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Mentor at Frode Laursen:
“Ole is worth his weight in gold”
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As a mentor for our apprentice HGV drivers in Road
DK, Ole Knudsen, a freight forwarder, prepares their
work plans, plans their trips and helps them when
they run into problems.
“I think the young people are fantastic. It’s great
to see how keen they are to get on the road. On the
other hand, they can also be a bit uncertain about
things. And even though I try to consider their wishes
when planning their routes, I think it’s important that
they try their hand at everything. They ooze pride
when they’ve had a difficult trip or dealt with a
challenge. And they brag a bit about what they’ve
managed to do, which I love,” he says.
In addition to the apprentices’ enthusiasm for
truck driving, they inject a bit of life into Ole’s
working day.
“They usually arrive for work at the same time
every morning, bursting with energy and cheer. It’s
important that everyone talks nicely to each other,
because then the working day is much more enjoyable, and they are very good in that respect,” he says.
He looks after us well
The apprentices Benjamin Nedergaard Larsen and
Christian Pedersen are also very happy with Ole.
“We know we can always talk to him if we run into
problems – he looks after us. We know we can rely
on him because he does what he says. He’s worth his
weight in gold,” say the two apprentices in unison.
They also think it’s a big advantage that Ole has also
worked as a driver.
“He’s a great mentor because he knows what he’s
talking about. And if he assigns us a particular task,
it’s because he has every faith that we’ll be able to
do it. Altogether, it means that Frode Laursen is a
fantastic place to be an apprentice because we can
try different things and learn a lot,” they say.
