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<blockquote data-quote="Brownnblue" data-source="post: 105061" data-attributes="member: 1941"><p>Geez, where do I begin?!?!?</p><p> </p><p>We had an onslaught of DOK question test (all written) in the last few months. The reason was that we were going to be "tested in the near future" and that since our region had done poorly in the past they were looking to bring the score up. These tests are thrown in front of our face when the air is late or some other hold up. We can look at old copies of answer sheets if we want, therefore no real "education" takes place.</p><p> </p><p>Interestingly, when the testers show up, they start asking the drivers the questions face to face. Let me ask all of you out there, how many of you took oral tests in high school? Oral tests are much more difficult to begin with, and it is obviously made harder when you don't have any kind of training at it either. Our union rep asked this question at the next days PCM, we got the standard "UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, we have to produce written tests for compliance reasons."</p><p> </p><p>The training here is an absolute joke, like many of the previous posters said, it is simply a way to keep up with the OSHA standards. We do have a safety committee and I honestly believe that they are sincere in wanting the drivers to work safe, but there hands are tied by the company in what they can and can not do.</p><p> </p><p>I have always wanted to have a day every so often that we could have some classroom training with a real teacher, not a supervisor who can not pass for a communicater, much less a teacher. Pay us for eight hours, go over not only safety but other aspects of the job, let us participate in questions and answers, and we might get something out of it. I find it rather embarrassing that my part time job (sports official-hey the verbal abuse is nothing compared to UPS) requires more classroom training in a year then I have received in 20 years at UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brownnblue, post: 105061, member: 1941"] Geez, where do I begin?!?!? We had an onslaught of DOK question test (all written) in the last few months. The reason was that we were going to be "tested in the near future" and that since our region had done poorly in the past they were looking to bring the score up. These tests are thrown in front of our face when the air is late or some other hold up. We can look at old copies of answer sheets if we want, therefore no real "education" takes place. Interestingly, when the testers show up, they start asking the drivers the questions face to face. Let me ask all of you out there, how many of you took oral tests in high school? Oral tests are much more difficult to begin with, and it is obviously made harder when you don't have any kind of training at it either. Our union rep asked this question at the next days PCM, we got the standard "UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, we have to produce written tests for compliance reasons." The training here is an absolute joke, like many of the previous posters said, it is simply a way to keep up with the OSHA standards. We do have a safety committee and I honestly believe that they are sincere in wanting the drivers to work safe, but there hands are tied by the company in what they can and can not do. I have always wanted to have a day every so often that we could have some classroom training with a real teacher, not a supervisor who can not pass for a communicater, much less a teacher. Pay us for eight hours, go over not only safety but other aspects of the job, let us participate in questions and answers, and we might get something out of it. I find it rather embarrassing that my part time job (sports official-hey the verbal abuse is nothing compared to UPS) requires more classroom training in a year then I have received in 20 years at UPS. [/QUOTE]
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