The intros are just getting better and better with each passing video, I'm very glad I've found this channel watched near every video and can see the progress from one to the next and it's just very enjoyable content every time. Cheers from wee Northern Ireland!
@@Khemu-q4f , yes 100%... theyre crying out for them to come back on cheap wages so it doesnt cost them more in proffits...they are better paid now in their own countries as its suposed to be 400k short, SO it's looking good us so far !! might even be better for us to go overseas earning !!!!! tables have turned ha
What does the government have to do with pay? This is the problem with people in the UK, they're so dumb they think the state is the root cause of all problems. Rally against COMPANIES, they pay you not the state.
Yes that’s right all heavy goods vehicle drivers should have the opportunity to earn 45 -50 thousand pounds a year depending on their hours and type of work the advantage taking needed to stop
This is what all industries used to do before we had the influx of cheap imported labour. Companies used to value their work force, training them, qualifying them and ensuring that they were happy, but then came the greed and the race to the bottom, where bosses got richer and workers got poorer.
Companies are the problem no the solution! They’ve spent the last 30 years cutting drivers wage using cheap foreign labour. As an HGV1 30 years ago I got £15.50 per hour. Worth over £35 per hour now. How much to they get now? About £13 per hour. With the low wages and the other BS people don’t want to drive trucks any more. It just not worth it. I’ll never drive one again.
At £35 an hour there would never be shortage of drivers. The CPC, narrowing down of the roads, the hassle from the authorities, not being able to use the facilities at the drops, crappy wages, the delays at the DVLA for medical reports and many other reasons that I have forgotten about are the reasons for the shortage of drivers.
I think your misinformed, the problem is that british people dont want to and never wanted to do the work that foreign workers were doing because its too back breaking. There is fruit and veg pickers needed for farming production due to brexit but british people refuse to do that type of work. I really appreciate foreign workers we depend on them alot and thats a great thing.
@@steve00alt70 British people would only do work that is rewarding in pay. If employers want to be tight-fisted then they have to pay the consequences. There is a worldwide shortage of HGV drivers and the UK were probably short of HGV drivers before they joined the EU. Several EU countries are short of HGV drivers. Poland are well over 100,000 drivers short.
@@steve00alt70 it's not because it's back breaking work, it's because it's un-skilled minimum wage work that the Brits won't do, only desperate foreigners will do it and employers take advantage of the fact, now they're reaping what they sow, it's their own fault.
@@steve00alt70 You appear to be the one who is misinfomed, it's not about laziness or hard work. The job is simply not suitable for what most British people need. Picking season nowadays is 6-8 months, so it's not a students summer job and no good for people with a family or other commitments.
I have had my full uk driving licence at DVLA for over two months now with my medical form and application for a provisional HGV licence and nothing back yet, I keep checking daily online but nothing updated. Uk civil service couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery
I'm about to complete my documents.the Bullshit the documents are asking for is making me think twice about applying.funny thing is, this paperwork only took three days to arrive.it said between 7 to 10 working days.go figure!
driving an LGV needs to pay at least £20 an hour to entice people into the job, relaxing visa's and using foreign drivers will not solve the problem. using foreign drivers who would work for a lower hourly rate is the main cause of the shortage of British drivers in the first place. when you hear people talk about hourly rates that used to be around £15 an hour back in the 1990s it should come as no surprise that no one is interested in working for £12.50 an hour, in a long hours - no social life type of job. i found it funny (whilst also being alarming since we British will pick up the tax bill) to hear about the foreign drivers employed under their own ltd companies who took a full years worth of furlough pay-out whilst also working full time for the year before leaving the country and heading back to their homelands with something in the region of £50k of fraudulently claimed furlough pay whilst they earned about £40k wages. with a UK government as dim as ours, i am amazed that we have any money left in the economy at all, and with a £304 billion deficit i guess we don't and never will have. our government couldn't run a shoe shine business, they would have to pay customers to sit and get a shine just to make it look like they are doing some worthwhile business 😒
you know that boris isnt going to relax visas at all unfortunately, no foreigners are going to come over on a short term visa even with a pay rise its just not worth the trouble and dealing with the huge paperwork too.
I wouldn't count on DHL too much, they rejected me 3 times last month for 3 separate HGV positions. Apparently there's a high volume of applicants at the moment.
I used to drive HGV's found it hard to stay awake. Treated badly by customers, waiting for hours. One truth is you never really know the weight of a load and its your responsibility. Never knew if I was getting home to the wife and kids, been stuck in traffic loads of times and had to overnight in the cab. Now I stack shelfs on nights, net pay £11.50 an hour. I know when I start and finish. Stress free in comparison and a lot safer. Wouldn't want to go back to trucking. But must say though, great videos.
@@HaggisMuncher-69-420 Ive been out of the country 12 years, lost touch with a lot of people, this is a good way to gauge the state of the industry, nothing much has changed, the big stores still have a stranglehold on rates forcing pay and conditions to be crap even though the eastern Europeans have mostly moved on. Needs a national strike to knock some sense into the greedy corporates.
Trucking is the type of job that You have to really like or even love. It`s a lifestyle. You should`ve stacked shelves from day one without even considering driving.
The company that I have just joined the bosses sat down and put a plan in action as they were struggling to keep or attract good Drivers . They put a good package together and put the ad online they now have filled all vacancies with some great experienced drivers .
Been waiting for provisional licence for 3 weeks now, then theory tests and cpc £500, then practical training backlog is about 3 months £1400, so hopefully next year after £1900 should be ready to go
Im doing skills bootcamp and no agencies are willing to give me the conditional job offer. Im stuck. Theres no shortage. The real shortage is on buses. When i called the company, they said that i could start in two days. That was in 2016.
Passed my class one 2015 sent out letters to haulage firms told no due to insurance and no experience 😞 cpc run out 2 years ago can't afford to do it 😞 you you pass and find work good luck to you but here in Wales it sucks
Thank you for the information I have applied for the HGV training course and waiting for the results 😀 much appreciated of course the list I do I have subscribed and shared 😀
One thing to remember,.I was probably in the last group of drivers who took thier test b4 the rules that said you must pass a class2 first ( 27 years ago ). I was early 20s and had passed the car test first time , the hgv 1 with zero experience was solid .I failed it 4 times , I only carried on due to the money id already spent £3000). The class 2 rule halved the amount of fails for class 1 . Ps I've been with my employer now for 14 years, 4on4off I've gone from 29k a year to 40k due to 3 pay raises In last 3 months !!
Denby transport had the solution years ago but it got kicked into touch. B double,, running nights and between RDCs. One tractor unit with two 40 foot trailers. Parcel delivery companies max out on cube not weight so the B double would be ideal for them. As long as they ran nights and stuck to major roads this solve the driver shortage.
Great intro and video👍🏽 I’m currently getting into the business. The biggest delay seems to be the DVLA backlog 🤷♂️ I’ve bought my training, done all the CPC, had medical, sent provisional application off. Can’t do Class one training and test until I get the provisional licence from DVLA. I saw a Telegraph article on google this morning, asking for the Army to go in and clear the backlog…
I have a pre 97 licence entitles me to drive 7.5t which I'd not done for 20 years . Earlier this year I self funded CPC (£300) over 5 consecutive Saturdays, bought the tacho card and applied for jobs. Once my cv did the rounds I was inundated with offers (still am). I accepted one that pays a day rate which is 34% more than my previous position and a 4 day week. The agency I'm working through claimed they can always get me job if I didn't like my current role. The company I'm working for have an apprenticeship scheme to graduate 3.5t drivers to HGV. In return, I believe the worker agrees to stay on for a minimum of 2 years after qualifying or reimburse the company.
I really want to get into this industry but it’s the initial start up cost that is stopping me. I keep on seeing that the government are paying all this money yet don’t see anything online that points you in the right direction to get this. They want more drivers but make it impossible to get the funds to train.
You can get it done on the dole,if you've a b licence,that's a start then get provisional c licence and look for company because there so stuck for drivers they will help you rest of way because its in there interest
I work for Dhl been there for 5 years work on Nisa contract and few of class 2 drivers there not long gone their class one all paid for by Dhl I already have both my lorry licences abs when I went there I had class one licence but with no e pericence got use to the routes we do in class 2 then driver trainers done some reversing with me on bay and driver assessment abd been on class ones ever since love it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Nothing wrong with that, people need good training, when I did the HGV it was poor, just a matter of taking a chance with the test. Living now in the USA I would say the training there far exceeds anything I saw in the UK, it is structured, professional producing a good end product, same cannot be said for a lot of other trades in Arizona that take advantage of the cheap Hispanic labour, the truck industry has got it right.
Its about 3k for your licence class1. With the rules changing it will still cost you 3k for a class 1 licence if the government do change the rules. Except you will have to do 2-3 days on a class 2 before they put you in a class 1
Phew! I have now caught up and watched every video on your channel - the first time I've ever done that with any channel! Looking forward to the next. Very informative, and fun even for those like me who aren't truckers. 👍
Jobs going to the wall as lgv driver 33 years doing it just treated like drit from every one from company down to other road users pay. Not that great for the responsibility you have .so it's no wonder no one wants to do the job and there's a driver shortage treat people how you would like to be treated ..we at my company taking industrial action over work conditions and pay
The hours would be a shock to most people, I really want to get my HGV done. I already do Leeds depot to Maidstone area deliveries in a lwb van and average 55hrs a week
Go for it,I did van and drive rigid now,more goods equals more pay,put some money away you will make it back in first month of driving lorries,you are already doing long hours so won't be much different
If you really love driving and it comes as second nature now, you should save the money as said before and do your class 1. Don't do it through a company as you will be stuck with them. Much better to pay for it yourself and then you choose the company you want to work for.
The ad on the DHL Lorry says they will fund your LGV licence. Not your HGV licence. From the videos i've seen on youtube. Not many want LGV as it is lower pay than HGV for the same hours. Therefore, not worth much.
Thank you so much, I honestly didn't even think of the job centre helping to pay for the license but then again I left school and walked straight into a job, so my knowledge of the job centre is very low. But I'll also look into the companies available in my area, see what they have to offer. Really loving the videos.
Ask local HGV training providers if they have any funded training scheme's, I found one 20 mile away (JMT in Stallingborough) who gave me a choice of 3 company's to work for who would fund my training, I do my test 4th october and If I pass I start a job paying 40K basic with no commitment or contract tying me down, I'm also on universal credit and had to get my CPC and Digi card but I spoke to my chosen employer and he agreed to help me with that too. I've been incredibly lucky and hope that anyone reading this has the same luck
I looked into DHL funding my license and couldn't see any positions that included funding and I emailed them to ask about it and heard nothing back at all.
they are offering training for drivers that hold Class 2 licences to Class 1. Its just specific job listings so they are really not trying their hardest to advertise it
Impressive intro. E de bun gust;) The link as printed on curtain redirects to main DHL page. To find details click Careers link on any page. LE: 4:40 stiam eu 😁 vezi ca s-au amestecat streamurile audio.
i applied for the gov bootcamp thing and after all the waiting, no news no nothing, when i logged into the website it says link doesn't exist anymore.... like WHAT, I GAVE THEM MY DRIVER LICENCE DETAIL AND EVERYTHING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT??? SCAMS!!!
I'm an HGV driver for over 30 years now, I do a 40 hour week never more, those days of staying out on the road are over for me. I spent 9 of those years doing long distance hauling in South Africa which stopped me from 🙈 Ng my daughter growing up. So now I'm home every night.
Excellent video as always. Il love watching them. You always seem to be happy with your Job, but I can understand the frustration of the very slow traffic and delays. I get to see places I have driven past/through and a lot more that I have never even heard of . Been sharing them across other social media platforms to try and get you more support. I never want the videos to end. Am I selfish ? I hope so haha. Now the wait for the next one. Hope you have a great weekend.
Wheres the catch apart from being trapped in a job that turns out to suck. But youve gotta stick it out or your paying the company back for the full license.
Even if you pass some places will want you to have experience. That said if the job sucks you can leave put you would have to pay the cost back. So if you ate thinking of doing it get something drawn up between you and the employer. Say if you was to leave in 3 6 9 months what percentage would you need to pay them 😉
@@M2tuf Would most likely exist in the contract for training. But theres always the knowledge youll likely be put on the crap routes that no one else wants and after a time itll grow old and youll end up leaving.
As a non-HGV driver, I am astonished that companies didn't do this before as it's clearly worth investing in people to do this job. Surely if you could pass a basic pre-course test to show you had the aptitude for your funding to be worth it, they could have been doing this for years! To all the HGV drivers out there, I and many others salute you despite the clear amount of shit you all have to go through and how unappreciated you must feel by idiots in the general public who make your jobs difficult on a daily basis and the morons in charge who add copious amounts of red tape. You are the true heroes of our workforce and economy. Thank you!
I have my licence since 92 ,but never used it , was thinking of getting medical and renewing , but then I run into no experience again . I've emailed some companies but they want new or experience
Excellent video Raul your videos keep improving on every upload you should be very proud your last video was very interesting on the container work mind yourself Raul look forward to the next video 👍
@@seamusburke9101 Wrong, in the wonderful freemarket America truckers usually earn over $100k, most with over 15 years experience start their own firm.
I did my training in school. So got every license there is plus cranes adr forklift etc for free in a 6 month school program here in Norway. I believe just the CE alone here costs over 10k euros/pounds. half of which is the eu directive crap.
I have HGV licence from UAE with 12 years experience but I don’t have HGV licence in uk how to get the help could someone explain that to me please universal credit is not helping me at all
Good idea, only problem is, companies will not take new passers. I know as I am one of them. Most require 6 months experience, Well, how am I going to get that if I can't get the job in the first place. Agencies will tell you they will get you a start, DONT believe them, they only want your details on the books.
I used to be in trucking industry but left cos of poor salary and stressful job. Now I driving forklift and I'm happy. I'm on £13/hr Saturday time and half if I want. Stress free, everyday home after 9 hr work, excellent salary that trucking industry can only dream about.
@@Rob-on5tz £13 ph, 14.50 ph for a Sunday and £28 in your hand for a full night out, sleeping in a cab, doubling up as a security guard if anyone fancies taking your load and now I see pissing and shitting in hedgerows in the dark. £13 an hour for a class 1 driver. My 18 year old daughter has just started working part time in a Costa and is on nearly £10 an hour. I wonder why so few women are attracted to the lorry driving?
@@Raul689 i would take a wee bottle. i have one by my bed. no getting up to go the toilet. that's easy. i would sort out a big plastic container for the poo too, and toilet roll.
I've been online but cannot find any information about hgv training contracts, I've just started a hgv training course its going to be £2000+ I'm in a low income job and having to work 7 days a week just to make ends meet. Any information is appreciated.
£34 ph with gxo pulling for saisburys £36 nights Saturday £38 Sunday £40 PAYE Contract till Christmas pulling out of St Albans. £34 PH that's less than £10 ph in 1990 when you properly adjust for inflation. Yah I think I've sussed what the problem is and the problems being sorted before the end of next year hyper inflation is here! £34 ph is crap money when you consider the price of everything is going to double in the next year and £34 ph in today's money is less than driver's were getting in the 90's!
No hiperinflation in 2021, 2022 or 2023. There`s no way the UK will end up like Weimar Republic. No way. Different times, totally different economy. Also, no world war like those times.
unfortunately I don't know who the subscriber is but it'd be nice if they could given inside on how to get funding on universal credit as that is what I'm claiming at the moment and looking to do my C1E xx
Don’t do container work, work for a good reputable local haulage firm and build your experience, then after an year get your own truck and trailer and never bother about working cheap or in dirty trucks
The intros are just getting better and better with each passing video, I'm very glad I've found this channel watched near every video and can see the progress from one to the next and it's just very enjoyable content every time. Cheers from wee Northern Ireland!
AGREED!!!
Absolutely. Cheers from India
Thank you!
My thoughts exactly....great intro slightly surreal, nice.....
I hope more UK drivers start to rally against the government now, and demand more pay.
@REMF exactly. Media keep going on about Brexit but really that translates as foreign drivers willing to work for lower pay.
@@Khemu-q4f , yes 100%... theyre crying out for them to come back on cheap wages so it doesnt cost them more in proffits...they are better paid now in their own countries as its suposed to be 400k short, SO it's looking good us so far !! might even be better for us to go overseas earning !!!!! tables have turned ha
What does the government have to do with pay?
This is the problem with people in the UK, they're so dumb they think the state is the root cause of all problems.
Rally against COMPANIES, they pay you not the state.
@@mememachine5244 Finally somebody with common sense in the comments 👍
Yes that’s right all heavy goods vehicle drivers should have the opportunity to earn 45 -50 thousand pounds a year depending on their hours and type of work the advantage taking needed to stop
This is what all industries used to do before we had the influx of cheap imported labour. Companies used to value their work force, training them, qualifying them and ensuring that they were happy, but then came the greed and the race to the bottom, where bosses got richer and workers got poorer.
Please I need driver job and am in Nigeria
@@rasheedibrahim592 can you drive in Nigeria?
@@wy_cap lmao!
Companies are the problem no the solution! They’ve spent the last 30 years cutting drivers wage using cheap foreign labour. As an HGV1 30 years ago I got £15.50 per hour. Worth over £35 per hour now.
How much to they get now? About £13 per hour. With the low wages and the other BS people don’t want to drive trucks any more. It just not worth it. I’ll never drive one again.
At £35 an hour there would never be shortage of drivers. The CPC, narrowing down of the roads, the hassle from the authorities, not being able to use the facilities at the drops, crappy wages, the delays at the DVLA for medical reports and many other reasons that I have forgotten about are the reasons for the shortage of drivers.
I think your misinformed, the problem is that british people dont want to and never wanted to do the work that foreign workers were doing because its too back breaking. There is fruit and veg pickers needed for farming production due to brexit but british people refuse to do that type of work. I really appreciate foreign workers we depend on them alot and thats a great thing.
@@steve00alt70 British people would only do work that is rewarding in pay. If employers want to be tight-fisted then they have to pay the consequences. There is a worldwide shortage of HGV drivers and the UK were probably short of HGV drivers before they joined the EU. Several EU countries are short of HGV drivers. Poland are well over 100,000 drivers short.
@@steve00alt70 it's not because it's back breaking work, it's because it's un-skilled minimum wage work that the Brits won't do, only desperate foreigners will do it and employers take advantage of the fact, now they're reaping what they sow, it's their own fault.
@@steve00alt70 You appear to be the one who is misinfomed, it's not about laziness or hard work. The job is simply not suitable for what most British people need. Picking season nowadays is 6-8 months, so it's not a students summer job and no good for people with a family or other commitments.
I have had my full uk driving licence at DVLA for over two months now with my medical form and application for a provisional HGV licence and nothing back yet, I keep checking daily online but nothing updated. Uk civil service couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery
My license took 8 months 😠
@@KRAM-zb2vc Wow thats crazy
@@andrewalexander1086 and that was a medical license as well,half the staff not there due to COVID and ongoing strike action 😳
@@KRAM-zb2vc tell me about it I will just give up and carry on with my own business and forget about starting a haulage business
I'm about to complete my documents.the Bullshit the documents are asking for is making me think twice about applying.funny thing is, this paperwork only took three days to arrive.it said between 7 to 10 working days.go figure!
driving an LGV needs to pay at least £20 an hour to entice people into the job, relaxing visa's and using foreign drivers will not solve the problem.
using foreign drivers who would work for a lower hourly rate is the main cause of the shortage of British drivers in the first place.
when you hear people talk about hourly rates that used to be around £15 an hour back in the 1990s it should come as no surprise that no one is interested in working for £12.50 an hour,
in a long hours - no social life type of job.
i found it funny (whilst also being alarming since we British will pick up the tax bill) to hear about the foreign drivers employed under their own ltd companies who took a full years worth of furlough pay-out whilst also working full time for the year before leaving the country and heading back to their homelands with something in the region of £50k of fraudulently claimed furlough pay whilst they earned about £40k wages.
with a UK government as dim as ours, i am amazed that we have any money left in the economy at all, and with a £304 billion deficit i guess we don't and never will have.
our government couldn't run a shoe shine business, they would have to pay customers to sit and get a shine just to make it look like they are doing some worthwhile business 😒
Exactly this.
you know that boris isnt going to relax visas at all unfortunately, no foreigners are going to come over on a short term visa even with a pay rise its just not worth the trouble and dealing with the huge paperwork too.
Well said my friend
Dam in the US; truckers make about 80k-100k per year, didn’t know the bros over in the uk trucking world have to deal with that treatment
Spot on fella 👍🏻👌
Its not about day rates, need hourly rates, that should drive waiting times down.
I wouldn't count on DHL too much, they rejected me 3 times last month for 3 separate HGV positions. Apparently there's a high volume of applicants at the moment.
The DHL link doesn't even work. And they wonder why they can't get drivers haha.
DHL are wank
I used to drive HGV's found it hard to stay awake. Treated badly by customers, waiting for hours. One truth is you never really know the weight of a load and its your responsibility. Never knew if I was getting home to the wife and kids, been stuck in traffic loads of times and had to overnight in the cab. Now I stack shelfs on nights, net pay £11.50 an hour. I know when I start and finish. Stress free in comparison and a lot safer. Wouldn't want to go back to trucking. But must say though, great videos.
I think you miss trucking job that's why you are here watching and commenting 😉
@@chersimerci1626 I did it for 6 years after being made redundant from engineering, you can stick it right up your ass.
@@jimmyjetski3409 And yet here you are too, watching trucking videos lol
@@HaggisMuncher-69-420 Ive been out of the country 12 years, lost touch with a lot of people, this is a good way to gauge the state of the industry, nothing much has changed, the big stores still have a stranglehold on rates forcing pay and conditions to be crap even though the eastern Europeans have mostly moved on. Needs a national strike to knock some sense into the greedy corporates.
Trucking is the type of job that You have to really like or even love. It`s a lifestyle. You should`ve stacked shelves from day one without even considering driving.
The company that I have just joined the bosses sat down and put a plan in action as they were struggling to keep or attract good Drivers . They put a good package together and put the ad online they now have filled all vacancies with some great experienced drivers .
Please I need driver job
Great Vlog as usual and the camera work is mint . Stay safe fella & hope for another lockdown to ease the traffic
Been waiting for provisional licence for 3 weeks now, then theory tests and cpc £500, then practical training backlog is about 3 months £1400, so hopefully next year after £1900 should be ready to go
Yeah I been waiting 10 weeks for my class 2 to come back on my license from DVLA so I can book my class 1
That intro was mint, very professional
Im doing skills bootcamp and no agencies are willing to give me the conditional job offer. Im stuck. Theres no shortage. The real shortage is on buses. When i called the company, they said that i could start in two days. That was in 2016.
3 years ago I asked for warehouse to wheels program, while employed with them. They sayed NO....
Passed my class one 2015 sent out letters to haulage firms told no due to insurance and no experience 😞 cpc run out 2 years ago can't afford to do it 😞 you you pass and find work good luck to you but here in Wales it sucks
I was the same
Plenty of agency work, experience or not, everyone has to start somewere
Sorry to hear that. As John is saying try agency work
will try to get cpc and try again 👍
@@tonyedwards892 Where abouts in Wales do you live mate? If you can get to Bristol/Newport you’ll be snapped up!
Thank you for the information I have applied for the HGV training course and waiting for the results 😀 much appreciated of course the list I do I have subscribed and shared 😀
Thank you and glad i could help
I love your vlogs, so much information in a truckers daily work life 😁 from wales 🏴
Always happy to see a notification of another Raul vlog, keep them coming, slick intro on this one I thought 👌🏻👊🏻👍🏻
One thing to remember,.I was probably in the last group of drivers who took thier test b4 the rules that said you must pass a class2 first ( 27 years ago ).
I was early 20s and had passed the car test first time , the hgv 1 with zero experience was solid .I failed it 4 times , I only carried on due to the money id already spent £3000).
The class 2 rule halved the amount of fails for class 1 .
Ps I've been with my employer now for 14 years, 4on4off I've gone from 29k a year to 40k due to 3 pay raises In last 3 months !!
Nice raise 👍👍
Denby transport had the solution years ago but it got kicked into touch.
B double,, running nights and between RDCs. One tractor unit with two 40 foot trailers.
Parcel delivery companies max out on cube not weight so the B double would be ideal for them.
As long as they ran nights and stuck to major roads this solve the driver shortage.
Great intro and video👍🏽 I’m currently getting into the business. The biggest delay seems to be the DVLA backlog 🤷♂️ I’ve bought my training, done all the CPC, had medical, sent provisional application off. Can’t do Class one training and test until I get the provisional licence from DVLA. I saw a Telegraph article on google this morning, asking for the Army to go in and clear the backlog…
It took me two weeks to get my provisional back and the entitlements were on after a week so I was able to book my theory, hazard and case studies.
Same still waiting on provisional DVLA so slow
I have a pre 97 licence entitles me to drive 7.5t which I'd not done for 20 years .
Earlier this year I self funded CPC (£300) over 5 consecutive Saturdays, bought the tacho card and applied for jobs. Once my cv did the rounds I was inundated with offers (still am).
I accepted one that pays a day rate which is 34% more than my previous position and a 4 day week.
The agency I'm working through claimed they can always get me job if I didn't like my current role.
The company I'm working for have an apprenticeship scheme to graduate 3.5t drivers to HGV. In return, I believe the worker agrees to stay on for a minimum of 2 years after qualifying or reimburse the company.
Can you give me a link or a website to check concerning that company.
I really want to get into this industry but it’s the initial start up cost that is stopping me. I keep on seeing that the government are paying all this money yet don’t see anything online that points you in the right direction to get this. They want more drivers but make it impossible to get the funds to train.
You can get it done on the dole,if you've a b licence,that's a start then get provisional c licence and look for company because there so stuck for drivers they will help you rest of way because its in there interest
Mantra learning based in Manchester offer free HGV license training but they do take a while getting you on board
I work for Dhl been there for 5 years work on Nisa contract and few of class 2 drivers there not long gone their class one all paid for by Dhl I already have both my lorry licences abs when I went there I had class one licence but with no e pericence got use to the routes we do in class 2 then driver trainers done some reversing with me on bay and driver assessment abd been on class ones ever since love it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you Raul. Always interesting commentary and excellent video.
I was shocked when I saw job centre Ads with HGV Class 1, 2 and 3 pay rates only just above a van drivers pay!
Joke
Great video once again Raul. A+
A lot of companies are putting people through there class one now, it’s a good way to get people in 👍👍
Nothing wrong with that, people need good training, when I did the HGV it was poor, just a matter of taking a chance with the test. Living now in the USA I would say the training there far exceeds anything I saw in the UK, it is structured, professional producing a good end product, same cannot be said for a lot of other trades in Arizona that take advantage of the cheap Hispanic labour, the truck industry has got it right.
seeing all the tight situations and imagining them in winter really makes me rethink if i want both c+e
Nice video. Superb quality and the editing was top 👍👍👍👍
Its about 3k for your licence class1. With the rules changing it will still cost you 3k for a class 1 licence if the government do change the rules. Except you will have to do 2-3 days on a class 2 before they put you in a class 1
Phew! I have now caught up and watched every video on your channel - the first time I've ever done that with any channel! Looking forward to the next. Very informative, and fun even for those like me who aren't truckers. 👍
Thanks a lot for your support 👍👍👍
Jobs going to the wall as lgv driver 33 years doing it just treated like drit from every one from company down to other road users pay. Not that great for the responsibility you have .so it's no wonder no one wants to do the job and there's a driver shortage treat people how you would like to be treated ..we at my company taking industrial action over work conditions and pay
The hours would be a shock to most people, I really want to get my HGV done. I already do Leeds depot to Maidstone area deliveries in a lwb van and average 55hrs a week
Go for it,I did van and drive rigid now,more goods equals more pay,put some money away you will make it back in first month of driving lorries,you are already doing long hours so won't be much different
If you really love driving and it comes as second nature now, you should save the money as said before and do your class 1. Don't do it through a company as you will be stuck with them. Much better to pay for it yourself and then you choose the company you want to work for.
The ad on the DHL Lorry says they will fund your LGV licence. Not your HGV licence.
From the videos i've seen on youtube. Not many want LGV as it is lower pay than HGV for the same hours. Therefore, not worth much.
My brother in law is driving one of these in Poland. He refuses to come to work in UK!
Please tell him not to come , We had enough of you !!
Brexit. He can`t come anyway.
Thank you so much, I honestly didn't even think of the job centre helping to pay for the license but then again I left school and walked straight into a job, so my knowledge of the job centre is very low. But I'll also look into the companies available in my area, see what they have to offer.
Really loving the videos.
They don't. I've specifically asked them to set up a hgv apprenticeship for me and they don't do it.
@@nyakwarObat yeah I had the same answer
I’d love to become a driver of Hgv 1 but was quoted £3100 for a course not viable at moment. On Universal credit but no help
Ask local HGV training providers if they have any funded training scheme's, I found one 20 mile away (JMT in Stallingborough) who gave me a choice of 3 company's to work for who would fund my training, I do my test 4th october and If I pass I start a job paying 40K basic with no commitment or contract tying me down, I'm also on universal credit and had to get my CPC and Digi card but I spoke to my chosen employer and he agreed to help me with that too. I've been incredibly lucky and hope that anyone reading this has the same luck
Just incase anyone was wondering, I passed with 7 minors, the test is not easy but it can be done, especially if I can do it lol.
@@Srimera27 well done buddy congratulations. I’m still trying to find help with course and a possible job. Hopefully find something soon locally
And you don't get paid traffic waiting time aswell
I sent my passed medical off along with my hgv provisional application about 11 weeks ago now. Still nothing
Sorry pal
covid reason...;-)
@@Raul689 cheers mate, I was hoping to get it done this year before the weather turns bad, not sure if that's going to happen now
@@iordache3278 yeah seems like it mate
Another fantastic vid Raul always a pleasure to watch ,,lying in bed with covid at moment
Sorry to hear that pal, stay well and stack up on vitamin d
I looked into DHL funding my license and couldn't see any positions that included funding and I emailed them to ask about it and heard nothing back at all.
they are offering training for drivers that hold Class 2 licences to Class 1. Its just specific job listings so they are really not trying their hardest to advertise it
Try B&M Liverpool or Bedford
Sorry pal
I wouldn't recommend this you could be stuck on contract with them for a job doing store deliverys, hell no
Some of them will leave after 1st shift.
Sure they fund you. Than they give you salary £14 an hour and you have to pay them back or stay with them slaving for years.
That's true.
You just leave like I did 👌🏾
Impressive intro. E de bun gust;) The link as printed on curtain redirects to main DHL page. To find details click Careers link on any page. LE: 4:40 stiam eu 😁 vezi ca s-au amestecat streamurile audio.
Pfff ai adreptate acum am auzit. Mersi 😄
i applied for the gov bootcamp thing and after all the waiting, no news no nothing, when i logged into the website it says link doesn't exist anymore.... like WHAT, I GAVE THEM MY DRIVER LICENCE DETAIL AND EVERYTHING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY GOT??? SCAMS!!!
I remember when you had to have at least 3 years experience ! Serves them all right.
Love the videos Raul, keep them coming.
I'm an HGV driver for over 30 years now, I do a 40 hour week never more, those days of staying out on the road are over for me. I spent 9 of those years doing long distance hauling in South Africa which stopped me from 🙈 Ng my daughter growing up. So now I'm home every night.
Intro is Next level
Cool thanks for your video. I. A coach driver £11 ph in leeds thinking of going for class 1
Good luck 👍
Excellent video as always. Il love watching them. You always seem to be happy with your Job, but I can understand the frustration of the very slow traffic and delays. I get to see places I have driven past/through and a lot more that I have never even heard of . Been sharing them across other social media platforms to try and get you more support. I never want the videos to end. Am I selfish ? I hope so haha. Now the wait for the next one. Hope you have a great weekend.
It frustrating to get home late on a friday evening
Don't know how people are getting the training through the job centre S they keep telling me they cant help me. Very frustrating!
Try contacting haulage company's direct, DHL are offering it and I know Mcburneys will put you threw HGV, never heard of people going threw job centre
Thanks for letting us know
Loving the production values on this Raul 👍😊 ... And great to see you on Not just another trucking podcast too!! Good work big man
Thanks a lot Chris 😁 thanks for having me take care 🤘
Loving the videos! Keep up the good work!
Followed DHL link doesn't work
Wheres the catch apart from being trapped in a job that turns out to suck. But youve gotta stick it out or your paying the company back for the full license.
Even if you pass some places will want you to have experience. That said if the job sucks you can leave put you would have to pay the cost back. So if you ate thinking of doing it get something drawn up between you and the employer. Say if you was to leave in 3 6 9 months what percentage would you need to pay them 😉
@@M2tuf Would most likely exist in the contract for training. But theres always the knowledge youll likely be put on the crap routes that no one else wants and after a time itll grow old and youll end up leaving.
As a non-HGV driver, I am astonished that companies didn't do this before as it's clearly worth investing in people to do this job. Surely if you could pass a basic pre-course test to show you had the aptitude for your funding to be worth it, they could have been doing this for years! To all the HGV drivers out there, I and many others salute you despite the clear amount of shit you all have to go through and how unappreciated you must feel by idiots in the general public who make your jobs difficult on a daily basis and the morons in charge who add copious amounts of red tape. You are the true heroes of our workforce and economy. Thank you!
Many companies are afraid that if they sponsor someone then after training is complete they will go off and work for somebody else.
I have my licence since 92 ,but never used it , was thinking of getting medical and renewing , but then I run into no experience again . I've emailed some companies but they want new or experience
Sorry pal try agencies
Excellent video Raul your videos keep improving on every upload you should be very proud your last video was very interesting on the container work mind yourself Raul look forward to the next video 👍
Thanks pal
is the company provide training
I've got my class 1 and ADR but don't have my digital taco/ I also need a new medical
Fantastic camera angles. 👌
Wish I was in the UK right now to take advantage of this, but had to switch my licence over to Irish due to Brexit and doing the lessons over here.
No matter where you take up truck driving I guarantee you'll be used and abused. My words will ring in your ears.
@@seamusburke9101 Wrong, in the wonderful freemarket America truckers usually earn over $100k, most with over 15 years experience start their own firm.
Great video as always Raul
I did my training in school. So got every license there is plus cranes adr forklift etc for free in a 6 month school program here in Norway. I believe just the CE alone here costs over 10k euros/pounds. half of which is the eu directive crap.
more training here though, as you got a lot of snow, ice and mountains to deal with.
Nice
Don`t see any trainee driver vacancies :(
No, neither did I. Just lot's of b/s about how wonderful n caring they are to their staff.
I have HGV licence from UAE with 12 years experience but I don’t have HGV licence in uk how to get the help could someone explain that to me please universal credit is not helping me at all
Good idea, only problem is, companies will not take new passers. I know as I am one of them. Most require 6 months experience, Well, how am I going to get that if I can't get the job in the first place. Agencies will tell you they will get you a start, DONT believe them, they only want your details on the books.
NICE CAM WORK
I would love to drive lorry. However, the paid put me off. I would be amazing to learn a new language and travel around Europe. I would love that.
Thanks for your update
I'M lucky get paid more for driving 7.5t doing regular day hours love your vids.👍🍺
funding yeaaa... and then claiming it back over he years of employement and you still get 10£ per h. constant attention required and away from family
So why did you dump the air when backing up x
So i would not be to high over the dock and smash into the door
It's only if you have already got your class 2
I used to be in trucking industry but left cos of poor salary and stressful job. Now I driving forklift and I'm happy. I'm on £13/hr Saturday time and half if I want. Stress free, everyday home after 9 hr work, excellent salary that trucking industry can only dream about.
Revoked my class1, 2 years ago CPC killed it for me plus shit money.
When a drivers sleeps in a layby, if he needs a crap in the night or when he wakes up in the morning, what does he do?
Some intro btw.
He shits and pisses in the layby, simple, and don't forget your talc and baby wipes...
@@Rob-on5tz £13 ph, 14.50 ph for a Sunday and £28 in your hand for a full night out, sleeping in a cab, doubling up as a security guard if anyone fancies taking your load and now I see pissing and shitting in hedgerows in the dark.
£13 an hour for a class 1 driver.
My 18 year old daughter has just started working part time in a Costa and is on nearly £10 an hour.
I wonder why so few women are attracted to the lorry driving?
In the bushes 😄
@@Raul689 i would take a wee bottle. i have one by my bed. no getting up to go the toilet. that's easy. i would sort out a big plastic container for the poo too, and toilet roll.
Frozen stuff on the container? Is it temperature monitored unit?
Yes
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Can they fund me at the age of 19? I had my Cat B license for 2 and a half years
I've been online but cannot find any information about hgv training contracts, I've just started a hgv training course its going to be £2000+ I'm in a low income job and having to work 7 days a week just to make ends meet. Any information is appreciated.
£34 ph with gxo pulling for saisburys £36 nights Saturday £38 Sunday £40 PAYE Contract till Christmas pulling out of St Albans. £34 PH that's less than £10 ph in 1990 when you properly adjust for inflation. Yah I think I've sussed what the problem is and the problems being sorted before the end of next year hyper inflation is here! £34 ph is crap money when you consider the price of everything is going to double in the next year and £34 ph in today's money is less than driver's were getting in the 90's!
No hiperinflation in 2021, 2022 or 2023. There`s no way the UK will end up like Weimar Republic. No way. Different times, totally different economy. Also, no world war like those times.
Really liked your video. Could you tell me which sat nav is best for lorry. I am new in this industry. Thank you
I use a varmin dezl 770. Search review in my videos
How do you exchange a European HGV licence to a UK licence please? Thanks so much
you have to get a form from the gov website. take a picture, pay the fee, send the eu License with some id, an in about 3 weeks you get the UK one
I quit driving HGV 2 ADR in 2008 I was earning .£15.00 p/ h then
My son and son in law lives in Trinidad and Tobago. Does anyone know how they can come to UK and become a truck driver?
You find my licence so I lost a few days ago thank you very much where is it my licence you find it
Very tempting.. how do I join in?
Why most of Lorrie don't have revised camera?!!!!!! Is 2021 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
I have class 2 been away from driving for 10 years im 58 years old and prepared to pay for my own class 1 and and cannot find work any tips?
Just try agencies
No, 1993, I took my own class 1 my self, so I move to anybody, I wanted to work for, I went on the Agents
When you take class 1 by yourself you have no choice but to go on the agencies as nobody else will employ you due to "lack of experience"! 😆
unfortunately I don't know who the subscriber is but it'd be nice if they could given inside on how to get funding on universal credit as that is what I'm claiming at the moment and looking to do my C1E xx
hey ive just passed the test and all jobs offer me max 10.5£/h in ESSEX what is a NORMAL WAGE?
Ps. Ive applied for containers
All depends in the work you are doing
Don’t do container work, work for a good reputable local haulage firm and build your experience, then after an year get your own truck and trailer and never bother about working cheap or in dirty trucks
Hourly rates - anything less than £15 is an insult
7.5 ton work ?
I would say is unacceptable. Verry low rate for Essex
Pay, facilities, respect etc