I passed my class one in November is there anywhere that will take on new passes I am in Blackpool area willing to

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Keirante80
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I passed my class one in November is there anywhere that will take on new passes I am in Blackpool area willing to

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I passed my class one in November is there anywhere that will take on new passes I am in Blackpool area willing to travel up to 50 miles
MarkNarc
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I passed in January and applied for 30+ jobs. Not had so much as an interview.
Keirante80
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MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:55 pm I passed in January and applied for 30+ jobs. Not had so much as an interview.
I have applied for 90+ and still no luck even training agency
MarkNarc
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Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:55 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:55 pm I passed in January and applied for 30+ jobs. Not had so much as an interview.
I have applied for 90+ and still no luck even training agency
I don't understand it. I thought UK was 50k drivers short? I've put £3k in to getting my license and there's nothing
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MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm
Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:55 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:55 pm I passed in January and applied for 30+ jobs. Not had so much as an interview.
I have applied for 90+ and still no luck even training agency
I don't understand it. I thought UK was 50k drivers short? I've put £3k in to getting my license and there's nothing
It was 50k short of experienced with low pay for you to get something now it's almost impossible
MarkNarc
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Neiomix wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm
Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:55 pm

I have applied for 90+ and still no luck even training agency
I don't understand it. I thought UK was 50k drivers short? I've put £3k in to getting my license and there's nothing
It was 50k short of experienced with low pay for you to get something now it's almost impossible
how depressing..
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MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:57 pm
Neiomix wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm

I don't understand it. I thought UK was 50k drivers short? I've put £3k in to getting my license and there's nothing
It was 50k short of experienced with low pay for you to get something now it's almost impossible
how depressing..
it was all Bollox mate it was then and it is now. A few foreign drivers left and went home some because of the ir35 ruling. Others had just had enough etc etc it was a great way to flood the market again with drivers to keep the wages down low. Etc etc etc now the market is flooded with drivers again. Wages are down. This year is particularly bad though in some areas.
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MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:57 pm
Neiomix wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm

I don't understand it. I thought UK was 50k drivers short? I've put £3k in to getting my license and there's nothing
It was 50k short of experienced with low pay for you to get something now it's almost impossible
how depressing..
because you expecting 50k straight away.
MarkNarc
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MelMate wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:01 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:57 pm
Neiomix wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:56 pm

It was 50k short of experienced with low pay for you to get something now it's almost impossible
how depressing..
because you expecting 50k straight away.
no mate. Was expecting a 50k shortage of drivers, not paid 50k. I'll drive a bin lorry for a tenner an hour but can't even get that work.
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MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:01 pm
MelMate wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:01 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:57 pm

how depressing..
because you expecting 50k straight away.
no mate. Was expecting a 50k shortage of drivers, not paid 50k. I'll drive a bin lorry for a tenner an hour but can't even get that work.
Aaa Okay mate. Read what I said in post. Maybe this’s will be help you
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MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:01 pm
MelMate wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:01 pm
MarkNarc wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:57 pm

how depressing..
because you expecting 50k straight away.
no mate. Was expecting a 50k shortage of drivers, not paid 50k. I'll drive a bin lorry for a tenner an hour but can't even get that work.
I passed last August, and nothing. I regret doing my test now!
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Edmondsons in Morecambe take on new passes. However you'll have to drive class 2 for the first 6 months as part of the insurance policy. Mulgrews in Heysham used to but now they want 18 months experience. You can try Sure Freight, Montgomery Transport, Global Cargo Solutions. O'reilly transport take new passes but currently they have no positions.
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Jamewo98 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:02 pm Edmondsons in Morecambe take on new passes. However you'll have to drive class 2 for the first 6 months as part of the insurance policy. Mulgrews in Heysham used to but now they want 18 months experience. You can try Sure Freight, Montgomery Transport, Global Cargo Solutions. O'reilly transport take new passes but currently they have no positions.
I’ll try them companies tomorrow
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Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:03 pm
Jamewo98 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:02 pm Edmondsons in Morecambe take on new passes. However you'll have to drive class 2 for the first 6 months as part of the insurance policy. Mulgrews in Heysham used to but now they want 18 months experience. You can try Sure Freight, Montgomery Transport, Global Cargo Solutions. O'reilly transport take new passes but currently they have no positions.
I’ll try them companies tomorrow
carefoots at longride
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I've been driving 4 years im now moving to forklift driving its 12 hours nd no more no less gives me chance to work on other stuff 15 hours in a truck on a loading bay is just crap lifestyle but good luck
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Just a note aswel. Personally i believe a cv won't get you anywhere in this industry. I had a job within a week of passing my test by knocking doors with the choice of 3 places to choose who I wanted to go with.
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JJenkin wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:05 pm Just a note aswel. Personally i believe a cv won't get you anywhere in this industry. I had a job within a week of passing my test by knocking doors with the choice of 3 places to choose who I wanted to go with.
I think a lot of it has to do with being in Blackpool is not one of the best places to find work as a HGV driver
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Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:05 pm
JJenkin wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:05 pm Just a note aswel. Personally i believe a cv won't get you anywhere in this industry. I had a job within a week of passing my test by knocking doors with the choice of 3 places to choose who I wanted to go with.
I think a lot of it has to do with being in Blackpool is not one of the best places to find work as a HGV driver
I'm in Blackpool myself mate. Go knocking doors instead of sending off cvs. Heysham/Morecambe is the place to be looking at haulage firms.
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JJenkin wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:06 pm
Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:05 pm
JJenkin wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:05 pm Just a note aswel. Personally i believe a cv won't get you anywhere in this industry. I had a job within a week of passing my test by knocking doors with the choice of 3 places to choose who I wanted to go with.
I think a lot of it has to do with being in Blackpool is not one of the best places to find work as a HGV driver
I'm in Blackpool myself mate. Go knocking doors instead of sending off cvs. Heysham/Morecambe is the place to be looking at haulage firms.
I will give it a try just hard at the moment as need to plan around childcare and work lol
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Akw trafford Park Manchester
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When I first passed my test registered with 4 different agencies. Never out of work but kept knocking on doors until I got a full time job.
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If you want Trumping try DUMFRIES fright
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S J Bargh Lancaster are always on the look out for drivers. They base trucks closer to you also
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DaleZee wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:12 pm S J Bargh Lancaster are always on the look out for drivers. They base trucks closer to you also
good work
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I have vacancy, but only £11p/h
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Matteetz wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:14 pm I have vacancy, but only £11p/h
drop to £10.40 to national minimum wage 😃
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Matteetz wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:14 pm I have vacancy, but only £11p/h
that's why you got vacancies
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Guys I passed my test in last Monday from car to artic. I spent 2 days to apply online and this’s dosen’t work. They only take drivers with experience. What you can do print 40/50 CV’s and go straight away to companies and tell them you new passed you happy to covering sickness/holidays you can work any days any shifts is doesn’t matter for you because you need anything to getting experience tell them you can do any shift and I promise you will be find One transport manager who will be find a time to speak with you and maybe offer you a job. Take any job where they offer you a training in this case they will be care about you. If this work will be hard remember this only 6 months you will be get experience and you can go somewhere else !! Good luck boys
I find job in day 3 and after passed my test start next Monday.
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MelMate wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:17 pm Guys I passed my test in last Monday from car to artic. I spent 2 days to apply online and this’s dosen’t work. They only take drivers with experience. What you can do print 40/50 CV’s and go straight away to companies and tell them you new passed you happy to covering sickness/holidays you can work any days any shifts is doesn’t matter for you because you need anything to getting experience tell them you can do any shift and I promise you will be find One transport manager who will be find a time to speak with you and maybe offer you a job. Take any job where they offer you a training in this case they will be care about you. If this work will be hard remember this only 6 months you will be get experience and you can go somewhere else !! Good luck boys
I find job in day 3 and after passed my test start next Monday.
I can try, but with me, having kids and me at full-time work will be hard to get time to travel but we’ll find time to get around thank you
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Paulock wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:18 pmFox Bros
their nothing yet
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Keirante80 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:18 pm
Paulock wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:18 pmFox Bros
their nothing yet
Try Robinsons @ Brock or JM collinson garstang
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If you have any mates or family members in the industry ask them to keep an eye out for you I was quite lucky because my father got me a job when I first passed my test it was 16 years ago but that’s how I got my foot in the door
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Do not despair. I've been driving HGVs for the last 20 years and all I can find at the moment is rubbish, and not much. I've applied to 4 or 5 middly interesting jobs in the last couple of weeks and I've heard nothing back. Just a few months ago that was unthinkable. This is going to be a bad year and this month is the worst even in a good year.
If you're working full time, as I think I've read above, keep applying online and, if you can, visit some companies the days you're off work, as many have already proposed. And patience, mate. To gain experience in a new trade is a marathon, rather than a sprint. I'm sure you'll get something
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Passed mine in Dec and everyone asks for experienced driver, but if nobody offers the new passers how can we get experience 🤔
I told one company I'm gonna buy a toy truck and get experience at home, he wasn't amused 😅
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