Liam
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ok then i misread that. But why say that im copying what other people say  , there was no1 for me to copy, its as though if someone used the smiley before someone else cant use it, stop being a kn0b to me for no reason and grow the fcuk up!
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gavin18787
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Originally posted by ed
For the summer...  
I'm going to do the training course to become either a digger driver, dumper driver or a forklift truck driver... I like doing odd things 
Good luck with it 
Are you doing it as a work based college course. I was going to do it at the national construction college at kingslyn in norfolk. Had the interveiw and that and got a place but had too much trouble finding a company to sponsor me and ended up having a completly differnt career
Still would love to do it someday. 
[Edited on 11-05-2006 by gavin18787]
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ed
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The courses I am looking at are at a, agricultural college somewhere in Northampton, though there is one nearer to home which could do them. I'm going to pay for it myself as you seem to be able to earn a decent ammount from a fairly small initial outlay of between £100 and £300 for a 5 day course. Not looking at doing the digger stuff as it's pretty expensive, seems to be over £900 for most of the courses. Will need to look into it a bit more because i'm just looking to get the certificate which seems to be the requirement for what I want to do.
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dna23
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 Agricultural College in N'ton... you will be near me edwardo... and broster with his merry men! whereabouts is it exactly?
Will make an interesting CV 
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ed
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Moulton College... Thats if the course is on when I can do it.
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dna23
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Cool, friend of mine goes there - he likes it says its pretty good want me to find out what ure course is like?
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
The courses I am looking at are at a, agricultural college somewhere in Northampton, though there is one nearer to home which could do them. I'm going to pay for it myself as you seem to be able to earn a decent ammount from a fairly small initial outlay of between £100 and £300 for a 5 day course. Not looking at doing the digger stuff as it's pretty expensive, seems to be over £900 for most of the courses. Will need to look into it a bit more because i'm just looking to get the certificate which seems to be the requirement for what I want to do.
yer thats why i needed a sponsorship mine covered loads of differnt types of plant. You earnt a card for each one that certified that you were capable and safe to operate it. the overall course was called construction plant operator i think, they also ran a construction plant repair course as well that looked good.
The college itself was amazing as its an old RAF base so theres loads of plant in all differnt hangers and acres and acres of land to go out and learn on
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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ed
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That sounds like a cool job, you can get grants from your LEA as well as a student loan. So with a bit of saving up you might still be able to do it?
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gavin18787
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yer i gave up to easily though and im half way through a pharmacy course at the mo. Slight change of direction you may say
May still look into it in the future if i fancy a career change
[Edited on 11-05-2006 by gavin18787]
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Ian
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Originally posted by vauxcorsagirl
you two want to be put in a room together and then u can sort it out hehe
Can I be present as well and I'll give them both a dig 
Next bit of bickering and everyone gets banned, forever.
Grow up, get out more and shut the hell up unless you're saying something the world wants to hear.
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Robin
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everyone?  
ed, moulton is fairly cool. loads of farmer girls there, and a few fitties
and like sam says, you'll be near all of us cool east mids people
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ed
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We will have to have an inter-racial, er... regional, meet then. I can drive there in my all terrain fork lift truck and pick you all up 10 feet in the air
Everyone is being such girls. They are all trying to impress people. I think this is a result of spending far too mcuh time sitting in front of Off Day pressing refresh and thinking the people on here are your actual friends. I think there should be session time limits with strict break times to stop people getting too serious It's funny how if somone takes the piss out of somone's care and they kick off the instant reaction of the board is it's only the internet. Where as in here people throw hissy fits all the time and it's ok. There we go, that's My Two Cents with Kent Brockman.
Anyway. Tractors. Fit farmer girls who aren't 15 like the last one I'm going to this place for my 1 or 3 day course!
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Ian
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Ed, handlers are where its at.
What do you have at your place already?
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ed
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Used to have a Massey Furgerson tractor. Now our contractor brings over one of the JCB thhings with the forklift/bucket thing on a telescopic arm. Forget what it's called, but i've helped use it a fair few times. Also used excavators, but the cost of the course doesn't justify the ammount I would earn so there aint no point.
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Ian
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Excavators are hard as well. Its like juggling.
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Jake
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Originally posted by ed
Moulton College... Thats if the course is on when I can do it.
i go to moulton college, I think it's wank and im yet to meet someone that thinks different.
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ed
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Originally posted by Ian
Excavators are hard as well. Its like juggling.
I operated one while we were laying new drains. Once you get the hang of it it's not too hard...
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Andrew
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
quote:
Originally posted by vauxcorsagirl
you two want to be put in a room together and then u can sort it out hehe
Can I be present as well and I'll give them both a dig
Next bit of bickering and everyone gets banned, forever.
Grow up, get out more and shut the hell up unless you're saying something the world wants to hear.
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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digger driver by far the hardest, takes alot more experience to be good
dumper and fork lift ar pretty simple really
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