Making the leap

[openspaceman]

24 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

rail or utility as close to recession proof as you can get.

No it wasn't on rail, Spring 2010 NR suddenly pulled all the funding and there was a few weeks scrabbling around until the started awarding work again.

[Johnsond]

18 hours ago, SussexHarry said:

Thanks for the advice.

 

Unfortunately I’m locked into a full time job that doesn’t offer any means of cutting down hours. I’m either in or out - and working 6 day weeks it’s very difficult to find the time to do part-time work or get tickets. It’s been a struggle just getting the tickets I have.

 

If I could find enough work to fill maybe 4 days a week I could stomach the transition. As it stands, it’s like you say - they only want me for the odd job and are otherwise fully staffed. No room anywhere for full time, and no one I can find trying to expand their company and take on more staff. Very much a case of “dead man’s boots”. I’ve been told by one company I did some work for that they can’t find any jobs at the moment! Can’t find work for the staff they already have - let alone anyone extra.

 

I’ll keep looking, but at the moment I think my best bet is to keep trying the bigger companies for a full time position, rather than relying on smaller businesses to provide drips and drabs. All seems quite unreliable…

Harry

I was in a similar situation years ago, straight out the army and driving class 1’s on agency work to cover the training costs to get all my commercial diving qualifications. I was offered a start with a local firm that turned into 4-5 years of solid graft. Shit hard work not the best money but an amazing training ground that set me up very well for the future. Basically as has been said in broken English already, you are inexperienced as I was and sometimes have to take a job you might not really have dreamt of  to get a start as I did. I think that’s applicable for any industry you are trying to break into.  Remember how you felt when leaving the training depot and joining your battalion/unit 🤷‍♂️you think you are something but in reality you are just starting out. 
“ Self employed Commercial Diver/Supervisor since 1990 and a bit of Sawmilling” 

[SussexHarry]

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

Harry

I was in a similar situation years ago, straight out the army and driving class 1’s on agency work to cover the training costs to get all my commercial diving qualifications. I was offered a start with a local firm that turned into 4-5 years of solid graft. Shit hard work not the best money but an amazing training ground that set me up very well for the future. Basically as has been said in broken English already, you are inexperienced as I was and sometimes have to take a job you might not really have dreamt of  to get a start as I did. I think that’s applicable for any industry you are trying to break into.  Remember how you felt when leaving the training depot and joining your battalion/unit 🤷‍♂️you think you are something but in reality you are just starting out. 
“ Self employed Commercial Diver/Supervisor since 1990 and a bit of Sawmilling” 

Thank you. Well said and right on the money I think.

 

May I ask what you’re up to now?

[GarethM]

29 minutes ago, SussexHarry said:

Thank you. Well said and right on the money I think.

 

May I ask what you’re up to now?

The last sentence, he's a commercial dive supervisor.

[SussexHarry]

36 minutes ago, GarethM said:

The last sentence, he's a commercial dive supervisor.

Oh I see! That one did throw me off a bit 🤣

[pie eater pete]

Domestic work generally a race to the bottom where i am. Also market saturation of 'Arbs' too. 

[Donnie]

As dumb as it sounds (I’m forestry based) but I’ve struck up conversations with local lower impact forestry squads around my area on Instagram or Facebook and ended up getting work alongside them so there is that approach. 
 

Where are you based?

Here in Scotland there’s a Whatsapp group for forestry and arborists and there seems to be boys always posting for groundies.