vw bus hire business

[lobie]

I have a job which i'm not happy in I work in a warehouse for min. wage (****) I am actually a qualified support teacher for children with behaviour and learning problems but there seems to be no vacancies for these at the mo even though there is a shortage of Male support teachers :?


so the thought crossed my mind could I change the insurance on my bus and do some chauffer work ie weddings proms birthdays etc.

then I would be getting paid to drive my bus 8) . sounds like a dream job

but would it work out as a profitable business or am I destined t be stuck in a warehouse?

constructive comment welcome


this is what by bus looks like











thought of something like this but without the holiday hire
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[Bay-low71]

My Partner Kirsty is a SEN teacher, I take my hat off to all levels of staffing that put their efforts into getting these children through their schooling years.
Have you thought about boosting your qualifications not sure what level you are at but level 3 TA allows you to step up to cover the teachers role. There is other benefits to this pension, wages, holidays, work times if you have children. Have you any agencies you could register with also every weekend off for occasional wedding use for your bus. Good luck with it. Ben

 

[Lordain Volley]

Lobie,
I would recommend you qualify as a teacher, by doing a PGCE part time whilst working for a college. This will allow you to teach a subject your interested in, and you'll be paid. You can also use your current skills as "experience" to get your foot in the door. It may take you 2 years part time, but it's better than working in a warehouse for a low wage.

Teaching kids with learning difficulties is fecking difficult and not paid enough, but if you have done this sort of work, you can offer advice on how to deal with such students. I'd emphasise this within your CV, colleges love that sort of stuff.

Check out the IFL (Institute for learning) website too, as they offer advice for people such as yourself to become accredited and you can also gain qualified Teacher Status through their system.

You can change jobs quite easily within the FE sector, and when you have QTS (It's called QTLS if you register with the IFL), you can teach in both schools and colleges, and get a good salary.

FEjobs.com & the TES website shows tons of teaching and lecturing jobs.

I think it's good thinking about a business venture, but you need to research it thoroughly first!


LV

 

[rockandrollcamper]

Dont be down on yourself, if Teaching is where you want to go then your far better finding a way to get into that.
We're going through the same thing. My better half has done really well to get onto a scitt (school centred initial teacher training) in September but it hasnt come easy. For the last 2 years we've both been grafting 6 or 7 days a week to get some money behind us and Clare has also done one day a week volunteering at a school. Ive sold my 15k bmw (Iknow cry me a river but you get the idea - it's a sacrifice to me) and bought a 2k focus.
It's a big hit financially going down to one wage and running a house. She gets a bursary to cover her travel and that's about it.
The thing is, I know how badly she wants it and hopefully, in time we shall reap the rewards both financially and emotionally.

On the camper side of things..... It's tough. I know a couple of guys who do it near me. One has 2 buses and the other has 3 buses and 3 Beatles and its still only a but on the side to run along side their 9-5 jobs. They spend an awful lot of time and money on marketing, maintaining and chauffeuring. Most bookings are 18+ months ahead so initially its alot of money and tine going out but it takes a long time to get money rolling in.

Maybe consider the hire side of things to allow you to 'drop' some hours at work to volunteer or study further.

Sorry dont mean to be a downer, hope you can take the positives

Nigel

 

[KevH]

Obvious I know, but have you tried testing the waters a little by advertising locally to identify the level of demand? You might try asking around wedding photographers, popular venues, etc. as they tend to know of what clients want and who is available to meet their needs. They might just know of a gap in the local market that you can tap in to. There is a lot of word of mouth recommendations in that scene.

I'd keep the day job in the meantime of course, as crap as it may be.

Good luck, you and your bus deserve it.

 

[marco]

Very smart bus, I'd look at the bus hire thing carefully, you'd need personal liability insurance as well as taxi ins. wedding fayres are not cheap look at paying £200 a time. Hats off to you for the teaching, most teachers need medals, hope you find a way out of the crappy job you're in, just remember it's only a season.

 

[thejinx]

what about a graduate teacher training programme? I completed my degree in Geography then found a hard as nails school then wangled my way in to complete the programme. by the way found it wasn't my calling and left. Nice bus though and if I am not mistaken you have won a few prizes. Do you really want other people messing it up. We have all driven a hire car and ragged it, no difference between Avis and your van to a lot of people.

 

[ginga]

First of all that's a cracking bus, secondly I know nothing of hiring out buses etc. however I teach in Allestree, Derby and had a thought on an option for getting out of the job situation.

If you want to get back into working in schools why not investigate working as a cover supervisor even for a supply agency, wages seem to be about 65 to 70 quid a day but your day would end at end of school, very little or no prep work. Our cover supervisors seem happy although they do do more work to boost earnings like lunch duties and admin after school. There are jobs around and after all can it be worse than where you are?

We have three permanent supervisors and some on supply, supply ones seem to have plenty of work if they're good and as you have experience of working with kids you'd get on fine I'm sure.

When it was introduced the job initially seemed to be just a cheaper alternative to supply teachers and unions kicked up a fuss but wherever I've worked they've done a top job and been appreciated by teaching staff.

It might give you the time to then look at the wedding side which I'm guessing would be mostly summer and weekends anyway.

PM me if you fancy a day in a school shadowing one of our cover supervisors and I'll try to sort something out for you.

sorry if it's not much use

cheers
Ginga