Considering Becoming a Truck Driver

Hi people,

I currently work as an Educational Support worker in a behavioral school. I love the job but it pays awful and I get a lot of stress, a lot of responsibility and am frequently assaulted by pupils. I’ve always fancied lorry driving, specifically long distance and would like some advice on where to start and what to expect.

Firstly how much would the training be as I’ve read alsorts from 1500 upto 5k!

Now this is a total newbie question, when you are sleeping out where do you get your showers etc and what are the costs involved in living on the road.

Another question there seem to be conflicting answers for is how much will I bring home after tax, to start with and how hard finding work at first will be having never had a driving job. Also if you were out on a job lets say for 72 hours, how many of those hours would be paid for and do you get paid a sleep rate etc

Thanks for reading.

To get from car to artic I suggest you have £3k to hand in case of any retests

Getting work in the first place as a newbie is not easy so perhaps reading other posts by recent newbies would be a good idea

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