Originally Posted by
James
i'm 22 on £6-50 an hour, thats with main dealer with nvq level 2, key skills 2 (i think!) few other random certificates from ford college daventry, and testing class 4 with five years experience in the workshop. & i'm not in london.
first off it really bugs me when people say i'm still an apprentice/unqualified, i did all the shit jobs and going college every week until 6pm, worked hard and got a qualification at the end! just cos it's not a city & guilds doesn't mean it's irrelevent!
Obviously we're all still learning as we all know it's a fast moving trade but i'm not quite an apprentice!
bttt, i think you're getting a good deal tbh. use of workshop with keys is soo usuful.
personally with bonus and overtimes makes it a well paid job for my area with the amount of work i actually do. Other days i think 6.50 is shit when you consider the amount of money i am making for the company at £70/hour labor rate!
a few years ago i wouldn't have got out of bed for £6.50 an hour, but these days, if you have steady work and can make sure you don't fuck up, any job is a good job mate
although £6.50 is probably the bottom end of the scale for london, it may be a decent rate for the outskirts of civilisation