A few months ago I saw job ads in 2 regions of the country (1 where I currently live, and 1 where I might be moving to) for snowplow/gritter drivers.
Obviously they were seasonal vacancies (Sep-Apr IIRC), and were based on a standby/on-call arrangement. Does anybody have any idea of how much a driver could roughly expect to earn gross over the season? Has anyone on here worked these types of shifts/contract on the gritters? And if so, could share a little about earning expectations (per week, per month, over the whole season, etc).
A County Road Engineer explained to me that they take advantage of predictive temperature analysis, and proportionate preemptive actions are taken.
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If the weather forecast says it is going to be cold, they call the drivers into the depot before it actually snows!
I enquired about such a job a couple of years ago, with Richmond council (N.Yorks).
The hourly rate was really good, but the guy in charge of recruitment admitted that if you needed any real sort of income, it probably wouldn’t suit. Iirc, you had a standby allowance on a rota, and obviously an hourly rate for hours actually worked, but even on a good rate, monthly earnings were less than say, your typical agency deal.
However, ring em up yourself and find out…things may be different in your neck of the woods.
druncle:
I enquired about such a job a couple of years ago, with Richmond council (N.Yorks).
The hourly rate was really good, but the guy in charge of recruitment admitted that if you needed any real sort of income, it probably wouldn’t suit. Iirc, you had a standby allowance on a rota, and obviously an hourly rate for hours actually worked, but even on a good rate, monthly earnings were less than say, your typical agency deal.
However, ring em up yourself and find out…things may be different in your neck of the woods.
I’ll only need about £12k per annum. I will make enquiries, thanks for your reply and info.
