First Day as a bus driver (in training)

[Ed]

First day went fairly well. The induction was the same as any other public service department, we went through classroom modules on the usual stuff (OH&S, ACTION rules and regulations, diversity, incident reporting, etc.).

[Snorzac]

which depot are you at?

[Ed]

The first week of the 3 week training is held at Belconnen, the trainees will be shown around both depots during training. After the training, I would be most likely posted at Tuggeranong depot, but nothing's for certain yet.

[Snorzac]

cool

[belcodriver]

Remember that for every gutter you hit you owe the trainer a beer.

[Irisbus Rider]

Ha ha, a good reason to keep off the gutters!

All the very best, I'll have to be keeping an eye out

[Bus 400]

I think I saw you guys having a tour of Tuggeranong Depot this afternoon. I saw you lot in the drivers carpark at the time.

[Ed]

I think I saw you guys having a tour of Tuggeranong Depot this afternoon. I saw you lot in the drivers carpark at the time.

Yes, that's right, we were at the Tuggy depot carparks at that time.

[Ed]

By the way, if you saw the only Asian bloke in the group, then that'll be me.

[Bus 400]

Yeah I did (I was looking out in particular).

I have an idea what the next few weeks are.

Week 2-You go out on the road in a group & each have a turn driving the bus in an area/route.
Week 3-You go out with a trainer & drive on a shift, eventually you'll go out on your own with the trainer/another trainer either following you in his/her own car or catching one of your routes mid route.

[Ed]

Actually, next week is considered week 1 and yeah, next week we go out on the road in a group and each have a turn driving the bus. Mid way week 1 two trainees are assigned to 1 trainer. Week 2 comes the training shifts (part time shift) ad week 3 are the full time training shifts.

[Bus 400]

A fellow board member driver told me that.