I was wandering if anybody in here would be willing to let me know, what a class 1 job transporting gas cylinders is like?
Is it a good job, or one to be avoided?
What to look out for?
In what way is it different to class 2 job transporting gas cylinders?
Who does the loading of a class 1 vehicle and unloading is like, is it the driver or someone at the place where the loading or unloading is being done, that does the job?
Is this usually a day or night job and are there any night outs involved?
internetfan:
I was wandering if anybody in here would be willing to let me know, what a class 1 job transporting gas cylinders is like?
Is it a good job, or one to be avoided?
What to look out for?
In what way is it different to class 2 job transporting gas cylinders?
Who does the loading of a class 1 vehicle and unloading is like, is it the driver or someone at the place where the loading or unloading is being done, that does the job?
Is this usually a day or night job and are there any night outs involved?
Thanks
All depends on who the jobs with really, where in the country are you
Probably best not to mix Class 1 meaning artic, when talking about gas cylinders, which people will assume means ADR Class 2 gas cylinders.
Class 2 gas cylinders will usually be loaded into a rack and FLT’ed onto the wagon, some vehicles may have a winch for individual cylinders, but it won’t be loaded that way (you’d be there all day if that was the case). You might unload small numbers of cylinders individually, and you’ll need to use proper manual handling techniques, which if you’re already ADR qualified was covered in your Class 2 presentation, here’s some extra reading adamsgas.co.uk/wp-content/u … inders.pdf
If you’re currently ADR trained, have you got your Tanks module?
MEGC’s (multiple element gas containers) might look like a rack of cylinders to the untrained eye, but they fall under Tanks training requirements for ADR once they’re larger than 450 litres, and I haven’t personally seen any MEGC’s smaller than that.
I am actually referring to class 1 as artic vehicles carrying gas cylinders.
I’ve seen Air Products, Air Liquide, BOC artic vehicles transporting them around and wandering what this job is all about.
I’ve changed that thread title, to avoid confusion
I’d imagine the big companies you’ve named will give you plenty of training in what to do, and that it won’t be easy to get “in with them”. BOC jobs in particular have a reputation of being “dead mens shoes” kind of jobs, less so with the other two.There are other, less-massive, more independent companies who are more likely to be open to new recruits (eg on Tyneside, Dixons of Westerhope).
All the ADR guys I’ve met and trained who have worked for the big name companies all seem to be quite positive about it. Apart from those who’ve worked for Hoyer on their “marriage wrecker” shift patterns
Employment criteria with these kind of companies tends to be stricter, they tend to want spotless driving records and have greater focus on your tacho history etc, some demand an enhanced DBS (Calor Gas state this on their job adverts).
As Zac says above really, the BOC Cylinder trunking is now run by Suttons previously.
Its more like the bulk tanks for BOC thats dead ans man’s shoes but not a complete struggle to get on via the agency for BOC
When you collect your trailer it’ll either be preloaded or you have to wait for it to be loaded by BOC flt drivers then you trunk it to wherever depot its destined for, at a couple of depots you will have to tip and reload the pallets yourself then back to your homebase depot to drop the trailer.
You’ll either do days or nights whichever job you went for, they have roamers for night out work
Youll be fully trained for cylinder recognition and also be trained up on the fork lift trucks, start times range from 0400 to around 0630
Oh, yes, I have also seen Calor artic vehicles ferrying gas cylinders around, but don’t ever remember ever seeing FloGas doing it.
I am surprised they do nights out, especially BOC equipped with these small day cabs, DAF mostly (operated by Suttons)
I used to pull Calor Gas via Jimmy Squibb, Good Winter job lots of miles but cold and it was all handballing to unload. I also used to pull for DAMCO out of Rotterdam, Pick up a 20 ft Container Tank in Belgium carrying an explosive additive which was added to Gasoline at Esso Fawley, All I did was Drive, no contact with the load at all, A straight pass through Customs at Dover and return to Rotterdam empty. and repeat the process, in all 2 trips a week and every minute paid. The only draw back was I could only go on the top deck of Schiaffino. And when the weather was bad they anchored of Folkstone.
I also pulled a few ICI container Tanks around Europe, and again everything was paid for. Sadly the contract ended and I was back to General.
internetfan:
Oh, yes, I have also seen Calor artic vehicles ferrying gas cylinders around, but don’t ever remember ever seeing FloGas doing it.
I am surprised they do nights out, especially BOC equipped with these small day cabs, DAF mostly (operated by Suttons)
The trampers have MAN units, day drivers have the day cabs
So, some of you are saying that loading and unloading is being done by someone else using forklift, some are saying that it is a hand ball type of job.
So, let’s try to clarify it a little:
How all these cylinders are being loaded and unloaded on artic vehicles at:
A) Air Products
B) BOC
C) Air Liquide
D) Calor
Are these gas cylinders being ferried between their depots around the country , or artic vehicles are being used to deliv3r to individual, small customers, 10-15 drops a day, type of job, and then handballed and manually delivered to ewch small customers premises, using artic vehicles at:
A) Air Products
B) BOC
C) Air Liquide
D) Calor
Better to ask these types of questions in here, to see if it could be a job for me, one day
