Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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Basically I have just left my job working 11 hour shifts order picking , & i have little qualifications and i dont want to go my whole life doing Crap £6ph Wharehouse/Factory jobs my whole life.
I'm interested in becoming a locksmith or an electrician, somethieng skilled but i dont know how i could go about finding an apprenticeship type job for either, especially being 22 as i presume most places would be looking for Younger peoplet o train up.
does anyone know where would be the best place to look? ask for advice
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Dan Lewis
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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bad time for trying for a career change.
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AdZ9
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picked a pretty bad time to look for one at the moment mate with the credit crunch 
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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Get youself into college doing what you want to end up doing...
But working on a "slave labour" job is gunna have to do for now, until you get the qualification you want
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Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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I know but i couldnt stand my job any more, Working 7am till 6am with only half hour lunch and 2 15 min breaks all day weds thurs friday & saturday then pretty much forced to work sundays too, for an abismal wage was just getting too much
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JonnyJ
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Registered: 23rd Sep 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben D
I know but i couldnt stand my job any more, Working 7am till 6am with only half hour lunch and 2 15 min breaks all day weds thurs friday & saturday then pretty much forced to work sundays too, for an abismal wage was just getting too much
23 hour day you must have been fucked, id have left too 
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Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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Meant 7am till 6pm Sorry* for £6ph - bad times
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liamC
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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7 til 6 with a half hour break? isnt that illegal?
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smack
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ben, i was in the exact same postion as you,same job same wage so i left last year went to college getting a degree.
i was looking at aprenerships when i left, unforunatly ppl dont want to know you after you turn 18 as the goverement dont support ppl and buisness if you are over. so finding a aprentership is going to be extreamly hard.
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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Registered: 9th Apr 02
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I did a similar job a few years back when i was not working for 6 months and starting my own business, my dad knew the manager of a sainsbury's depot and i think i lasted a week and my mate who i was starting the business with lasted 4 days. I was getting about £6 p/h doing stupid shifts, working with immigrants that couldnt speak a word of english and it was about 1 degree's centigrade in the building at all times. Harsh times, i couldn't do that kind of job day in day out so fair play to you for lasting as long as you did.
Career wise i would say that locksmith would be the one to go for out of the two your interested in. I looked into it a while back and tehre are quite a few courses you can go on, these do cost a quite a bit but once you know what your doing you can go out on your own and start earning or get a job with a company. Its one of them jobs where people will always get locked out of there house hence you will always be needed. Whilst your learning get a delivery job in the evenings for a local takeaway or a local supermarket doing a few shifts a week.
I have loads of websites written down somewhere on locksmith courses if you want i can u2u them to you.
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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Registered: 9th Apr 02
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Also your never too old to do anything, i think Colin started his degree when he was about your age.
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Ben D
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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Unfortunatly i cant afford to go to college because i have my own home/car etc or i would love to, I need to earn as i learn.
I can turn my hand to pretty much anything really but i would just like to do something that i either enjoy doing or somethign that will better my future and give me a career rather than jsut be an extra pair of hands in a meaningless job
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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As said go to college, get some qualifications, it opens so much doors saying you've got say an HNC/D over piddly high school qualifications.
Ive taken 3yrs out of work to basically get on track with a good job, my earning potential will go up centerfold & ive had a home & car in that time. Im not really any worse off than 2yrs of student loans which isnt a big deal tbh when you look at the larger picture.
Bacically I couldnt get any better than min wage type jobs, got an HNC & got a job as an electrical schematic designer for council over summer earning much more than I had before & that was just after 9 months in college, I quit that to go back & get more & im on route to a job offshore now which pays pretty well.
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
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Check that "Earn £6k a month websites" 
[Edited on 03-12-2008 by ShEp]
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