There’s a couple of Czech lads who work with me in the warehouse, one who passed his Czech HGV licence back in CR and did 3 months driving and then came over here a few years ago unable to get a job driving as no experience, and the other who went back to CR a couple of months ago, passed the relevevant licence(s) and came back over to the UK looking for work, again nobody would touch him.
I was just curious, what the deal with driving in the UK on a Czech HGV licence and why won’t anybody touch them? CPC springs to mind. I’ve tried asking in detail but their English is basic, it’s hard enough trying to understand a normal sentance let alone trying to explain the CPC or is it some other reason why they cant get work. I was told that their theory was summat daft like 25 questions but don’t hold me to that.
On the plus side they are decent lads, not the arrogant/ignorant type that seems to be the norm with some of our foreign friends.
Tarrman:
There’s a couple of Czech lads who work with me in the warehouse, one who passed his Czech HGV licence back in CR and did 3 months driving and then came over here a few years ago
Tarrman:
I was just curious, what the deal with driving in the UK on a Czech HGV licence and why won’t anybody touch them?
Tarrman:
I’ve tried asking in detail but their English is basic, it’s hard enough trying to understand a normal sentance
There’s your answer, he’s been here two years and he hasn’t made even enough effort at learning the English language to be able to understand a normal sentence.
So why would I give him a job? What does he expect me to do, learn Czech to accommodate his unwillingness to learn English? Why would anyone give him a job? If he can’t even understand what his boss wants him to do, what use is he to anyone?
Very true that did spring to mind. Don’t get me wrong I’m not trying to get them work, hell if anything I’m looking after myself first! (im in training).
I just wondered what the big deal was with them going over there to do their licence and if it had any advantages. Obviously not lol. To be honest I do wonder how some of them got the warehouse job let alone looking for a driving job.
I agree with Harry Monk; I’m a f…n’ foreigner too,when I came to this country I learnt the language, cos I knew, I needed to do so. Even in a local college (NI) and a brasilian community church… Now I’m fluent and I have had no probs finding jobs. I remeber, when I got my first Class 2 job with my brand new licence I was told to take extra care of my driving because the insurance company didn’t know about me…
Tarrman:
Very true that did spring to mind. Don’t get me wrong I’m not trying to get them work, hell if anything I’m looking after myself first! (im in training).
I just wondered what the big deal was with them going over there to do their licence and if it had any advantages. Obviously not lol. To be honest I do wonder how some of them got the warehouse job let alone looking for a driving job.
Getting licence is often cheaper and more easy in Eastern Europe. At some places you can even buy the test certificate…
Tarrman:
There’s a couple of Czech lads who work with me in the warehouse, one who passed his Czech HGV licence back in CR and did 3 months driving and then came over here a few years ago unable to get a job driving as no experience, and the other who went back to CR a couple of months ago, passed the relevevant licence(s) and came back over to the UK looking for work, again nobody would touch him.
I was just curious, what the deal with driving in the UK on a Czech HGV licence and why won’t anybody touch them? CPC springs to mind. I’ve tried asking in detail but their English is basic, it’s hard enough trying to understand a normal sentance let alone trying to explain the CPC or is it some other reason why they cant get work. I was told that their theory was summat daft like 25 questions but don’t hold me to that.
On the plus side they are decent lads, not the arrogant/ignorant type that seems to be the norm with some of our foreign friends.
Re foriegn licences,my next door nieghbour in the Republic of Ireland was from Latvia,he arrived in the RoI with a Latvian HGV equivalant,was offered a job driving a DAF artic but turned it down,when i asked him why,he said he was given the licence by the authorities but only for use abroad,he has never even sat in a lorry in his life,his words,so■■? would you give him a job?
joeshell:
Re foriegn licences,my next door nieghbour in the Republic of Ireland was from Latvia,he arrived in the RoI with a Latvian HGV equivalant,was offered a job driving a DAF artic but turned it down,when i asked him why,he said he was given the licence by the authorities but only for use abroad,he has never even sat in a lorry in his life,his words,so■■? would you give him a job?
I can imagine.Latvia used to be a part of the Sovietunion, where the state (and especially the army) gave licences for their best people “just because”. In Chechoslovakia if you were a member of the border police, you have had lgv licence, without anybody has checked your ability to drive…
Dav1d:
I’ve heard it said that you can buy a whole UK licence for 1k with every driving entitlement on it from the CR.
you might be able to get a czech licence there for a back hander, but i doubt you’d get a UK licence, probably a fake one that if checked by the UK police would be found out straight away. you can get fake ID in most countries, but it’s only good enough to get into a club or for renting a dvd.
if i knew where i could get legitimate licences then i’d have an assortment from various countries. if i’m up to no good abroad then i’d use my UK licence, but up to no good at home, then i’d love to have a maltese licence.
Surely you could possibly buy a Czech licence with every entitlement on it in the Czech Republic. How would they supply a valid British one from there that wouldn’t be anything more than a fake copy and identified at the first roadside check you came to. You could ofcourse exchange a genuine CZ licence (earnted or bought) for a UK one but thats the only way you’d get a real UK licence from anything involding CZ.
I paid about £35 for my c+e thanks to the job centre paying most of it and some tax incentives but it took me ca 100h of learning to drive a scania, a rigid and an artic. it’s Estonia btw.
or is it some other reason why they cant get work. I was told that their theory was summat daft like 25 questions but don’t hold me to that.
