Can this be done, I live in burton on trent which aint to far away from kingsbury. Most jobs i see out of there are £15 an hour onwards! However they want you to of had 2 years adr and tanking experience. How does one get into this with no experience? Ive never done tanking apart from bulk milk. I had my adr in packages but didn’t renew a couple of years ago. Is it worth paying for my adr and doing my tanker course or is it dead mans shoes??
Well the bulk milk will count as tanker experience. Tankering is tankering in the main - the biggest difference being baffled and unbaffled. 2 years ADR is what you need and to get that you’re going to have to do an ADR course although if you’ve 2 years previous experience on packages I’m sure that’d count.
If you’ve 2 years milk tanker experience and 2 years ADR packages experience I think I’d pay for the ADR/tanks and give it a shot.
Milk should be classed hazardous anyway 
. Nice one I’m going to ring around a few places. Mention I have no petrol tanker experience and see if its worth me paying for the course. Defo will be if theres a job at the end of it. Im 25 had my class 1 8 years and been driving commercially now since i was 21. Will try my luck.
Williams9881:
is it dead mans shoes??
I think it is:!:
Pimpdaddy:
Williams9881:
is it dead mans shoes??I think it is:!:
After the last threat of strike,The union made sure of that ,with the new passport scheme…
zeddman:
After the last threat of strike,The union made sure of that ,with the new passport scheme…
Any idea how it works?
Pimpdaddy:
zeddman:
After the last threat of strike,The union made sure of that ,with the new passport scheme…Any idea how it works?
Certas (GB oils) will probably take you on although only go there if you have to…
I got into it last year mate after doing milk,waste water and propane tankers.
I do it as a limited company and i earn 18 quid an hour and get to keep 15 of that.
I take home between £800-900 a week when I’m busy, I’m currently contracting for Hoyer Petrolog doing BP work.
Truth is its an extremely difficult industry to crack.
As someone just said, the PDP passport is coming in next year and it’ll make it a lot harder.
Ive just done my PDP and its both a written exam and a practical exam. you can do the written part with any good training facility but the practical can only be done with a petrol company as you have to load and discharge a tanker load of fuel.
You need tanker experience,CPC ADR and now a PDP just to be considered and the truth is theres lots of contractors like myself waiting in the wings for the chance of full time employment on one of the bigger companies.
You have to live within an hour of a fuel terminal for most companies to consider employing you full time as well.
My advice is find out which agency has some drivers at the terminal you’re planning to work from, register with them and just maybe they can get you some training. You’ll need to get your ADR in Tanks with class 3 as a minimum, i paid £260.00 cash here in Essex last year.
Good Luck mate!
buster4086:
Certas (GB oils) will probably take you on although only go there if you have to…
Why what’s the problem with them?? 
whats wrong with certas 
,i’ve just applied to them… 
I think Certas pay 36k basic!!
A Nobody:
I think Certas pay 36k basic!!
That’s not bad !
jason74:
whats wrong with certas
Google GB oils, if you’re coming in as an outsider you’ll know no different so you’ll be fine, just not the best…