AT - CDL Driver Trainer

Responsibilities

• Promotes and maintains a positive learning environment
• Maintains a thorough knowledge and understanding of all policies, and adheres to and upholds their implementation and enforcement
• Convenes all assigned classes per their start and end times
• Maintains a safe environment for all students and staff
• Safeguards materials, records, and equipment
• Abides by all Federal, state, and accreditation/compliance rules and regulations
• Serves as a professional role model to students
• Inspires student confidence in program, faculty, and self
• Maintains professional dress, demeanor, and communication
• Maintains appropriate confidentiality when working with students, records, and administrative staff
• Maintains an attitude of enthusiasm and willingness to cooperate and collaborate
• Interacts with students and fellow employees in a courteous, professional, and positive manner
• Treats students with fairness, impartiality, and objectivity
• Provides advance notification regarding lateness, absence, and vacation schedules during time of substitute assignment
• Maintains accurate, up-to-date records of student progress, performance, and attendance, using the tools and technology provided by the institution, as required by school policy and procedure
• Maintains flexibility in fulfilling the instructional needs of the division/client
• Delivers instructional material: trains students in all areas of trucking/driving
• Administers written tests on classroom material and evaluates grades
• Conducts pre-trip inspections of commercial motor vehicles
• Instructs air-brake tests
• Instructs straight-line backing
• Instructs offset backing, right and left
• Instructs 45-degree alley-docking
• Instructs parallel parking, conventional side, and driver side
• Utilizes effective delivery skills (e.g., eye contact, voice intonation, various questioning techniques)
• Draws on personal experiences to relate the material presented
• Utilizes required skills assessments to evaluate student progress in the skills required to successfully pass and obtain their Commercial Driver’s License
• Ability to stand and walk for 8-10 hours outside, in all elements, climb in and out of trucks several times a day, and lift and move up to 50 lbs