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Going to Integrad getting a lot of mixed information from fellow employees.
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<blockquote data-quote="browndingo" data-source="post: 1217351" data-attributes="member: 50642"><p>This is true for the Franklin Park location. The on-road cars are automatic 700s with power steering and the mock town cars are manual 500s (without power steering).</p><p></p><p>You're going to hear a lot of garbage from drivers who have never been to Integrad that it's a waste of time and money and that you would get better training on the job. The thing is, at no point in your Integrad training are you told that this is all the training you will ever need. They are very up front that their job is to get you <em>ready</em> for your on-the-job training by giving you the basics on safety, using the DIAD and the 340 methods. It was never meant as a substitute for the experience the real world will give you. The teachers were all drivers at one point - many of them started in the days when your training was being given a carload and a clipboard and told "good luck." </p><p></p><p>They are also up front about the fact that not every center is the same. This is one of the first activities you'll do, in fact - talking to the other students about what's the same and what's different at their centers. What they focus on are the things that are the same almost everywhere - how to keep your load in good order, thinking ahead, learning your area, training your customers to help you. It's when you get back to the center and actually start to drive that you learn to put it all together. </p><p></p><p>It's funny that so many drivers (who have never been) will tell you "You won't learn anything at Integrad" because at Integrad they'll tell you "You're going to learn a lot from other drivers..."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browndingo, post: 1217351, member: 50642"] This is true for the Franklin Park location. The on-road cars are automatic 700s with power steering and the mock town cars are manual 500s (without power steering). You're going to hear a lot of garbage from drivers who have never been to Integrad that it's a waste of time and money and that you would get better training on the job. The thing is, at no point in your Integrad training are you told that this is all the training you will ever need. They are very up front that their job is to get you [I]ready[/I] for your on-the-job training by giving you the basics on safety, using the DIAD and the 340 methods. It was never meant as a substitute for the experience the real world will give you. The teachers were all drivers at one point - many of them started in the days when your training was being given a carload and a clipboard and told "good luck." They are also up front about the fact that not every center is the same. This is one of the first activities you'll do, in fact - talking to the other students about what's the same and what's different at their centers. What they focus on are the things that are the same almost everywhere - how to keep your load in good order, thinking ahead, learning your area, training your customers to help you. It's when you get back to the center and actually start to drive that you learn to put it all together. It's funny that so many drivers (who have never been) will tell you "You won't learn anything at Integrad" because at Integrad they'll tell you "You're going to learn a lot from other drivers..." [/QUOTE]
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