30, want more money, suggestions?

builder22

builder22

builder22

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I'm currently driving an HGV, the money is not bad just now, but I need to work loads of hours/days to get anywhere near 30k, and that's probably the upper limit tbh, it's in the future I'm more concerned about. If I made 30k (pre-tax) for the rest of my life on a 5 day week without silly hours I'd probably be quite happy with that! Having the chance of promotion would help a lot too, as I say my current job is pretty dead end
I've considered going back to college/uni and getting a degree but I'd be as good as 40 by the time I was finished, prob not the best age to be applying for jobs with no experience in the relevant field! am i right in thinking this way? I know lots of people start degrees at my age but from what I can gather it's mostly to prove something to themselves.

is there such a thing as an apprenticeship for older people?
as said I'm not looking to make silly money I just don't want to have to have no life in order to make the cash, especially as I get older...
 
Railway contractor. They make silly money for no effort/education. If I had to start things over again I'd go that route.
 
My mum left the prison service a couple years back and started a degree in social working. She's in her mid 50s. You're never to old. If you want something, go for it.
 
In truth you aren't too old to change profession.

It might feel like the doors are closed, but they aren't just go look.

(easier said than done I know, but the principle is still right :p)
 
Perhaps instead of more money, evaluate your spending and work out how you can save money :)
 
Again, you don't. I'm both although not contracctor. Unlike me contractors also don't get paid travel, worked with enough of them. There is a lot of money to be made but not till you get to supervisor or get certain jobs.
 
regulus said:
Railway contractor. They make silly money for no effort/education. If I had to start things over again I'd go that route.
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Cough,your right and wrong lol,thats what i do,yes we can make silly money sometimes,but this line of work is up and down,one minute i am flatout the next i am sitting at home for a month with no money so it can balance itself out money wise,as for effort yes there are days we do very little,this can happen to incorrect paperwork or engineering problems,but there a times we have to work a full 12 hours with no break just to get the job done,education depends on what type of jobs there are in this industry,but we go through some very intensive training programmes to keep our skills and tickets up to date.
 
Railway contractor. They make silly money for no effort/education.
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oi! thats how I started, contracting S&T, money is good but it's no way to live. working away from home you spend it all.
crane controlling and ES'ing
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sort of loses the no education and effort bit there, every one I know who do these jobs are quite clever chaps (in there own way) and have had to put the effort in.
you dont just get these jobs over night with doing a course or two.



bullit
 
builder22 said:
I'm currently driving an HGV, the money is not bad just now, but I need to work loads of hours/days to get anywhere near 30k, and that's probably the upper limit tbh, it's in the future I'm more concerned about. If I made 30k (pre-tax) for the rest of my life on a 5 day week without silly hours I'd probably be quite happy with that! Having the chance of promotion would help a lot too, as I say my current job is pretty dead end
I've considered going back to college/uni and getting a degree but I'd be as good as 40 by the time I was finished, prob not the best age to be applying for jobs with no experience in the relevant field! am i right in thinking this way? I know lots of people start degrees at my age but from what I can gather it's mostly to prove something to themselves.

is there such a thing as an apprenticeship for older people?
as said I'm not looking to make silly money I just don't want to have to have no life in order to make the cash, especially as I get older...
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Are you class 1 or 2 ?

I ask as I take home close on £30k p/a never mind struggle to make it... (I assume you mean £30k Gross?)

Yes, I do long hours, and yes I'm away upto 5 nights a week, but I love it! - I'm in a job where the kit is decent, the job simple & your left to get on with it.

The problem you may find is finding a job that'll pay the wage you want for the hours you seek, I've been there & done it, exchanging long paid hours for a salary and lots of effectively unpaid overtime.

Not to mention, trucking is a job that you clock off & forget about!

I went back on the road! :o

Come "Tramping" with me on Eddies, you'll love it. ;) :D
 
Its time for me to be controversial again!

You either have it or you don't. You are asking OcUK how to earn more money, so you don't.
 
bullit in head said:
oi! thats how I started, contracting S&T, money is good but it's no way to live. working away from home you spend it all.


sort of loses the no education and effort bit there, every one I know who do these jobs are quite clever chaps (in there own way) and have had to put the effort in.
you dont just get these jobs over night with doing a course or two.



bullit
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yes working away you can spend more than you make sometimes lol gulp the pints..

Crane controlling thats what i do,good money yes,but can be very stressfull aswell if jobs going pear shaped:eek:
 
AcidHell2 said:
Again, you don't. I'm both although not contracctor. Unlike me contractors also don't get paid travel, worked with enough of them. There is a lot of money to be made but not till you get to supervisor or get certain jobs.
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Right, that may be your experience but for our contractors (we do rail work too, albeit mostly platforms) the travel is rarely further than 30min since 99% of our work is in London. I know what we pay them, I know what they take home. It's decent money. Miles above the average national wage and money I'll gladly work for. Perhaps the wages are lower in Bristol. For CC and ES we'll pay north of £25 an hour and that's for 12 hours Saturday and Sundays. You're a railway worker, you know the game. Do you think they're there for the full 12? There are some disadvantages but for the most part it's cream.
 
Who do you work for and can I have a job for that money.

It's the nature of the job sometimes You'll be there all night, other times you turn up paperworks wrong and you go home.
Contractors round here don't get anything like that and usually have several hours of unpaid travel.
 
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