scott8629

Im thinking of changing careers. I currently work in production and think I will be stuck in this position for a while. The money is good but the job is not very varied.

I quite fancy the idea of being a Customs Officer, I live in Hull and they have a big port there so there should be jobs, however I do not mind traveling.

Could anyone who is a Customs Officer or knows about the career shed some light on the job and entry requirements as the civil service website is a bit vague.

TIA

Scott

fatherpierre

Customs Officers' starting pay is terrible.

I'm not sure what they start on at present but a frind of mine looked into it about 6 years ago when he was leaving the RAF, and starting pay was a shade under £10k.

Moonloops

Yeah but think of all the free drugs, booze, **** and all the other confiscated stuff they have access to..

Pedro_79

A mate of mine was also looking into it around 2-3 years ago, when he was leaving the Army.

I think the starting salary was up to a whopping £12k around that time.

scott8629

I can not belive the pay is that low, I would have to tighten the belt. Anyone know of a website that is specific to the Customs.

Scott

fatherpierre

Oh, it is. It's ****e, unless you're after the post of Director of IT

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/jobs/current-vacancies.htm

scott8629

Does not look like to many jobs going in the area i would like.

homerdog

You would start off as an Assistant Officer, but after promotion to Officer you could expect to eventually earn around £37k, which includes shift pay.

brumdaisy

plenty of marketing jobs just going to check out london house prices