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Hi all.
Brand new member here. I found this forum by searching Google and snooping around to see what info I could gather and hopefully, I may get some info here.

I have an opportunity to receive free training with a company near me, who say they are offering free training because they want to build the staff count up, so it's a limited offer and could go back to full price at any time.

They are doing three-week courses and you will work for them on a self-employed basis as a sub-contractor.

this means, I would have to quit my current job and go all in, which I think is a big risk, given that I have no experience working as a sub-contractor, working self-employed AND that I will be training as an assessor for the first time, with 6 years FLT operation experience.
I have never worked self-employed before and have absolutely no idea about it all. But the main thing I am concerned about is the work. They always say "the work is there" but obviously, it's not always, otherwise it wouldn't be sub-contracted. Right?

I am hoping someone in here may have some insight about working as an instructor on a self-employed basis and would be able to have a chat about it.
  • Posted 1 Mar 2021 07:00
  • By MadCal
  • joined 1 Mar'21 - 2 messages
  • South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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