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The problem with the system, according to Nichols, is applicants cannot hold job while qualifying for skilled trades training funding. Theyre addicted to fastpaced, adventurous, technologydependent lifestyles. This suggests, anecdotally anyway, that too many carriers are only interested in roadready drivers showing up at their front door. This is whats frustrating for me. Related Links Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council Mountain Transport Institute in Like the farm system in professional sports, the driving schools are training ground. One log hauler talked to in northern Alberta recently told me no, you need three drivers to work eight hours.

And more than handful simply dont have the work ethic to handle the job, whether they know it or not. Levels of Effectiveness in AttractingRetaining Drivers Even with licence in hand, percent of newly hired drivers feel they need additional training, whether it involves regulations cited by percent backing, coupling and uncoupling 18. 9 percent shifting and transmission 12. 2 percent defensive driving 8. 1 percent or the essential skills of reading, writing and math 8. 1 percent. Theyre addicted to fastpaced, adventurous, technologydependent lifestyles.

A lot of companies want to run their truck hours. Theres no funding mechanism for them. Some guys will be resilient enough to put up with all that and build some experience to move up to better That doesnt necessarily mean, however, that surplus commercial licence holders dont exist. The shortage of qualified drivers is not supply side issue, but rather trainingqualification issue. There are many reasons why those drivers arent working in trucking right And more than handful simply dont have the work ethic to handle the job, whether they know it or not.

Some are physically or legally barred, as they have some sort of medical impairment, drug dependency or criminal record that disqualifies them from many lanes namely American ones. But bad taste in their mouth because theyre underpaid, asked to run more than one logbook, and operate unsafe equipment.

This suggests, anecdotally anyway, that too many carriers are only interested in roadready drivers showing up at their front door. When asked, nearly twothirds of new drivers also admitted they dont possess the skills for safe and productive career in trucking. Levels of Effectiveness in AttractingRetaining Drivers Even with licence in hand, percent of newly hired drivers feel they need additional training, whether it involves regulations cited by percent backing, coupling and uncoupling 18. 9 percent shifting and transmission 12. 2 percent defensive driving 8. 1 percent or the essential skills of reading, writing and math 8. 1 percent. Tags: schools