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Slunk

Just wondering, I heard that you have to be over 25 to be a van driver for the likes of ups/nightline. Is this true? Also how much does it cost to do one of those two day forklift courses?

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Slunk wrote:

Just wondering, I heard that you have to be over 25 to be a van driver for the likes of ups/nightline. Is this true? Also how much does it cost to do one of those two day forklift courses?

Im not sure if you can do a 2 day course. I did a 5 day one a few years back for about E500 I think. As far as I remember at the time that was the minimum amount of days you had to attend for full certification, but I did get my reach and counterbalance forklift licences at the end.

I would fully recommend the company I trained with too. They were really good guys and thorough in their training. PM me if you want their details

oisim

Hi,
I am going for a job for nightline couriers anyway have advice for me?!

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Is this owner driver?

oisim

yeah owner driver

SCOOP 64

Slunk wrote: »

Just wondering, I heard that you have to be over 25 to be a van driver for the likes of ups/nightline. Is this true? Also how much does it cost to do one of those two day forklift courses?

FAS do a course for 3 weeks on fork lift , look on the FAS site under training.

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oisim wrote: »

yeah owner driver

just look in to it carefully, with the prices of petrol/diesel,thats the killer
used to be a courier until recently , would talk to many owner drivers out on the road , thay said hard to make a living now with petrol prices on the rise ,money was good a few years back. long hours and high mulitidrop numbers,
one told me now days after insurance/petrol/tax,etc.. would come out with €400 to €450, he would put in long hours just to get this.
just do your homework first.

Chuck_Norris

nig1 wrote: »

just look in to it carefully, with the prices of petrol/diesel,thats the killer
used to be a courier until recently , would talk to many owner drivers out on the road , thay said hard to make a living now with petrol prices on the rise ,money was good a few years back. long hours and high mulitidrop numbers,
one told me now days after insurance/petrol/tax,etc.. would come out with €400 to €450, he would put in long hours just to get this.
just do your homework first.

+1 on this. Chat to as many drivers as you can.

The courier business is feckin cut throat. Te last place I worked in were getting unbelievably low rates for collections and deliveries. Reason how they could do this was because the drivers were getting paid a pittance per drop/ collection.

I'm not saying its not possible to make money out of it, but most of the drivers who came into us had a side line of some description going to make up the money. As has been said as well, the cost of diesel is the killer.

When I was let go, I could've gotten an owner- driver gig. Pay was €650 per week. But you had to pay for your own diesel.