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Mark many thanks for your help! i've emailed bardon aggregates who i think own the Blackhill one so fingers crossed? if i get anywhere out of it there's a case of larger in it for you mate!
Many thanks once again! ;-)
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Wyvern, sorry as i was typing...
Hi guys, i kinda am a worker on the railways as im a 360 track machine op,can i ask a question some of you might be able to answer please? i am trying to get work on the shovels/diggers in the quarries but dont know that many of them so can any of you tell me of any mines or quarries please so i...
""Etaziya" Hi i have my PTS in the next week what i can tell you is YES you dont need a sponsor but its expensive if you dont have one! i was extremely fortunate in that a major company paid for my DNA/Medical & PTS i think it was around £650-700 all in, you should join a facebook group called...
Hiya bud ive got my PTS next week just wondering if i could kindly ask if you remembered any of the questions pls iv e got a Phenomenal amount of paperwork here as i am a digger driver and ****ting bricks there just is no way i can absorb this amount of paperwork? Please if you could help i...
WD Neil!!! like i stated i passed all mine! got the test results via a PDF today maybe you or one of the boys can answer me this question please? i think the test is either a pass or fail? i got "Satisfactory" pass on all my test result i take it that there is no other level of achievement as in...
Ploughman! Many thanks that was really interesting to read!! i wasnt aware of the Meclec machines? and thanks for the link your info was really usefull you guys are really something!! thanks once again!! :-)
As ive stated my BMI is 40, if a company states they will not employ anyone over a 33bmi then they are discriminating! besides i passed All my DNA & Medical with flying colors so speaks volumes really.
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N1 Neil!! i hope you do well with the job!! :-)
Guys thank you ALL so much!! i am truly greatful for all your replies and time! you have helped me so much, although "TheVicline" i'm lost with "OLE and track to label - contact wires, droppers, 4ft, 6ft" ?? loool
Once again thank you all so much!!!
Rich, THANKYOU so much for such an in depth explanation! i really appreciate your time, what i am looking for is projects which are away from the existing live railways ive not got the RRV ticket yet i maybe offered it? tbh i cant see there been that much work around for a non live railway...
Hi guys i have my blue ticket for the 360 track machine and wanted to ask any other operators or staff what sort of work is it a driver expects to be doing? i am new to the industry but not to track machines, of cause on a building site your just doing footings/trenches ect but i can imagine the...
I know i am new on here and no one knows me but what i have done in the past 3 weeks was communicate with the very top people in NR & i contacted them to ask why the industry is so hard to get in? without going into too much details a meeting they had last last year was about this very topic and...
Hi Neil sorry my reply may not be of no use now but ive just had the same issue, i come from a family of pro & semi pro rugby players we are all big guys, my BMI was 40 as well! if your stuck let me know i have some fantastic advice from the body that have the BMI test, i emailed all the...
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