What is dispatching? · Dispatcher University (Free)

What is dispatching?

I know that if you have not been in a situation you desperately need help from an experienced dispatcher to work with you and support you. Or you have been in a bad situation dealing with bad dispatcher who have no clue about dispatching, it is difficult to really appreciate what dispatching is all about. Most people focus on the money they want to make but not the work they must do to make the money. With the way things are going now, the broker can now be held liable for any load they give a carrier whose CSA score is below acceptable standard. That means that picking loads from load boards is pretty much going to be a waste of your time for most dispatchers. Dispatching requires high level of knowledge about the carrier and his equipment, the driver, the type of freight and route planning to make the carrier’s trucking business profitable. There are many more things you must know to help your carrier that if you have no experience in the industry or have not been on the road yourself cannot automatically know what you do not know that you need to learn to be a good dispatcher. Bottom line, it takes time to become a good dispatcher if you have never been a driver or ever had an experience with a bad dispatcher. Needless to say that there many bad dispatcher out there willing to charge 2% just to make a dime and leave you stuck in the middle of nowhere without a load on a Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend in Fort Meyers FL.

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