and I'm going to let them give you more specifics about how to handle that if they're able to. What I would recommend is to tell your friend to document everything. Write down things that are said, times things are done, and anything noteworthy about the current circumstances. If there are any more incidents like that I would certainly speak to someone at the company.

As far as sleeping while your friend is driving, that's pretty common also. Some trainers stay in the passenger seat until they're comfortable with the student's driving and from that point on they mostly stay in the bunk. Other trainers go straight to the bunk on day one and quite honestly don't give a rat's *ss about training anyone. They're simply taking on a student to make a few extra bucks. Very unfortunate circumstances, but quite common I'm afraid.

Some companies will gladly let you switch trainers if there's a problem, other companies make it far more difficult. But regardless, tell her to document everything so if she does have to request a change she can give them very specific details as to why. And even better, if she's stealthy about it she can try audio recording some conversations on her phone. There are trainers that are known to scream and yell, constantly criticize, and things of that nature. Once you're in the truck with them one on one it's your word against theirs so a recording of some sort would be an awesome way to verify what's going on. Hopefully that won't be necessary, but it might.

I do work for Werner and here is the long and short of it. If that is what happened THEN it needs to be reported. Trainers should never ever rush a student when they are trying to do the right thing. She should have someone like a training coordinator she can talk to. There are a lot of things you can take short cuts no but never should safety be one of them. Pre trips are there for a reason. If there is a problem then it has to be reported when it's found.

While the trainer did a ****** move and ducked into the sleeper or in this case slithered under his rock the ticket goes to the active driver at the times the inspection took place. That is the same for any company out there.

Believe me I know how your friend was feeling at the time but since she knew about the violation before hand it's her ticket to pay and her CSA points to count. It's a $100 lesson learned and that's a cheap lesson.

Short of it.... tell your friend if it's broke then get it fixed.

This next part I actually just 3 seconds ago got off the phone with our safety department cause I wanted to confirm the advice I was about to give. Jason in after hours safety told me that your friend, when she next gets to a terminal or yard that has safety, to go and talk to anyone in safety and they will fill out a report and it will get taken up the line for review. This is how it's done if she wants to make sure it does not happen again.

Frankly I hope she does report the trainer because if that trainer is skipping over basic fundamental safety in a pretrip then what else is he skipping or short cutting?

This is one of the reasons new drivers feel so Unprepared for going solo cause stuff they need to know is being fast tracked or skipped. And of course this leads to the new driver developing bad habits and perhaps passing them on to other new drivers cause there was no one there to press apon them the importance of developing good safety habits in the beginning.