Hello All Just got my HR Open Licence, I'm aiming for my future to be Long Haul in my own Prime Mover but that's the next Chapter; I can't start that Chapter until this one has taken off... I have (no Joke) just had a Temp Trucking agency call me up and tell me they are not going to shortlist me for casual on-call Truck work because I have no Experience, I have been told in all my studies getting ready for this Career that the best way to start up is to start on the Temp Jobs... so this has Punched me in the Guts and I don't know where to Start. I live in Brisbane, am going to fund a White Card and LF Ticket with my Centrelink Payments (I'm Jobless currently) to further my chances; Just Obtained my Open HR a Week ago and would love to know what to do.
The way I got my start first off was doing seasonal work in the agriculture industry namely the Sugar Cane harvest from late May through to early December operating HR 15 tonne trucks on what they call haul out work, was my first real job as a truck driver however had driven trucks on a very limited basis on our farm. My second job operating HR was for Linfox at there Northmead NSW depot for the Coca Cola contract working for Linfox also allowed me to work on long weekends for the grocery distribution as Linfox had numerous contracts with both Woolworths and Coles operating both Rigid and Semi trailers. Another good way to get a start which can lead to permanent work is signing up with a temp agency a lot of the larger companies like Linfox and Toll use them to fill in for drivers on leave and if they like you this can lead to permanent work. Labourforce, Workpac are a couple I can think of.
Lots of work out there, I can't remember, how long do you have to wait until you can get your HC/MC? Get it as soon as you can.
