Unfortunately there's no scope for him to do part-time. He's a maintenance fitter at a factory that operates 24/7 throughout the year, so under normal circumstances he does a fair bit of over time and gets call-outs at all hours. I mean he can say no, but the guys doing this job all ned to take turns doing some of the extra work, it can't just be restricted to certain hours.

As it is he works 7-3 so he picks up the kids earlier than I could and therefore can't do overtime unless I can re-jig something at work to leave early. Friday is the only difference, they all go to the pub after work and I don't want to make him stop that, it's the only thing he does all week. So I'm going to ask if I can leave early on Fridays - no doubt I'll be taking work home with me anyway.