Career change

Back to the original question BSM amongst others do a train the instructor course for (it was) £1,800 that would get the qualification to train CBT, retsricted and then direct access.

On top of that if you were going to work for your self you will need:

2 x 125 machines
2 x 500 machines
1 x machine for yourself

Factor in sufficient advertising budget to hit you target market ( Local paper £30 per week x 2- 3 publications)
Liablity insurance (Huge cost)

I have looked at it and it is not cheap to set up.

[21QUEST]

Originally Posted by Jelster

My mate used to be a courier. Reckons it long hours for not a lot of money these days, but if you are stuck for work it's worth thinking about

You will need a suitable bike (not many courior companies supply the bikes...) as you wouldn't want to subject your P&J to all that abuse....

Don't think I'd fancy it, rather save my riding for when I want to.

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Your quite right . I do dispatch (though I wouldn't count myself as a proper courier ) and I don't think I'll still be doing it if I had to do real circuit work (lazy git). I'm lucky in that I've got a contract run which starts at 1.30PM and I'm done by 5.00PM all for a full days pay. The rest of the time I use for D&D.

Cheers
Ben

Please note I say this in jest before the critism begins !!!!

You could become a Police Community Support Officer for Transport for London.
All you would do all day is buzz around London on a company moped doing absolutely nothing and earning between £18.000 and £20.00 PA

beats working for a Living.

And No I am not A Police Communtiy Support Officer I could'nt live with the stigma.

Originally Posted by REEVESIE

You could become a Police Community Support Officer for Transport for London.
And No I am not A Police Communtiy Support Officer I could'nt live with the stigmata.

Where do i sign up?
Are these the same stigmata as other religious fanatics??

[northwind]

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

The rest of the time I use for D&D.

Never had you pegged as a roleplayer Geek!

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

Your quite right . I do dispatch (though I wouldn't count myself as a proper courier ) and I don't think I'll still be doing it if I had to do real circuit work (lazy git). I'm lucky in that I've got a contract run which starts at 1.30PM and I'm done by 5.00PM all for a full days pay. The rest of the time I use for D&D.

Cheers
Ben

D&D, as in, dungeons and dragons ?

Originally Posted by 21QUEST

The rest of the time I use for D&D

Drunk and Disorderly?

Originally Posted by Jabba-the-Hutt

Drunk and Disorderly?

EXACTLY what I was thinking, dispatch rider who admits to D&D

Definitely a generational perception thing that Jabba

the MCN sofa is full of couriers this week. They said they all started as a summer job or a parttime thing to earn some money, and they are at it many years later.

Its long hours and poorly paid, just like being a truck driver but you cant bully people out of the way :P