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Even
worse, the more specialized the driving, the harder it is to find qualified
professionals. I know operating a Cottrell Trailer requires tremendous skill as
any carhauler might tell you. I know this since my writing perspective is a
company that services and sells Cottrell Trailers, on top of other trucks.
Well
there were two competing schools of thought on how to fix the situation. One side
said pay a lot more. Sounds good to me. The opposition to that is that we need
to train more drivers. Also sounds reasonable except who is going to pay for
it?
Well
Celadon Trucking has another solution. They have created their own training
facility for drivers. The facility will train hundreds of drivers and will add
almost 200 drivers to the Celadon workforce. It also has a dormitory to house
recruits during training.
Trucking firm plans $5M training center (2013, January 13) Retrieved from http://www.southbendtribune.com/business/sbt-trucking-firm-plans-5m-training-center-20130103,0,515934.story
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I did it from 1973 until I left in 1987. I would have been doing it today, had I stayed. It does have to be done right, thorough and followed through. If done right, it will also slow turnover. That's meeting the "extrinsic" needs. The intrinsic needs are pay, benefits, etc.
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