So what does everyone do for a living?
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My wife loves my driving, I've driven more than two million kilometers and even though I always owned very fast cars when I was young, I haven't had any accidents, only one rear-end collision in 1971, my future wife was wearing a very, very short miniskirt and I was looking at her legs... it's an accident I would gladly have again even now.
Perhaps you could offer @Badjamin a job
I was actually thinking self employed kitchen fitter might be an option for @Badjamin
It's pretty basic joinery and the extra plumbing skills he has can be very useful.
Good pay and it's indoor work. Some travel involved but every project is different.
It is a lot easier as a two person team though as some items are very heavy.
Pretty easy for our fitters as we do dry fit only. No electrics, plumbing, plastering, tiling etc
All 1st and 2nd fix done by site contractors to our P&E drawings.
Our specialist painter then visits after installation and hand paints all the furniture In Situ.
And don't forget those useful "traffic ahead" alerts - the ones where you've failed (due to your inferior observational competence) to acknowledge (by way of an immediate emergency stop) stationary traffic on the horizon.
Train up in HSE? You have a good base knowledge of hazardous materials/environments. Money for old rope, reasonably secure and pays quite well.
Something tells me flipping houses will entail navigating mine fields. Experience required.
I was 50 when I retrained as a Train Driver, just a lad at 45.
I’ve known loads of people that wanted to be train drivers. Getting a foot in the door is akin to cracking the enigma code apparently.
just a suggestion but join the railway in another role and apply internally?
Not so much that, but it is a numbers game. Nealy half the population have a criminal record so theyre administratively binned from the off - its one of those roles where even otherwise spent convictions show up in an enhanced DBS.Then there are the health and physicals to pass, which would be me out of the running. Then the intelligence and cognitive testing, a load more fall by the wayside. And so on. By the time theyre at the end of the process there aren't many left. The reason so many coppers become train drivers is besause the requirements and attributes necessary for each role are fairly closely matched.
The money is OK, you won't starve on 30-65k but won't be ordering a new rolls royce either, but get on the Eurostar and the kerchingaling opportunities really open up, 130 large for drivers there on the top increment.
I’m looking forward to seeing your LWB high top camper layout when it’s all finished, you have the perfect skills to design something very special in that spaceKitchen Designer and CAD technician.
I have been designing kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms since leaving Tech over 40 years ago ( Interior design, A level art etc )
Been with my present company for nearly 25 years. I am a Senior Designer and also Manager of the CAD department
As well as designing and selling I produce our in house AutoCAD libraries and dynamic blocks etc.
We are an extremely high end brand name supplying hand painted classic kitchens. ( I deal with a lot of wealthy clients including some very well known folk! )
My average project is around £85K starting point to £180K plus depending on size and appliances etc. I have sold well in excess of this for multi room projects.
I feel privileged to get to see some fantastic properties. I love the big grand country houses, the older the better!
Here's one I made earlier
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Spent 42yrs on the Railway. Started as Mech/Elec engineering apprentice with BR. Worked on everything domestic from wiring a plug to rewiring stations.
Also as dual trained, maintained various equipment, cranes, lifts, escalators, stripped engines, gearboxes and many hydraulic systems. Move on to Track Maintenance Machines, Train Drivers Rules & became Driver/Operator/Technician for the last 15yrs. Took early retirement at 58 (18mnths ago), still do zero hrs contract after being asked to go back.
Also as dual trained, maintained various equipment, cranes, lifts, escalators, stripped engines, gearboxes and many hydraulic systems. Move on to Track Maintenance Machines, Train Drivers Rules & became Driver/Operator/Technician for the last 15yrs. Took early retirement at 58 (18mnths ago), still do zero hrs contract after being asked to go back.
It’s quite an intense process, it can also be fairly brutal.
I remember having to go to Doncaster for the psychometric testing as part of the recruitment process, there was a young girl there who had travelled up from Plymouth and stayed in a Travellodge overnight, she was sent straight home after the first couple of tests in the first hour, no ceremony, just taken to one side and never seen again.
Did mine in Watford, Failed the 1st time, had to complete the whole test. Wait for a couple of days to get the result. Then just had to repeat the failed section. Luckily, no pressure really, as I already had my current (at the time) role and this was aimed at getting on to the highest wage for pension purposes. Passed on 2nd attempt
If you can get past all the BS, it's a descent living to be made.
Some fair points but it’s a train driver application we’re talking about. It’s hardly getting through selection for 22 SAS.
We also get quite a lot of ex-services for similar reasons as above. The process is to ensure ability to retain information and operational processes under high stress (incident) and also during repetitive operations (boredom). I remember my 1st Rules & Regs Instructor asking who's safety came 1st. We all shouted Passengers! The reply was quite blunt, but basically, it was if you're out of action, you can't help, so "your own" comes 1st.
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