Has anyone on here ever done their CPCS A60 mobile crane licence?
I’ve been thinking about doing it for a while and during my little trip to Copenhagen got to drive a 60-ton Liebherr version mounted on a P-Series Scania 8x4 chassis for a day with the company owner which gave me a taste for it. I was offered a job on a 150 t/m hiab but turned it down because the tax rate in Denmark is circa. 50% and whichever way I looked at it the figures just didn’t compute given the cost of living over there which is a bit of a shame because I liked the place.
I’ve found a training course in Birmingham that claims after I have passed the initial course and get a Red (Trained Operator) Card, I could then go back and do another assessment to get a Blue (Competent Operator) card if I should be struggling to get any work as the Red card is only valid for 2 years.
I’d be lying if I said I haven’t had a gut-full of driving, I’m ready for something a bit different but at the end of the day most of my previous jobs have involved driving or some form of operating/maintaining machinery.
If anyone is in the know I was wondering how working at some of the smaller local firms (Preferably in the East Midlands/Anglia) might compare to going to one of the “Big Boys” like Ainscough or Baldwins etc?
Thanks.