Driving refuse/bin lorries?

helpimcrap · 21 Aug 2017 at 09:34

Do they require a digicard?

I start on Thursday and i told them i do 4.5hrs then break. He said councils run under different rules so i don't need a digicard.
Is this true?

helpimcrap · 21 Aug 2017 at 10:39

I don't want to risk losing my license first time out. I could have researched it but I wanted people who know or experienced it to give me a real world view.
Thanks for the links.

helpimcrap · 21 Aug 2017 at 16:35

Just seems very odd. Those links tell me what should happen but i can't see any relevance to the question with it being council? Sorry guys. I am probably being blind.

helpimcrap · 22 Aug 2017 at 04:24

TJM said:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/drivers...s-on-drivers-hours#exemptions-and-derogations

The drivers' hours regime does not apply to vehicles used for door-to-door refuse collection, apparently.

Ah, brilliant. Found it and it specifies refuse collection.

helpimcrap · 22 Aug 2017 at 18:44

I start Friday.... Then i work next Monday too. ££££

helpimcrap · 26 Aug 2017 at 10:32

Load of ********. "No experience" so taken off the driving and they cancelled next week as the agency lied apparently....
Quit my job for that!
Wtf is it with drivers!?

helpimcrap · 26 Aug 2017 at 20:16

_lecro_ said:
A lot of employers will want some experience...
Find a new agency ASAP as there are many that do have jobs for newly passed drivers.

Believe me I know this - it was the agency lying to the company that did me as I'd quit a job based on that - I am now jobless thanks to lying *******.

The ones who need new passes are all class 1. Class 2 is impossible to get into. They need experience for the insurance - because from being driven around by some drivers I was far safer than all of them!

helpimcrap · 26 Aug 2017 at 22:14

I thought it would be easy as people want drivers... But not in Leicestershire. There are obviously too many here. The only way i might stand a chance is commuting to Birmingham 40 miles away.

I've been looking for work since last November in driving.... Not one. Until yesterday.

helpimcrap · 27 Aug 2017 at 15:08

I have - I must have signed up with 20 agencies with zero success because I 'have no experience' which every company seems to want 'for insurance purposes' or some rubbish....

helpimcrap · 28 Aug 2017 at 14:06

Cheers both. Things are hopefully on the up....
Shunting class 2 tonight with an agency i was 'succinct' with.

If that gets my foot in the door fingers crossed.

helpimcrap · 29 Aug 2017 at 05:01

Fingers crossed something comes of it as shunting in pitch black. Never reversed inches from vehicles, people and buildings in the dark but managed it well - even at 2am.
They said they'd put a good word in for me.