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i7intel
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11 years ago

Good afternoon everyone i am new here so a BIG "Hello" lol
This site is great! its easy to navigate around and has loads of info!

Ok can i ask a question please i am a 360 Track machine/Digger driver & i am looking for work in either Quarries or mines, i dont know many working mines or quarries so i need to ask can anyone suggest any around the country please?

Your help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Best wishes.

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Roger L
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11 years ago

Hi
We still have several Stone Quarries working round the Huddersfield/Shepley/Crosland Moor/Grange Moor Also Elland/Ripponden areas.

Mine Lectures & Walks available for around Huddersfield

i7intel
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11 years ago

Isabel Hi & thanks very much for your time and info! i will look into these.

Many thanks! 😉

AR
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11 years ago

Fair bit of quarrying still going on at various locations around the Peak District - Hope Cement, Omya and Lafarge-Tarmac all have large limestone quarries active.

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

Ty Gwyn
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11 years ago

What part of the UK do you live Intel?
Hard to imagine a 360 driver does`nt know of Mines or Quarries in the UK.

sinker
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11 years ago

"Ty Gwyn" wrote:
What part of the UK do you live Intel?
Hard to imagine a 360 driver does`nt know of Mines or Quarries in the UK.

A lot of newly qualified drivers around at the moment who have a fresh CPCS card but not a lot of experience. You can play around on a machine on a site and get your card but its only when the job comes to an end that they need to look for work and maybe fancy quarry work as a change of scenery. Its monotonous work but pays quite well compared to site work....but only for the right driver. An average operator can get by on site work or earth-works but quarry work is harder in my opinion. The operators are always chasing production. If you can't fill a Moxy fast enough then they'll find someone else who can :lol:

Yma O Hyd....

Margot
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11 years ago

Lots of stone/china clay quarries in the southwest... at least some of these owned by Bardon Aggregates. Easy to spot on google maps!

ad289
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11 years ago

British fluospar

i7intel
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11 years ago

Ty Gwyn/sinker

Not all 360 ops have fantastic knowledge of working mines/quarries? i know of some but i am from "Up north" so they are based there also i've just moved to Cambridgshire & i aint familiar with anything down here? thanks for your help guys much appreciated, btw there is a shortage of 360 ops to such an extent that the rules of NPORS and CPCS are about to change granting NPORS ops almost the same acceptance as CPCS as there simply isnt enough ops with CPCS tickets?

Big thanks also to "AD289" i've emailed them thanks ;-)

Big thanks to "MHSaher" your info was great!

Big thanks to "AR" yeah ive been in touch with Lafarge but thanks!

& a BIG thanks to "Isabel Gott" for all the advice!

((((THANKS EVERYONE ))))

Ty Gwyn
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11 years ago

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Try Hanson and Bardon,there are several quarries in Cambridgeshire,
There was,not sure if still going,but there was a Limestone quarry in Oundle.

christwigg
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10 years ago

#11

There a 2010 book on active quarries (at that time) on the BGS website.

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/downloads/start.cfm?id=2036

Might give you a few ideas

i7intel
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10 years ago

#12

"Ty Gwyn" & "Chris" Many thanks for your info Very usefull indeed!! thanks once again! 😉

Yorkshireman
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10 years ago

#13

Failing quarrying/mining, there may be openings in waste disposal/landfill or coastal protection projects for someone with your qualifications

Cheers