turbo.jon

Right got made redundant in december (retail manager) had enough of doing that so thought time for a change paid out £2500 to do my cpcs 360 digger course which i have passed.

Now the hard bit no one will give me a chance all jobs are advertised for experienced drivers and they dont want to no i mean we all have to start somewhere?

Im hard working and very reliable and enjoyed doing my training and cant wait to get a job but its driving me mad i want work and no one will let me.

anyone else having any trouble like this?


jon

pjv7771

have you tried signing up to an agency mate

turbo.jon

Have a couple but not had a thing been looking for loads more on the net just going apply for every thing worth a try not got nothing to lose.

Miller 3

iTrader: (4)

cant you lie

Lee Ivatt

iTrader: (1)

you would have been better, if you were already working and they put you on the course. but thats not possible.

as said best bet is agency work. or become self employed, and become friendly with some local building firms.

idealy if you had your own plant, but you could hire to start with.

only other option i can think is go to ur local council office, , they may have something, and the pay is normally good.

turbo.jon

Would do but they would soon find out i have no experience unless im $hit hot at it but then also i only have a red cpcs trained opperator card which is why i need the experience to help towards getting my blue experienced card.

turbo.jon

Worth try at council office will give try tomorrow as cant see them open today.

Wish i did have my own plant but not got that sort money about didnt really think about hiring out but worth a thought.

cheers
jon

Lee Reynolds

Offer to do a month on min wage? See how you go?

dovboy

pm marco,he was in another job then moved onto 360's etc he might have some pointers.

silver

The next one that you see advertised. Give them a ring and speak in a polish accent. Hey presto, the jobs yours.

turbo.jon

Was thinking that or someone else has said to offer weeks trial for free?

turbo.jon

Got it in one there lol

orionmojo

iTrader: (1)

try turning up at the transport yard where the job is advertised and ask them to give you a trial. 5 minutes behind the controls could speak volumes. i really doubt they'd turn you away cold without a trial if your actually there.

big_wig_074

same as lorry driving really,what you need to do is sign up to EVERY agency going!although a lot of jobs are done through many agencies,some agencies are the only ones with a few jobs.or....get a loan and buy a digger?do it self employed?

kiddie

couldn't the company who you trained with give advise/help find you a placement

dojj

iTrader: (3)

there are lots of places that sign you up with a job garantee at the end of the course

a bit late now i kow, but ask these sortos of agencies if they can help out

turbo.jon

No there bloody useless bloke training me was only one there who knew what he was doing

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

certain jobs on the 360 require more skill than other jobs etc...moving soil/hardcore then there are jobs digging footings out using different attatchments etc...

try to get a job where there is not that much skill involved,then you can blag it a bit then,you should be ok.

then when you get the experience of the machine you can then go onto other jobs.

turbo.jon

Like you say moving soil/hardcore i can do pretty easy but digging footings takes time to get good at it i mean i can do it all just takes ages as i have only done a 10 day training course which is not long seen as i had never been in one before...

fuzzy

pretend to be polish. then theyll have you on a building site the next day.

crash_ash

got it in one,
I started off in a quarry, where there are v. poor operators (there are some real good ones too before i get shouted at) and little skill needed. But its Ideal for getting the feel of the equipment.
Then I went to work for an engineering firm on contract hire.
Then self employed