Why Not come to be a Lorry Driver?

If you think of lorry drivers in England, you probably get the same common stereotype in your head - a middle aged white man. There's a good surmise for that - they dominate the industry. Of course, the problem with this status quo is that an manufactures cannot survive on those in their middle age, and it's estimated that nearby 80,000 of them could be retiring in the next 10 years - with nobody to replace them. The haulage manufactures needs to fish exterior its usual demographic to gain its future. Could you be the sort of someone that's distinguished to a job in the road haulage industry?

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Primarily, the target they're finding for is young people. But notice that I said "people" rather than men? It wasn't a mistake, and although there aren't many women in haulage work at the occasion there's no surmise that this shouldn't change, and I for one would welcome a gender shift. For one thing, it would make the manufactures seem less macho, which I surmise is a real turn off for most people who have ever carefully a occupation in lorry driving.

The best thing haulage work has going for it is the freedom. You're largely your own boss and can choose hours to match your lifestyle. The modern trucks make things a hell of a lot easier than they used to be as well, with air conditioning the rule rather than the exception and satellite pilotage making mapping a breeze. Then there's the pay, which isn't bad at all - the midpoint lorry driver can expect to earn in the middle of £26,000 and £34,000 per year putting it above the national midpoint wage. And the talk of long hours? Well, legally it should be a thing of the past, with the Road converyance Directive bringing down the hours to an midpoint 48 hours a week for those doing haulage work (it used to be nearby 65!)

Of course there are downsides - in many ways it's a tricky time to join the manufactures with some companies' futures uncertain thanks to high fuel prices, though this doubt can be avoided if you land a road haulage job at one of the bigger companies. It's also true that at the moment, it seems like an intimidating manufactures for minorities to enter, with just over 1% of lorry drivers currently female and 2% from ethnic minorities. There's also the tricky task of passing two heavy vehicle driving exams before you can be considered, but once you're straight through that, the national recruitment deficit (nationally, the manufactures is in need of 15,000 more lorry drivers) should make finding road haulage jobs a breeze.

But for all the issues the manufactures positively has (which seem to be changing for the better), the best endorsement I can give is that the majority of those in haulage work that I've met seem positively happy in the freedom of their work and wouldn't change it for the world. In what other job can you see the whole country - all nearby the world if you want to replacement your skills abroad? This job satisfaction is the main selling point. How many of those stuck behind a desk can claim that level of contentedness, in all honesty?

Why Not come to be a Lorry Driver?

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