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Re: Re: [NSW] Driver shortage?
- Subject: Re: Re: [NSW] Driver shortage?
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 02:08:42 +1000
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:13:54 +1000, "Stuart Thyer"
<s.thyer@anatomy.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>I suspect they probably had more problems taking from the guards than from
>the street, it would have been a very limited selection of people in the
>guards grades to choose from, when picking from 'the street' you have a much
>larger range to select from, even after weeding out the real dills. What is
>this alleged talent that you get from being on the inside that an outsider
>can't pick up, after all, you don't see too many nice things said about
>guards by drivers anyway.
>A well run training course should be able to bring any of these people up to
>scratch if they have the right aptitude to start with, it works in other
>states.
All drivers should have prior experience as either a guard or on the
freight. Off the street is a bad idea. Even a guard with 6 months
experience is better than an off the streeter.