Dan Punchard:
I did hear that a link card was available for allmi card holders to link to cpcs,not sure about the 2 year part andrew as I gained my cpcs which was citb when I did it in 2002 and I’ve only renewed twice 2007 and2012 which were the dates shown on the card.
thats about the time i did it dan,(i did an experienced operator version i think)but i think now you get a red card for two yrs,then a blue or green card -five yrs
cheers guys, its been interesting reading the replies, now armed with the new knowledge im searching the web for a trainer around the Maidstone area 
Some trainers have their courses approved by JAUPT so the training would count for your DCPC.Its worth making enquiries.
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.
Can imagine the likes of Murphy/Clancy Docwra drivers being on a fair wedge.This is trucknet and as we know nobody will ever truthfully divulge their actual take home pay. 
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.
The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady, i tried to get on it but my manager had other ideas, so i left the firm.
Seen a few firms advertising on site training but what about those without access to a vehicle? I doubt I’d be allowed to use one of my employers wagons.
roadrunner:
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady, i tried to get on it but my manager had other ideas, so i left the firm.
that would be the minimum about here ,van chucked in with that too 
d4c24a:
roadrunner:
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady, i tried to get on it but my manager had other ideas, so i left the firm.
that would be the minimum about here ,van chucked in with that too
So whats the rate “about here” then ?
Suedehead:
d4c24a:
roadrunner:
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady, i tried to get on it but my manager had other ideas, so i left the firm.
that would be the minimum about here ,van chucked in with that too
So whats the rate “about here” then ?
Hampshire/Berkshire
d4c24a:
Suedehead:
d4c24a:
roadrunner:
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady, i tried to get on it but my manager had other ideas, so i left the firm.
that would be the minimum about here ,van chucked in with that too
So whats the rate “about here” then ?
Hampshire/Berkshire
No further questions m"lud.
Don,t believe the hype he never got all that driving a grabber on £120 aday.
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.
you can expect around £120 - £140 per shift as an experienced grab driver,but not many firms paying the top money at the moment. most firms will want you to have cpcs,and if on utilities work a street works ticket is an advantage.
hook:
Don,t believe the hype he never got all that driving a grabber on £120 aday.
He built the £600k house himself with his brothers help (a builder by trade ) and lived in a static caravan for 8 years to achieve it, that was the estate agents valuation of it last year, situated in 9 acres of land . It was derelict scrubland when he bought it 15 years ago.
Muckaway:
Does a grab tipper driver get more money on average, than a standard tipper driver?
I’m interested in doing it as part of DCPC.
There’s a few legacy drivers working the utilities on good money, but you’d struggle to jump straight into a well paid job today. Most of 'em worked their way up doing hard labour in the trenches & driving the grab is what they do when they can no longer hack it, sort of semi-retirement if you like.
Best paid job I’ve come across in the last 5yrs was renewing street lighting for a contractor @£10ph on a 6mth renewable contract. Hardly worth a major change in direction?
The company picking up all the general muckaway grab work in my area pay £9ph, if you dare sneak a few £cash foreigners in then it can be a good craic.
hook:
Don,t believe the hype he never got all that driving a grabber on £120 aday.
no but he might have done lots of private jobs every week-soon adds up
roadrunner:
The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady,
You forgot the BJ, every night his Boss gives him a BJ back at the yard, just for being a good boy. Then there’s the private jet that gets him to his villa in Spain, he got it cheap at the Army Surplus depot, remember?
Chas:
roadrunner:
The grab driver at the utility company i worked at was on £120 per day, 63 yrs old and had no intention of retiring even though he owns a house valued at £600k ( this is in West yorkshire BTW and not Oxfordshire ) and bought a plot of land for peanuts in Spain with his brother to build his own holiday home. for 6.30 -7am start and usually back in the yard for 3.30 - 4pm at the latest job and knock, with an occasional distance job finish at 9pm (maybe a handful of times a year) his job entailed spoil removal with the clamshell bucket or backfilling trenches with a “rammer”, can be muddy through winter but fairly steady,You forgot the BJ, every night his Boss gives him a BJ back at the yard, just for being a good boy. Then there’s the private jet that gets him to his villa in Spain, he got it cheap at the Army Surplus depot, remember?
I Doubt that, Keith is the most militant driver their, on an old contract which they were trying their very best to reduce when i left, if it makes you feel better his vehicle of choice was a dilapidated N registered ex- Royal Mail ■■■■■■ van complete with roof rack for plasterboard and hideous XR3 alloys on it.