Yeah IP...the half dozen guys that we trained and licensed last year were hired as part time dock guys first. They were offered the cdl training program and took it. Soooo....they already had some training on I/b and o/b dock handling: which, by the way, should have included oversight and supervision of proper freight handling techniques that would help them keep damages to a minimum.
To answer your question, "Does training stop after a dsr gets his/her cdl?" No...emphatically No. When a dsr scores his cdl, it's only the beginning of a whole career of training and improving and honing their freight handling experience. I've been at this company since 1994 and from day one I was made to sit down and watch videos,(training), on CCX proceedures and policies. And over the past 22 plus years here I've been lectured to, made to watch videos, given loading techniques instructions, had SWI thrown at me, etc. etc. etc.
Bottom line...if we want this company and our jobs to survive,(and know that you do),then it is imperative that we do the best that we can individually and to come along side the new guys and encourage them to learn from us to do the very best that they can do.