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<blockquote data-quote="Mr Shifter" data-source="post: 242543" data-attributes="member: 10980"><p>Hello and congratulation on your winning bid. I currently am a part-time shifter for a large hub and won the bid shift with only a few weeks over my first year in. At my facility shifters have to move very quickly and are expected to have their average of trailer movements to little over 6 shifts per hour. I had to start out shifting with a tractor until a Yard shifter came available. And yes the tractor is harder to maneuver around the yard but it made me move slower as i backed because if you don't set yourself of properly you wont be able to back into the dock. I've seen several new Full-time feeder drivers come out of one week of training and do yard shifting for a week then get to cover drivers routes with loads off the property. You have to take your time and not make mistakes which i believe a mechanic had pointed out a few posts up. But right now I'm currently in a Yard Shifter have been shifter for over a year and half and have to say every day you can't let your guard down Follow every procedure they teach you because you could possibly kill someone and not even know it. As a part time loader when i first started i would have feeder drivers pull the trailer i was loading and while i was securing the load retainer and i had co worker actually fall off the back of a trailer on a load stand and hit the pavement. So don't rush like the supervisors get you to do after you been their a few weeks. Is i really worth killing someone? </p><p> </p><p>o yea once again congratulation on your winning Bid I'd have to say i am very pleased with my job and it's a pleasure to go to work every night even when i rains... move overtime do to late loads. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/cool.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mr Shifter, post: 242543, member: 10980"] Hello and congratulation on your winning bid. I currently am a part-time shifter for a large hub and won the bid shift with only a few weeks over my first year in. At my facility shifters have to move very quickly and are expected to have their average of trailer movements to little over 6 shifts per hour. I had to start out shifting with a tractor until a Yard shifter came available. And yes the tractor is harder to maneuver around the yard but it made me move slower as i backed because if you don't set yourself of properly you wont be able to back into the dock. I've seen several new Full-time feeder drivers come out of one week of training and do yard shifting for a week then get to cover drivers routes with loads off the property. You have to take your time and not make mistakes which i believe a mechanic had pointed out a few posts up. But right now I'm currently in a Yard Shifter have been shifter for over a year and half and have to say every day you can't let your guard down Follow every procedure they teach you because you could possibly kill someone and not even know it. As a part time loader when i first started i would have feeder drivers pull the trailer i was loading and while i was securing the load retainer and i had co worker actually fall off the back of a trailer on a load stand and hit the pavement. So don't rush like the supervisors get you to do after you been their a few weeks. Is i really worth killing someone? o yea once again congratulation on your winning Bid I'd have to say i am very pleased with my job and it's a pleasure to go to work every night even when i rains... move overtime do to late loads. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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