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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
 
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
 
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
 
47 years old and yes I’m planning now.

I’ve got my house paid for a rental house nearly paid for and about to buy another.

The plan all 3 houses paid for within 8 years. Semi retire at 55 working 2 evenings a week at lidl maybe if there rates of pay are as good ais s claimed.
I think the pay is good because the staff are thin on the ground and do everything . They work hard for their money.
 
I did some work air side at Heatrow a few years ago, we all had to get out of the van and go through a airport style security with a metal detector. I had an adjustable in the pocket of my coveralls.
Yeah, you can't just let any grizzly arsed spark start lecturing.

I believe the minimum is a HND.

Teaching people is a trade/craft in it’s own right. Being a first rate crafts person doesn’t necessarily mean you are good at imparting those years of wisdom to others. Not a bad screw lecturing though.
 
@Ross1 I was in a similar boat but slightly older. I did domestic work for about 5 years; and it did me in. Crawling around in loft spaces, going up & down stairs, etc etc.

The decision to jack it in was made for me by circumstances. Had an enforced summer holiday, but found myself a maintenance job (funnily enough). The money there is not brill, but then I have a pension.

You still quite young, but I feel a change in career is on the cards. Think hard & long; I do miss the freedom self employment brings.
 
Yes agreed, the years in this industry takes its toll on your knees and back. I am 55yrs old had yet another spell with my back 5 weeks ago, crawling to the bath room in mornings the pain was agony, holding onto furniture to get around.Having sessions with an osteopath, which has got me mobile again.I cannot see myself doing this job in 5years time.

The governments attitude is retrain and do something else, easy said than done.!! :(
 

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