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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1163090" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>And that is the correct answer they gave you - they send you to whatever location has a class being held, that has a vacancy in it.</p><p></p><p>Most districts have classes regularly scheduled with a dedicated trainer doing nothing but teaching Courier classes. They have a station near the district office which holds the training truck and usually has all the training material stored for the full-time trainer. In the instance where turnover has been particularly high for the stations of a region, Couriers will be sent out of region to attend a school in a different region that has a vacant seat. In order to do this though, there has to be a pressing need for the station to get the new hired Courier onto the road ASAP. In many instances, they won't send a new hire Courier out of district for school, they'll just keep them working minimums doing package handling or riding along with bulk routes to help out. The costs of air travel, lodging and per diem are considered in whether it is worth it to go to the expense to send someone out of district for training - or just hold them for the next class and have them be a high paid package handler for a month or so. </p><p></p><p>For CSAs and DG school (and Ramp Agent for AGFS), things are a bit different. There isn't enough need for these positions to have regularly scheduled classes at the district level. For these positions, people are regularly sent to regional level classes. For DG and Ramp Agent, I went to regional level schools. For one of these, I even went to a class on the other end of the country, since the need to have me trained was urgent and a class within my region wasn't to be held for well over a month. </p><p></p><p>With all the budget slashing going on, I'd expect that they won't finalize on a school location till probably a week before you're ready to go. Then if some other station manager screams loud enough that they need THEIR new hire trained first, then you'll get your class date bumped. </p><p></p><p>You'll have plenty of time to learn to hate Express, no sense in showing any sense of urgency in getting trained to do the job which you'll be underpaid to perform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1163090, member: 22880"] And that is the correct answer they gave you - they send you to whatever location has a class being held, that has a vacancy in it. Most districts have classes regularly scheduled with a dedicated trainer doing nothing but teaching Courier classes. They have a station near the district office which holds the training truck and usually has all the training material stored for the full-time trainer. In the instance where turnover has been particularly high for the stations of a region, Couriers will be sent out of region to attend a school in a different region that has a vacant seat. In order to do this though, there has to be a pressing need for the station to get the new hired Courier onto the road ASAP. In many instances, they won't send a new hire Courier out of district for school, they'll just keep them working minimums doing package handling or riding along with bulk routes to help out. The costs of air travel, lodging and per diem are considered in whether it is worth it to go to the expense to send someone out of district for training - or just hold them for the next class and have them be a high paid package handler for a month or so. For CSAs and DG school (and Ramp Agent for AGFS), things are a bit different. There isn't enough need for these positions to have regularly scheduled classes at the district level. For these positions, people are regularly sent to regional level classes. For DG and Ramp Agent, I went to regional level schools. For one of these, I even went to a class on the other end of the country, since the need to have me trained was urgent and a class within my region wasn't to be held for well over a month. With all the budget slashing going on, I'd expect that they won't finalize on a school location till probably a week before you're ready to go. Then if some other station manager screams loud enough that they need THEIR new hire trained first, then you'll get your class date bumped. You'll have plenty of time to learn to hate Express, no sense in showing any sense of urgency in getting trained to do the job which you'll be underpaid to perform. [/QUOTE]
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