Realistic chances of employment?

[Fellstoflats]

1 hour ago, Mike Hill said:

I bet you are right matty,but how much could our man expect per day ,on the books with no experience?

 

Diligent or not,he is going to.be playing second fiddle for years.

 

 

That's pretty much the nub of it- I appreciate that I'll be earning less until I've got more qualifications/experience. 

How much would I expect to earn as a second fiddle?

[JLA1990]

Give ecology a go - I would wager you  already know more than most field surveyors. If you’re happy to travel and take anything that comes £20-25phr plus expenses will get you plenty of work, build up your experience and skill base get a couple of class licenses under your belt and charge more per hour/daily rate. The above is heavily seasonal so then spend the rest of the year gaining experience working in arb/forestry in a machine/working on a machine! I would take someone like yourself over a younger chap all day long, as you presumably know how to graft and have a true understanding of business. Good luck 

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[Tree monkey 1682]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

He left this morning at 03:00 am to get to the yard to travel up to Charlton in London . A long walk through a tunnel , treading on god knows what , and stinking of dead and decaying animals to the walled cutting the had to clear . There was dead animals , with rats feeding off them glass bottles , needles , nappies , tampons , johnnys and general shyte all chucked over the wall from the houses above . A proper shit hole . Its mostly not like this obviously but this particular site was the pits .    

And not that greater money ,railways has had it now

[Tree monkey 1682]

You'd be better off being an electrician or plumber , not many tools or certs to make decent money .. local work, not weather dependant 

I'd say by the time u get up to speed you'd be a knacker, both getting experience and your body's ****************ed .

If you became an agricultural engineer , hours can be shite ,pay isn't great unless you freelance , then u need the tools. 

Constructions just as wank with kier getting the dinghy dwellers in to push rates down and get projects in back on price .

To be honest most farmers are buggered and have to do a second trade to keep a farm going ..

[devon TWiG]

As you already have a rough terrain FL ticket , try telehandlers on building sites , good pay , agencies always seem to be looking for operatives ....but Arb work is more fun / interesting ....

[Excels1or]

Arbs good and you can make good money if your head is screwed on. A few years of grinding and you'll be fine. 33 is nothing, I switched at 37, give it a punt