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@Chopsicle
Irrespective of your level of mechanical skill, one of the most important things is to be a good communicator (which, you evidently are) with the shop floor staff and customers. Any reasonably intelligent shop could take you on, put you on bike-building duties and work up from there.
...Don't get any great expectations about pay, but the perks are awesome and everyone is generally a good laugh.
HB is workshop manager of Kingston, he'll definitely be worth getting in touch with.