Thinking about my future

[Ross1]

Hi All,

Anyone in or been in this situation. Im 44 and been doing mostly domestic (running my own company which is now a one man band). My body is starting to struggle with arthritis, I know that 5 years from now I wont be able to be doing this working up your own arse domestic stuff.
I dont know weather to have a complete career change where there is no heavy labour involved, which would mean starting over doing god knows what. Or do i continue for know do my 18th edition update course and do some kind of C&G level 4 course ( not sure what avenues i could study towards?) part time so that I can hopefully land myself a less laborious role in a few years time. Not sure what the hell to do

 

[Cbuk2k2]

I think most colleges these days would require a degree/PGCE in order to be a lecturer.

Have you considered taking one some guys to share your knowledge with who can also pick up some of the heavy work?

 

[rapparee]

Get into maintenance, easy life

Are you mad.

I'm working 65hr weeks in maintenance and they're trying to squeeze me into doing more

When factory production stops, it's anything but an easy life

 

[rapparee]

I think most colleges these days would require a degree/PGCE in order to be a lecturer.

Have you considered taking one some guys to share your knowledge with who can also pick up some of the heavy work?

Yeah, you can't just let any grizzly arsed spark start lecturing.

I believe the minimum is a HND.

 

[MDJ]

Are you mad.

I'm working 65hr weeks in maintenance and they're trying to squeeze me into doing more

When factory production stops, it's anything but an easy life

Change where you work then, it’s like a holiday camp where I go in

 

[MDJ]

Are you mad.

Yes next question ? Lol

 

[rapparee]

Change where you work then, it’s like a holiday camp where I go in

I can't, I'm making a fortune

Plus.... I have a very particular set of skills that... are only useful to this particular factory.

The senior managers let me operate independently and never question my expenditures. I'd never get it so good anywhere else.

 

[Megawatt]

Get into maintenance, easy life

I worked maintenance for 11 years and it wasn’t that bad some days you didn’t do hardly nothing but some days you wouldn’t even get a break

 

[Megawatt]

I worked maintenance for 11 years and it wasn’t that bad some days you didn’t do hardly nothing but some days you wouldn’t even get a break

My son works electrical maintenance at the airport on the night shift and there main job is working on runway lights

 

[Dustydazzler]

Part of my apprenticeship was with a maintenance company doing massive office blocks.
Pretty nice work Imo , lots of moving lights about and re routing cables , changing lamps etc.
Generally clean work

 

[Cbuk2k2]

My son works electrical maintenance at the airport on the night shift and there main job is working on runway lights

I don't think I could cope with that.

 

[Megawatt]

I don't think I could cope with that.

They got it.made they don’t hardly do nothing. They shut some runways down at night and they go out and race the company trucks and makes killer money

 

[telectrix]

I don't think I could cope with that.

yep. getting run over by a 747 when changing a light bulb can be quite painful.

 

[Cbuk2k2]

yep. getting run over by a 747 when changing a light bulb can be quite painful.

Imagine if you got the cost of an A380 docked from your wages because you crashed the works van into it and wrote it off

 

[Megawatt]

yep. getting run over by a 747 when changing a light bulb can be quite painful.

I said that the shut down several runways at night

 

[Des 56]

When in he RAF the airfield identification beacon with its 3 ft square box of tricks was a joy to repair,the air traffic control people would send a chauffeur driven vehicle to come and collect me with my specialist tool set,oh alright it was just a hammer.
One heavy thump on the top right hand side would see it well serviced and operational for the next few weeks,it surely was energy sapping work that's for sure