Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”
My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
At the moment, anything over £7 / hr lol.
My dCPC card doesn’t open any doors, hasn’t got me a job yet, never mind a well paid one.
waynedl:
At the moment, anything over £7 / hr lol.My dCPC card doesn’t open any doors, hasn’t got me a job yet, never mind a well paid one.
What he said. 
£8.50 plus. Any less and your on class 2 money.
CPC and digi are never going to get you more money or easier jobs.
CPC has never came out my wallet since I got it.
“My dCPC card doesn’t open any doors,”
You need to slide it in lengthways, like the 70’s cop shows. 
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
talking about hourly rates is a waste of time,10 p.h and you only get 5 hrs in £50 ,7.75 p.h and you do 7 hrs,£54.34 
,to me you should be talking about weekly wage,£6/700 p.w i.m.o.h.o
£450 a week is well paid in my opinion but I’ve never had a big need for money. £10+ i’d say.
ady1:
talking about hourly rates is a waste of time,10 p.h and you only get 5 hrs in £50 ,7.75 p.h and you do 7 hrs,£54.34
far better off doing 7 hours for £54 than 5 hours for £50 
The rates have stayed the same for the last 15 years imho.There is little point in going to work by car as it costs so much for your fuel.
depends on how much your getting at the mo i earn £6.52 per hour sat on a forklift when i done my test eventually anything more than what i am on now and is local to me i would consider better paid
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
This reads like a passage from “Harry Potter and the Wasted Time”
Winseer:
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
This reads like a passage from “Harry Potter and the Wasted Time”
Reasonably paid works out at around £15 per hour across the board for specialised work, regardless of how your are paid, nights being shorter work out slightly better, maybe a couple of quid an hour less for chauffering only work, maybe a couple of quid an hour more if you rotate shifts including weekends.
If the pay is peanuts do a monkey job, its what they expect of you so don’t disappoint them.
Do not give your best to people who do not appreciate good staff.
over £700 per week after tax is ok.
but being offered hourly pay is an insult, so i won’t take it.
i’m not the washer up.
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
I’d say the article was fiction or the boss was too stupid to want to work for so the rates are irrelevant 
Juddian:
Reasonably paid works out at around £15 per hour across the board for specialised work, regardless of how your are paid, nights being shorter work out slightly better, maybe a couple of quid an hour less for chauffering only work, maybe a couple of quid an hour more if you rotate shifts including weekends.If the pay is peanuts do a monkey job, its what they expect of you so don’t disappoint them.
Do not give your best to people who do not appreciate good staff.
Wrong! You agree to the pay then you should do a good job.
ady1:
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”My question is, what would you say, well paid is? £10/£15 an hour? for Artic.
talking about hourly rates is a waste of time,10 p.h and you only get 5 hrs in £50 ,7.75 p.h and you do 7 hrs,£54.34
With respect, that thinking could be the reason why lorry driving is the pits. If I understand you correctly.
If someone offered you £6.50 and hour, youd refuse. But if they then go on to say, "Ah, but Ive got 85 hours a week for you"! You`d suddenly consider yourself well paid? Thats so ridiculous!
A 75 hour week is in fact two weeks work for the rest of the population. Drivers need waking up to that fact.
Get a decent hourly rate. Youre supposed to be a professional with regular training and big responsibilities. You need more than a fork truck driver or a shelf stacker. We need to get away from the notion of 75 hours being "normal". It isnt.
cheekymonkey,you should no better than that if you told most drivers they could only work 40 hours they would cry noing someone else will be on what they think is there truck
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”
Now there is a prime example (in my opinion,which doesn’t really count) of why the transport industry,or should that be Logistics Industry is in such a state.
This looks like a prime example of say,a young relatively in-experienced driver who just happens to have got himself a shiny new dcpc card getting preference over a much more experienced driver.
Doesn’t experience count for anything any more? Or is it that the older experienced driver will expect more money?
The dcpc is a farce!
KW:
wheelyb:
Reading an article in a magazine about Trucking and i came across a sentence that says “…he put his DCPC card on the table and got the well paid job, above other more experienced drivers”Now there is a prime example (in my opinion,which doesn’t really count) of why the transport industry,or should that be Logistics Industry is in such a state.
This looks like a prime example of say,a young relatively in-experienced driver who just happens to have got himself a shiny new dcpc card getting preference over a much more experienced driver.
Doesn’t experience count for anything any more? Or is it that the older experienced driver will expect more money?The dcpc is a farce!
If all this is true, just goes to show how much all those years of working in all weathers, nights out,driving dodgy motors to get the job done, taking all the stick from the other road users and the transport clerks, all that money spent on licence renewals, medicals, digicards, fines for speeding, parking etc, how much they have been valued by bosses who care only for the bottom line, if they can get some young kid with a DQC but still wearing nappies to do the job cheaper, why pay you for all your experience?