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Hi

I am a noob here so apologies if this topic has already been covered elsewhere on this forum.

I am currently considering a career change into road haulage and wanted to get the advice of people already in the industry before I commit myself.

There are several schools out there who all seem to offer similar courses lasting a few days costing around £1,100 for a Class C CPC who also act as recruitment agencies. They say there are 30,000 vacancies in the industry and so finding work will be no problem and also tell me a typical wage for someone starting out with a class C is £20-25,000 a year rising to £35,000 with a Class E. They seem to think my age (45) is not against me as I will be cheaper to insure and my location (near the M25 and Gatwick) is ideal.

Obviously this a sales pitch for a course so what is the realistic situation for someone starting out in the haulage industry now?

Thanks in advance

Trevor