I'm starting to get frustrated now. I read everywhere how the industry in the UK is desperate for staff (especially after the recent storms) yet nobody seems to be taking on people like me....

I am still looking.

I had a curious experience on Friday. My mobile went, showing a call from another mobile number. Chappy says he is recruiting linesman for storm repair work, £350 a day (which...

I have now made applications to Freedom and Powerteam, as well as BTS, Northern Powergrid and WPD. Surely someone must be taking on?

Hi Bren I sent you a message. :)

Dan

Hi all,
A few years ago I got a traineeship with a DNO here in England, worked for them for three years but moved on as things were not working out. I am looking to get back into working on o/h...

Anyone know of any? I have LV experience and training, and can climb...currently been sidelined into a job I am not happy in, want to get back on poles, any pointers?

I am not really sure what you mean by a Journeyman as we do not have such a thing in England, I guess you mean an "old hand"?

I have a few things planned for new year regarding careers advice, we...

Thanks for the encouragement guys. I had a chat with a (former) collegue at work this morning, he is a typical big tough linesman type...I sounded him out basically, he said he could see no reason...

Okay guys, I need some advice.
Now, I appreciate things are a little different here in the UK, but hopefully you will understand what I mean.

I began a course as a trainee linesman a little over...

I`m surprised how many of you guys in the US still freeclimb - its a sacking offence over here, everyone climbs belted in. I was taught to climb that way and always will for as long as I last as a...

Crikey, sometimes is bad enough climbing old HV poles that are plum, nevermind leaning. I have had more then one or two swaying about once the tension of the conductor is released. I certainly...

I trained alongside some guys in their 40s! Okay, thats in Englad but things can't be that different. Over here the utilties are keen on ex-military folks too.

Good luck mate!

Hello to a fellow brit...
Down in Oxfordshire we use pretty much the same lingo as you, but never heard rigging out, and we have a section pole in straight if needed not just at an angle. Pin angle...

The education they do get is along the lines of "jews are filth, Christians are pigs and homosexuals deserve to die". Only once such ridiculous ideas are wiped out will this kind of thing stop.
For...

IN the Uk only one of the power companies in still in UK hands...

Myspace and facebook are both about even, i probably prefer myspace though. Add me if you want, send me details by Pm mate. ;)

Hmm, well I fond i can fit in the vans a bit more easily than most, but the quad bike we use is slightly too big, but just about manageable. ;)

Clive is totally right about the do-gooders.
I personally think we should get all our boys and our american cousins back home ot their families and let the iraquis etc settle their own differences,...

Hello and welcome. Many of the guys I work with are ex-tree cutters, I even trained alongside some, damn good guys. This is in the UK but I don't see why it should be any different for you. Good luck...

Glad to be useful. I find in most intances its not as issue, although I find i am often stodd up a bit more upright in some. Yesterday was putting up ABC and installing fuse bases, didn't have any...

Im the other end of the scale at 5` 9" and only 11 stone. Some of the best climbers I work with seem to be tall slim chaps, dunno why but they seem to make it look a doddle. I fing with my height I...

Hey BC, sorry to hear your sad news...I used to live in Nottingham and I think your friend was also a friend of a friend of mine... :(

Hey guys, just though I would drop by with a little update.
After I was last here I started work at SSE Oxford, did about four weeks of "orientation" I suppose you would call it before going to the...

I don't wear any jewellry at all, no piercings either...don't see the point really.

Hi Alan, maybe so, should be good.
Sadly the house I thought I was going to has fallen through, but just had a call off someone else with something that sounds a million times better, guess its all...