Plant Engineers!

[LANDYTIM]

Are there any plant engineers on Mud-Club?

After an 18 month break doing office work (Had to try it to keep the mother happy) im going back in to plant engineering and was wondering if anyone on her was in that line of work?

Which is best too - PLant or Agricultural??

Tim

[muddyjames]

Any one know how to become a large plant driver on a building site?

[denviks]

Any one know how to become a large plant driver on a building site?

yeah, you will need to go and take some lessons....i used red rose in bolton.....( not sure if they are still there ). then you sit your tests ect.......you will then get a citb card. then comes that hard bit...... you will need to get a job with a company. i ended up having to really push my abilities to get a job for a pitance....... :( ....

but it does get better.  :D  :D

im now out of the trade but i did like the work.....i can always go back later on....just have to resit a refreasher i think  :roll:

[muddyjames]

I can already drive dumpers and excavators as I use them for my voluntary work but I just dont have a CITB test to prove it.

Is the work really a pittence? Oh dear. May think again then for a job!

A FLT license seems to be a good one to get. Always needing drivers I have seen in newspapers. OK wages too.

[denviks]

I can already drive dumpers and excavators as I use them for my voluntary work but I just dont have a CITB test to prove it.

Is the work really a pittence? Oh dear. May think again then for a job!

A FLT license seems to be a good one to get. Always needing drivers I have seen in newspapers. OK wages too.

its a pittance without experiance......its one of them jobs where you go for a job and the first thing you get asked is what experiance do you have?

well that was my experiance, i blagged my way in the end  :lol:  :lol:



i left the trade about 7 years ago mate so it may have changed since then....

[bob86]

Im an agricultural engineer and work on plant from time to time. I do more fab work than mechanical.

[beast5680]

I,m an agricultural engineer and have been since i left school i now work for a Case IH and JCB dealer in sussex
I would say working in Ag there are less rules and regs regarding the machinery than construction but it is coming in for the ag stuff
The construction industry tends to pay better than the Ag side as the agricultural industry has been traditionally lower paid than other mechanical industrys, but that is changing as the Ag dealers were losing engineers hand over fist to better paid jobs in plant hire and construction etc.
The company i work for have been on a recruiting drive trying to find engineers with expierience and have had to up their wage offers in line with other industrys to find them.
If you want to do Ag work you gotta like long hours and cow sh*t as there,s plenty of both :lol:

[bob86]

And pig sh*t if your unlucky like me :lol:
I dont do long hours i'd love the extra money but the company i work for only do 8-5.30 mon to fri and 8-1 sat

[unknownmanxman]

Oh theres plenty of sh*te in plant mechanicing too...

Done it for a few years now.. Expect the hours to be long and you have to be flexible, because down time is everything, you are usually expected to stay until the job is done..[/img]

[Sharpshooter]

Im an Hgv Fitter by trade. But have been working as a Plant engineer for a few years now, in a Nuclear Power station.

Give me the HGV's any day of the week.

Shame about the money. :(

[LANDYTIM]

Does anyone have any idea who may be looking for fitters?

Im not bothered, I will do Plant or Agg and might even consider lorries etc...

Im based in Chelmsford Essex CM34RT

Willing to learn

Got me own tools and transport

will travel within reason

Can anyone help please?

Thanks In Advance

Tim

[madmatt]

Watling JCB were advertising for Fitters in last months Earthmovers Magazine.

I worked for a firm that did Plant and agri, the summer was a horrible time of year, I could be in Brum at 6.0am fitting a breaker to a machine then be in a field at 10pm under a Combine!! I got out when I could, do wish I'd tried to get in some where like Watling or on the JD apprentice scheme at Brooksby College.

As for Plant operators cards, I now belive the card you need is CPCS, and you need to keep an hours log book when you have passsed your test as you start off with a red card and this changes to blue after 3 years if you have enough hours under your belt. Rand training at Lincoln are where the lads at work go for their tests.

Good luck which ever way you go.

[beast5680]

worked for a firm that did Plant and agri, the summer was a horrible time of year,

er no, summers the best time of year, thats when the weathers good and you get all the overtime :D

[madmatt]

Only if you liked 19hr days and at 17 the money wasn't worth the overtime!!!

[windowlicker]

As for Plant operators cards, I now belive the card you need is CPCS, and you need to keep an hours log book when you have passsed your test as you start off with a red card and this changes to blue after 3 years if you have enough hours under your belt. Rand training at Lincoln are where the lads at work go for their tests.

Good luck which ever way you go.

this is correct you have a book that you have to write how many hours and what machine/machines you have worked in a week and this has to be signed by who ever is incharge of where you are working.
although a boy i was working with last week was having his book signed as driving a 25ton tracked machine when he was actually on a dumper all week so as you might guess the whole scheme is a load of poo!

[landrover598]

I work for a company designing/manufacturing attachments for both plant and agricultural machines, however, 70% of the work is plant, looks like farmers are too tight to buy new attachments  :lol: