Platoon Weapons Instructor to LGV Driver

Time served I reached index linked pensionable age of 55. 

My management skills learnt through the ranks has put me in good position in my transition to civilian life. Also after 32 years in the hectic fast paced life in the RM working in the civilian sector seems a lot more relaxed.

I thoroughly enjoyed travelling and meeting new cultures, as a Weapon Instructor I had fantastic opportunities to work outside the Corps and this took me to some amazing places.   

Being separated from my family, but unfortunately when you sign on the dotted line this is part and parcel of life in the military.

CV construction and interview techniques I found very helpful, this helped me prepare in great detail for my interviews and the proof of the pudding was getting a job on the back of my second interview.

In my last role I was too busy to attend any other workshops, so I took the hit on this and saved my days up to help me transit when I left as we had to move out of the service accommodation provided into our new home which need a lot of work.

Jane was always there on the end of a phone, or an email away, I got constant reminders, and prompts from the website linking me to my job / CV profile.

This was great I used it regularly and gave me a great insight into what was available and everything was linked, I could tailor my CV, covering letter and apply for any job I was interested in. 

I refer to my answer above, very useful, I didn’t use MyPlan extensively but it did help.

The Company had signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant which is always a great start I think for a service leaver. The Job advertisement was to train a Level 2 driver to become a level 1. I had my level 1 but had no CPC training or experience, so I applied for the role and weighed off the level 1 training against the CPC training and the site manager saw this as a fair trade.  

I pick up Milk from a Dairy & take it to our Distribution Warehouse, this is a shuttle process. The skills that I use are, diplomacy, reliability and the ability to learn new things very quickly.

I didn’t face any real obstacles when settling in, it was just a case of getting used to the shift pattern, working a fantastic routine of four on and four off.

Nothing really relating to the job, the resettlement training helped me secure the Job.

Don’t fear taking off the Uniform, you have so much to offer with all the transferrable skills you have, this is why Company’s like Gregory’s Distribution Holding Ltd have signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant, they get a trained dependable individual which they are willing to take a gamble on.