so you want to work after 6pm & weekends
and you want to earn a decent ammount

you could always try these guys:

http://www.siguk.co.uk/

Just thinking...

I earn just over the rent and bills stuff with my current job... If I joined the TA as well, Dave if you dont mind me asking how much do you earn roughly for turning up to every drill night and every weekend away a month?

As far as the TA goes

- youll get 1/4 of a days pay for an evening & 2&1/2 days pay for a weekend + you get paid for each day on courses/camps etc... + a tax free bonus each year - starts at 350 for the first year right up to 1500 for 5th year.

depending on the unit there may be lots of opportunities for courses, training weekends - IIRC joining a unit like REME or signal will get you extra trade pay etc... - it isnt great pay but it makes a difference if you are a student

it isnt quite the same as a regular soldier - tis slightly less as there is some xfactor or some other admin bollocks that I dont fully understand(nor am interested in understanding) involved - ne way when you go on an operational tour your pay gets bumped up a bit to bring it in line with the regulars then you get a mobilisation bonus, + you get an allowance for being away from friends and family + you get an allowance to top up your pay if your civilian pay is higher (not hard - soldiers get paid naff all tbh...)

in terms of general attendance you should be able to get a couple of hundred quid each months if you are keen & try to get in two weekends a month - can do more (depending on unit) if you book yourself on loads of courses.

as for your two units - join the signals - that sort of artillery unit isnt likely to be deployed in role so training to shoot down airplanes is just going to be a waste of time + chances are they dont get to actually fire the weapon system very often as it tends to be pretty expensive. + you get fairly good pay in the signals if you do a load of trade courses - you work in IT for a start which they will love & then they will no doubt send you on a shed load more military courses which may well help your civilian career too.

Woop.. talked it over with my dad (Used to be in the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers in the TA) finally decided that signals would probably be ideal for me considering Ive already got a background in IT, and Im familiar with HF and VHF radio having used it in the past. So Ive set the wheels in motion.

Sent an email off to the squadron blokey asking some questions, mainly do I need a minimum level of fitness before joining, what times and days do they train? and finally roughly how many weekends do they have away per month.

Could soon be a member of the 53 (Welsh) Signal Squadron (V) woo!

bonus?

What is the bonus for targets re: average call time or are you getting commission for saying "do you want me to put you through" then letting the customers get raped at 40p per minute

still reckon he should give the TA a go - much more fun than picking up the phone & following the same script every 20 seconds.

Bonus:
Av call time: <42s
Attendance:  100%
15 randomly monitored calls all follow protocalls
and a few other minor things.

Rich:
Cant you train during easter? Thats 4 weeks free.

I cant omit the fact that the job sucks. Its mind numingly dull and extremely mentally taxing. It also have very few promotion oppotunities after you get to where I am (which isnt hard).

See how my oppinion changes after 6 hours @ work.

PS Its only 14p per min to call 118118

edited: ignore this, i didnt see the second page and was replying to the first