A Pig Handling Course Geared to Truckers- Nancy Lidster DNL Farms

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Aside from breeding stock, most pigs have to walk onto a truck and back off again before anyone realizes a return on them. Truckers can maintain or mess up the value of the animals they transport. They can make loading easy for barn crews or a nightmare . Their errors can cost megabucks.

Given all the challenges and scrutiny they face, we’re lucky to have people willing to transport pigs – and many of them do a truly amazing job.

Some truckers don’t do such an amazingly good job – and that causes  anxiety for them, their employers, shippers, and receivers. However, I’m convinced that most drivers who don’t do a good job of moving pigs, would – if they knew how.

That’s what we set out to address with the Low Stress Pig Handling Course for Truckers. We use video to show drivers what to look for: what causes problems – the stuff they need to quit doing; and what gets good results – the stuff they need to do.

Not many people have heard about the Low Stress Pig Handling Course for Truckers so this week I’m going to give a brief introduction, show how to purchase it online and how the course is structured.

Trucker Course Contents

You need to register at the training site before you can purchase the course. Purchasing online can be intimidating if you haven’t done it before so I’ll walks you through the sign up and purchasing process in the next video.

SignUp and Payment

This final video shows how the Low Stress Pig Handling Course for Truckers works. The training site maintains a permanent records of training and allows us to register trucking company trainers to facilitate their drivers’ training.

Working through the Course

The Low Stress Pig Handling Course for Truckers doesn’t just apply to transport. It uses video from a variety of sources to show basic handling principles then sticks with trailer examples for loading and unloading the different compartments. Still, you’ll find the same pig responses occuring in barns and packing plants, especially when you are working pigs in confined spaces.

That’s it. Take care until next week.

Nancy Lidster