Corsa_Scotty
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Registered: 8th Aug 07
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 Good luck  I wonder what i actually should be earning at my age  dont have a clue
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antnee
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Registered: 30th Dec 07
Location: Cov Drives: Clio 197
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can i have a metric hammer
sorry had too!
Good luck!
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chrex
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Registered: 26th Aug 07
Location: Brawdy/Wirral
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well i was told today that its 10K in the 1st year, 13k in the second year and the 3rd is for review at the time...so its not exactly bad!
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chunk89
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Registered: 16th May 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Scotty
Good luck I wonder what i actually should be earning at my age dont have a clue
how old are you because if u are same age as my mate i can tell u exactly wat he picks up a month if u want
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Corsa_Scotty
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I am 15 mate 
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chunk89
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o wel my mate started there at 16 and he is taking home 527 a month after tax and he has a day release for collage
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Corsa_Scotty
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Well how the college works out is mon,tue and wed at college then the thursday and friday at Vauxhall 
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
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at 17 i think you should be on £3 a hour then 19 you will be on £4 then when your 20 you will get £5
Iirc...
Can you go to the store's and get me a long weight?....
Lol one of the work experience boys were actually daft enough to fall for that one.
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Corsa_Scotty
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quote:
Originally posted by Richardhhha
at 17 i think you should be on £3 a hour then 19 you will be on £4 then when your 20 you will get £5
Iirc...
Can you go to the store's and get me a long weight?....
Lol one of the work experience boys were actually daft enough to fall for that one.
Theres another lad there thats younger than me so we told him to go for a long stand and then sent him over the road to another garage to ask for tartan paint. Oh and the can you get me a glass hammer one 
[Edited on 26-06-2008 by Corsa_Scotty]
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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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Congrats mate, welcome to the world of changing EGR valves and ABS reworks
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Corsa_Scotty
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Is that good
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STEvieXE
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take some of the best advice youll ever get and stay well clear of any apprenticeship in the motor trade matey.
even do a search on here about motor trade apprenticeships, u love cars now, in 5 years you wont and when your mates are all making more money than you and you have very little prospects for the future and your stuck doing the same crap, coming home from work dirty etc and working to times, ull realise its a shit job
not trying to burst your bubble, well done, but i was given this advice but wouldnt listen, all i wanted to do is fix cars. now im stuck with it more or less its the only things i know and i hate it
[Edited on 28-06-2008 by STEvieXE]
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Ash_sx125
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
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Minimum they can pay you on an apprenticeship is £80 a week.. £320 a month.. they may decide to pay you more..
Good luck with it.
I've been looking everywhere to find an electrician apprenticeship, sent CV's off to everything, had a reply from Wabtec Rail. unsuccesful, Doncaster council had an interview, but was unsuccesful..
It sucks 
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dan-sport
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Registered: 9th Oct 07
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nout wrong with glass hammers
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bigdan
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yeah on my first day at work i went to the stores for some tartan paint
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Rob E
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
take some of the best advice youll ever get and stay well clear of any apprenticeship in the motor trade matey.
even do a search on here about motor trade apprenticeships, u love cars now, in 5 years you wont and when your mates are all making more money than you and you have very little prospects for the future and your stuck doing the same crap, coming home from work dirty etc and working to times, ull realise its a shit job
not trying to burst your bubble, well done, but i was given this advice but wouldnt listen, all i wanted to do is fix cars. now im stuck with it more or less its the only things i know and i hate it
[Edited on 28-06-2008 by STEvieXE]
I couldnt agree more with that comment!!
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Corsa_Scotty
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Im not staying with mechanics for ever mate im moving on once im fully trained
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nova_gteuk
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Have to agree with STEvieXE.
I done my 3 year apprenticeship at fords and i can happily say ive never had a job in a garage.I hate working on other peoples cars for shit pay in the cold and wet.
After i finished in ford i worked in a call centre.
I just hate that i wasted 3 years on an apprenticeship now. everyone i was in college with one day a week,only one of them still work in the motor trade
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Rob E
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What you plan to do once your fully trained mate? I said exactly the same thing as you and im still in the trade
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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There's a lad round here who's now 30, been in the trade since he was 16. He's just about to open a garage up with his mate.
I'm not sounding nasty, but I think that is where the real money is for mechanics, as the money isn't great. It should be, as people allways need their cars doing.
I'm sure once their garage gets up and running they'll make some £££.
They've both got houses and one's married, so imagine how hard they've had to save for it!
(Rob the garage is going to be on builder street, next to the tyre centre)
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Marc
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2 of my mates used to be mechanics at Vauxhall 
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Twiggy
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
(Rob the garage is going to be on builder street, next to the tyre centre)
Let me know when there open the mrs can call with her pasty van! (sure she goes to 'dudno
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Whittie
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Will do
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
There's a lad round here who's now 30, been in the trade since he was 16. He's just about to open a garage up with his mate.
I'm not sounding nasty, but I think that is where the real money is for mechanics, as the money isn't great. It should be, as people allways need their cars doing.
I'm sure once their garage gets up and running they'll make some £££.
They've both got houses and one's married, so imagine how hard they've had to save for it!
(Rob the garage is going to be on builder street, next to the tyre centre)
your definately right there, but with every year cars get more and more dependant on fancy equipment to repair/diagnose etc
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Joel B
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Well done mate, ive just started
an electricians apprentischip./
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