alan-g-w
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After being laid off in August having just served a 4 year apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering as a fitter with a company called Weir/ ClydePumps I've been finding it hard to get another job in my trained line of work. Every time I apply for a job (sometimes up to 5 or 6 jobs a day) up till this point I'm getting the same response - that there are more people applying with more experience. Basically I'm currently going for jobs along with another 50 or more people who have 5-10yrs more experience than me and it's pretty hard, so until I can get something a bit more permanent I'm looking at getting a job in an area where it's going to get me decent money until I can sort a job in the line of work I'm aiming for.
So what, in anyone's opinion, is the best/ highest paying job to get into where you don't need much training, if any at all? Cheers for any replies.
[Edited on 24-11-2009 by alan-g-w]
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C2RL R
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machine operators in factories normally make a good score. you'd be on shifts though which you may not want. our operators here get £11 per hour plus shift allowance which makes it up to £14 ish. not bad at all since they are mostly fucking clueless.
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a_j_mair
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night shift supermarket
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Dom
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Call centre or Telephone Tech Support monkey, pay is anything from 14-20k. Although it's a pretty shitty job tbf
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Adge
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any job to start with, then just work ure way up the ladder
i kinda did this
labourer
Production operative
Production Supervisor
Technical sales adviser
who knowswats next
just always sim to better ure self no matter what the job
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bigdan
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Doorman £10-£20 ph depending on where you work
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alan-g-w
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C2RL, I take it it's just setting and running that you're talking about? I've toyed with the idea of doing something nightshift but ideally it would be day work. Call centres were what I thought tbh, going to see what there is in the surrounding area I think.
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DannyB
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Window cleaner, charge something like £1.50 per house or change the price depending on how many windows you do.
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alan-g-w
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Originally posted by bigdan
Doorman £10-£20 ph depending on where you work
How is it you go about getting the qulification for that again? Can't remember the name of it - if I applied somewhere would they put me through it?
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Cosmo
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Originally posted by DannyB
Window cleaner, charge something like £1.50 per house or change the price depending on how many windows you do.
£1.50? Costs us about £10 I think 
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DannyB
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They charge £1.50 around here, they must make a fair bit, imagine how many you could do in a day.
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C2RL R
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
C2RL, I take it it's just setting and running that you're talking about? I've toyed with the idea of doing something nightshift but ideally it would be day work. Call centres were what I thought tbh, going to see what there is in the surrounding area I think.
pretty much mate. there is a bit more to it depending on what stage of production we are at but it's basically following procedures and pressing buttons. you could teach a monkey to do most of it.
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chrisritch
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i hope doyle gives advice in this thhread, problem solved then
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alan-g-w
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What sort of products is it you're involved in C2RL?
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
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Originally posted by bigdan
Doorman £10-£20 ph depending on where you work
How is it you go about getting the qulification for that again? Can't remember the name of it - if I applied somewhere would they put me through it?
You'll need an SIA licence, you will find it hard getting one if you have a criminal record.
Good luck finding something 
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C2RL R
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What sort of products is it you're involved in C2RL?
we make paper machine parts mate. i'm pretty sure the rates of pay we offer are fairly standard for factory work. i have a couple of mates that work for polyflor making floor coverings and they are on the same rate. similar job in that they just keep a machine running. if you get on at the right place then factory work is pretty good.
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bigdan
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
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Originally posted by bigdan
Doorman £10-£20 ph depending on where you work
How is it you go about getting the qulification for that again? Can't remember the name of it - if I applied somewhere would they put me through it?
just go to the local college (level 2 award for door supervsors). course is £175-£225 but free if ya on the dole.
license is £245 but the dole pays for that somehow
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Adge
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thats fantastic money workin on doors, might look into that, once i pu ton a stone or two haha
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alan-g-w
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1_litre + bigdan, nice one lads I think I might look into that one. How long is the course?
C2RL, that sounds like the type of thing I could get into. Would the job title be machine setter?
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C2RL R
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not sure mate. our lads are called machine operartives.
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BYRON
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They charge £1.50 around here, they must make a fair bit, imagine how many you could do in a day.
£1.50?! I pay a franchised outfit, who happens to be my mate at a reduced £10 every 2 months.
Uses this streak free, clearwater technology bollocks.
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andy1868
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its an SIA license you need to be a bouncer isn't it?
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GF-91
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Burger King ;
Do you want fries with that?
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mattk
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yeah Andy its SIA
I worked a night in a factory pressing a button on a cnc lathe, got 13 quid an hour, only lasted a night though it was soul destroying
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Root
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
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Originally posted by DannyB
Window cleaner, charge something like £1.50 per house or change the price depending on how many windows you do.
£1.50? Costs us about £10 I think
Mine used to charge me £8 per wash off the front windows. lol
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