Binman

mangoh

close + delete pls

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 1

Cake Faced Kid.

not sure if serious..

Reply 2

Waitingname

From what you've said, you meet all the requirements :smile:

Can you drive?!

You will be the Ultimate Bin man. Fire balls from your eyes bolts of lightening from your arse.

Reply 5

joshlbs

Wow. Well done on being so certain - I think I envy you!

Finding vacancies for bin (wo)men is a bit tricky. I've had a look at East Midlands Jobs which lists job vacancies in all your local councils and can't see anything to do with waste collection. It'd definitely keeping an eye on that website in case anything comes up.

A lot of councils contract out their waste collection to specialist companies. I don't know whether Nottingham City Council do or not (it might be worth emailing or giving them a ring and asking?), but if they do you'd need to check with the company to see if they have any vacancies.

I've had a quick hunt on the websites of some of the waste companies I can think of. Veolia Environmental has an opening for an Apprentice Waste Management Operative (translation: "trainee bin person") which I guess would be ideal for you were it not so far away! Even if you don't choose to apply for it, hopefully it'll give you idea of the requirements and things.

Some other waste companies include Biffa, Cory Environmental, Norse and SITA, but none of them seem to have any relevant jobs going at the moment. It'd be worth keeping an eye on their websites, and those of any other waste companies or recruitment agencies you can find, just in case. I think a bin person tends to officially be called a "waste operative" or a "waste management operative", so it would be worth searching for those.

I wish you all the luck in the world, both with this and your exam results. I bet you'll be amazing.

Reply 6

Converse Rocker

Original post by mangoh

serious. I need to help my mum out as we struggle financially

no but i'm willing to learn (to drive)

There could a problem here then? It's great that you want to help your Mum out, really nice thing to do, but if you struggle financially you may not be able to afford driving lessons right now. They are now ridiculously expensive, normally in the range of 200 quid for 10 hours.

Depends how quick you take to it, but I was told the average is around 40 hours, so that's roughly 800 smackers right there. Of course it depends how well you take to it.

Good luck mate :smile:

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Reply 7

AspiringGenius

Thought you just took biology GCSE exam?

Reply 8

tamimi

I'm in the same boat as you and I work in an optician's. Well, my point is, why a binman? I mean fair enough but is there a reason you specifically want this job?

Surely if you want a job for the sake of money, you'd take whatever you get... I can't see why you're hung up on the bin man job.

All that aside, you meet the requirements. You'll have to do a driving training course obviously if you intend on becoming a truck driver. There's a theory and a practical, just like learning to drive a car.

Reply 9

EMPStudent

I think it's a rubbish job personally.

Reply 10

Politricks

The more appropriate job title would be a 'Refuse Collector', or a 'Sanitary Technician', take your pick.

Reply 11

wilko1991

I was a scaffie once. The job was the one below a bin man. The guys who go around the street with a bin picking up litter. Very lonely job. I would have killed to be a bin man. Good luck in your pursuit.

Are you serious

Look at the rep bar, now at the post, now back at the warning points, now back at the post. Sadly, this is a troll, but if you stopped paying attention to him, he may stop trolling.