Did you get work as soon as you passed your HGV test?

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Saaamon:

kr79:
Passed my class 2 got a job next day proper cowboy outfit all the drivers were newbies or signing on or couldn’t get a job elsewhere due to going missing for a few days here and there.
Stayed about 6 months and was offered a job by a firm we subbed work for and they put me through class1 a bit later.
Got a great grounding in the job working there and have had half decent jobs since.
Realy don’t want to sound like some old codger here but when I read some of the posts from new drivers here I think what planet are you on seems lots want a top of the range truck with a cream job the day they walk out of the test centre with the pass certificate.

No i dont agree with you there.

Why?

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My son passed his C+E in July, a month before his 19th birthday. Within two weeks he was double manned with “one of the old boys” at a well known Norfolk haulage company in a red DAF CF artic. Two weeks later he’s tramping on his own. Happy days…

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Did all my lessons and tests on Saturdays and during day when on back shift in a sawmill. Passed test on Thursday morning, did some phoning around while on back shift, using numbers I’d collected off wagons I’d seen in and out of the mill.
Two companies said to come and have a chat on the Saturday. Can’t remember the first, but it was from Ayrshire the other was in Carlisle. Decided to try Carlisle…after 5 minutes was told that’s your wagon, how much notice do you need to give?
Quick phone call later, I cashed my holidays in and started with P.Hinchcliffe on the Monday morning.
Bloody sharp learning curve, tramping on tippers when your pay depends on kms and load/tip bonus! Fair play I was sent out with another driver for a few days to learn the basics.
Biggest help was all drivers and office staff used the same (Phillips navigator) map, so any directions were easily shared. Bloody good, but hard job.

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I was a couple of weeks,

Lucky me !!

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Passed my Class 2, didn’t do any driving, was only interested in Artics so went straight up to Class 1 & passed, had interview within a week, brief formal chat & assessment drive - offered the job there and then - driving 5 nights a week, started the following monday.

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Passed my class 2, got a job within a week, the obligatory multi-drop, didn`t stick it long, got a job driving an eight leg bulk tanker, they put me through my class1.

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I passed on friday the following friday i was sent to paris then madrid iand i did not hit any thing

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doogiee:
I passed on friday the following friday I was sent to Paris then Madrid
and I did not hit anything.

Bonjour,
Driving on the Continent just does not appeal to me.

I just don’t want to put up with that extra “foreign stress.”