S.A Corsa
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Registered: 10th Jul 06
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I did 4 years apprentership now im starting my own business found the job really satisfying especailly my first respray felt so proud... If you into cars go for it but dont be disheartened when things dont go right as they sometimes will... It just takes time... Most important advice i could give you is get with the right person to teach you try to see the work they have done etc... i worked for 1 year unpaied just so i could be with the top guy real old skool no short cuts
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Dont fancy the motor trade at all, go for a construction trade apprenticeship (electrician/plumber), or off shore engineering like im going to be doing!!
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
Location: Wiltshire
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Ah rite!!So is it the WHOLE motortrade that is underpaid then??
I am REALLY into my cars,but the problem is I know exactly what car is what....but only know an average amount about an engine!
I want to go into the design more,but tuning cars.Like West Coast Customs,and R-Tech............
How much can you get if your a sprayer??
I want to work in a job connected with cars.What are the best jobs,do you think,to do with cars?
How about being a salesman????
Cheers guys!!This is really useful!!
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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When i started i only had the basic knowledge of how a car works etc but thats the point of the apprenticeship mate, you learn these things as you go along. I am at the same point as jamesvalver, a few weeks away from gaining my certificate. I have been with the same company now for 3 years working in a vauxhall dealership. The first year we got trained by a local automotvice collage but then, slaters (the company i work for) fell out with the collage due to quite a bit of apprentice poaching going on. For the two years of training that i had left, i was put on the vauxhall apprentice programme and i have really not been impressed with their organisation. Just as i joined vauxhall had changed the course frame work and for about 8 months they kept changing my mind about which framework i was actually on. anyway i just cracked on with it and now im about to qualify in a few weeks time.
Another thing you might like to consider looking into is a degree in motorsport engineering. i am considering this in the next couple of years, look it up on google, some very interesting but tough course material! good luck mate!
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
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Yeh I did think about that!
But wanting to go into more about areodynamics side of it,the design of the shell.But then I got it into my head that I would of needed experience of how a car worked as well.
Im guessing main dealers would have a car design 'sector' wouldnt they?
If anyone has thought of a different career route,what was it?and why?
Cheers!!
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
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Are there any other pointers I shud know before I start planning an apprenticeship with someone?!
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
Location: Staffordshire Drives: Astra SRi
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Not to piss on your parade mate, but you don't seem to have a clue, or be listening to what people are telling you.
I went thoguht the same throughts as you myself, but quickly put them to rest once i'd done a bit of digging about them.
Putting it into simple terms;
You won't make a great living from working as an apprentice in the motortrade. It'll take years of training before your "up to scratch" as it were, and they usually pay pittence until that point.
Apprentiships at tuning companies/custom bodyshops as good as don't exist. There usually small outlets, with few staff apart from the owners, and the staff they have are already fully trained.
Motorsport Engineering sounds really good - if it were a hobby. In reality it's a highly specialised degree, and doesnt give you much scope for extending it for other jobs. The opportunities for jobs in motorsport are few and far between  . You can also extend this to Automotive engineering IMO, there little automotive left in this country, and lots of engineers to push salaries towards the lower end of the scale.
You can make an honest living being a salesman, but unless you've got the gift of the gab, and a good sales pitch your not going to be rolling in it .
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
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Sorry if thats how it seems!!
I really appreciate all that your saying everyone....but yeh you are right.I dont really have a clue what to do!But I'll scout about!!Cheers peeps!!
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NovalutionGSi
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Registered: 20th Feb 07
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Emmett, you seem very keen into doing an Apprenticeship and if the money doesnt bother you then i'd say do it. i went straight into mine when i was 16 and got £90 a week as a1st year Sparky. now i'm not far off having over £10 an hour once i have my first Aid training. i run my own site jobs and generally feel part of the team and have help build the company to what it is today.
to get to where your thinking you need to know the right people, which normally helps. 50% of the time its not what you know but who you know! 
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
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Well as long as it pays more then what I'm getting at the moment its okay!
But I am working at Sainsburys!!lol!!
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Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Doug_SRi
just completed my apprenticeship, 18 months at college and 2yrs work experience offshore so now a qualified production technician in the oil and gas industry
I take it your opito cause your production?
Im in my 1st year as an ecitb mechanical techniciian
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
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Opito?????
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A.Nam
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Registered: 19th Sep 05
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tbh mate thebests thing to do is to get a part time job in a garage, just to test the water, i did this when i was 15, before then i always wanted to work on car ect but i found it wasnt for me.
even tho you may like working on your car as a hobby can you see your self doing it for then next 50 years?
these people replying have first hand experiance in what you are asking about, listen to what they are saying, train to be a spark/plumber and work on your car as a hobby with the money you ern.
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emmett
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Registered: 2nd Mar 06
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Good point actually!!Never really thought of that!!Cheers bud.
Cheers guys!You lot have been a great help!!
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