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Middlesbrough-born Christian Hanson started his career with his hometown club, but didn’t manage to make a first team appearance before joining Cambridge and then Torquay on loan.
In between travelling the non league circuit, Christian had brief spells in the league with Port Vale and Leyton Orient.
Having returned to the North East and, with the help of the PFA, the 29-year-old has embarked on a new career path in the building trade – as a scaffolder.
Q: You have recently been on a course. What have you been up to?
A: I have been on a scaffolding course. I have passed my level 1 exams and am about to complete my level 2 exams. Both training courses last for two weeks and it allows you to be qualified in this area.
Q: What is the difference in levels?
A: Level 1 is a basic training course which makes it legal for you to work in this trade while level 2 teaches you to do more things, such as off shore survival on oil rigs and gas plants. It is specialist scaffolding and more dangerous and about putting scaffolding up against fresh air rather than a wall.
Q: Have these courses opened up job opportunities?
A: You need to get qualified to get the work but I am very optimistic that these qualifications will help me get work, especially the more specialist type of scaffolding on the oil rigs as there is a demand for this.
Q: Would you have gone into this field regardless of any assistance from the PFA?
A: I would have gone into this field as I had been thinking about this for a while but it was very handy to get help from the PFA. I have friends in this field who helped me make up my mind.
Q: Looking at your football career. You started at Middlesbrough but it didn’t quite work out – what happened?
A: I was at Boro from 16 to 21 years of age, and came through with Stewart Downing and Stuart Parnaby. Bryan Robson was manager and he gave me my first squad number but he left and a new manager came in and I moved on so a change in manager wasn’t good for me.
Q: Any advice to players who find themselves in a similar situation?
A: Players have a lot of free time so there is no excuse really not to do something especially with the help the PFA can give you. They can also help and give players a bit of direction as well.
Source: Givemefootball.com
In between travelling the non league circuit, Christian had brief spells in the league with Port Vale and Leyton Orient.
Having returned to the North East and, with the help of the PFA, the 29-year-old has embarked on a new career path in the building trade – as a scaffolder.
Q: You have recently been on a course. What have you been up to?
A: I have been on a scaffolding course. I have passed my level 1 exams and am about to complete my level 2 exams. Both training courses last for two weeks and it allows you to be qualified in this area.
Q: What is the difference in levels?
A: Level 1 is a basic training course which makes it legal for you to work in this trade while level 2 teaches you to do more things, such as off shore survival on oil rigs and gas plants. It is specialist scaffolding and more dangerous and about putting scaffolding up against fresh air rather than a wall.
Q: Have these courses opened up job opportunities?
A: You need to get qualified to get the work but I am very optimistic that these qualifications will help me get work, especially the more specialist type of scaffolding on the oil rigs as there is a demand for this.
Q: Would you have gone into this field regardless of any assistance from the PFA?
A: I would have gone into this field as I had been thinking about this for a while but it was very handy to get help from the PFA. I have friends in this field who helped me make up my mind.
Q: Looking at your football career. You started at Middlesbrough but it didn’t quite work out – what happened?
A: I was at Boro from 16 to 21 years of age, and came through with Stewart Downing and Stuart Parnaby. Bryan Robson was manager and he gave me my first squad number but he left and a new manager came in and I moved on so a change in manager wasn’t good for me.
Q: Any advice to players who find themselves in a similar situation?
A: Players have a lot of free time so there is no excuse really not to do something especially with the help the PFA can give you. They can also help and give players a bit of direction as well.
Source: Givemefootball.com