It puts some people off. There can be shift work too. My normal working week here is 48 hours, but sometimes you could work a 72 hour week, perhaps when a plant is shut down specially. The plus side is you do go away and see a lot of different places and meet a lot of different people. The camaraderie in this industry is something I have not seen anywhere else.
People sometimes expect contractors to be rough and ready, but it is like a family environment.
The next step for me is to become a general foreman. Then I would like to become either a site agent or a manager. In this company, there are a number of directors who started as tradesmen. Experience is the best knowledge you can have. As an apprentice, I did NVQ Level 3.