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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: unlucky mark mv6 on 14 May 2009, 20:22:59
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Can anyone sort me a job out in west mids,getting fedup now after 2 years on the rockers,and would you believe i am a qualified plumber,suppose a polish bloke has had my job. :(
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Become a sparks Mark, the poles can't do that any longer.
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Not for me mate,probably end up being mark the spark (literally),besides wouldent fancy the two years at college again,dont get you nowhere today.So if anyone in west mids needs a foreigner doing,let me no. :y
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Not for me mate,probably end up being mark the spark (literally),besides wouldent fancy the two years at college again,dont get you nowhere today.So if anyone in west mids needs a foreigner doing,let me no. :y
My best mate trained to be an electrician and is loving it :y
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Become a sparks Mark, the poles can't do that any longer.
:y :y :D
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We have been looking for a night shift engineer since beginning of the year and we are finding it hard to fill the position , maybe the permanent nights putting people off
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Used to do that when i was a mig welder,had it quite easy though to be honest,used to finish our work at 1.00 am and sleep till about 5.00 am. :P
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besides wouldent fancy the two years at college again,dont get you nowhere today.
Depends what you have under your belt already in the way of quals as to how long you spend at college, but once you are qualified, 2 days a week from 9-3 will see you paying the weekly bills easily if you can put in to practice what you've actually learned.
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
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maybe the permanent nights putting people off
More like the crappy wages that puts them off
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
Must admit whenever we have tried to get a plumber they say they are coming but never do >:(
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
Must admit whenever we have tried to get a plumber they say they are coming but never do >:(
Small jobs, good prices, you wont need to advertise after a month, word of mouth will bring the work in.
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
Must admit whenever we have tried to get a plumber they say they are coming but never do >:(
Bit of a shortage up here as well................. :)
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
Must admit whenever we have tried to get a plumber they say they are coming but never do >:(
Bit of a shortage up here as well................. :)
Mind when I came off the phone I did wonder about the question I asked, " Hi mate, I am after a plumber to come and check my pipe?" ;D
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
Must admit whenever we have tried to get a plumber they say they are coming but never do >:(
Bit of a shortage up here as well................. :)
Mind when I came off the phone I did wonder about the question I asked, " Hi mate, I am after a plumber to come shove his plunger up my wastepipe :-* :-*
Not surprised he didnt turn up. :o :o ;D
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I thought there was a national shortage of qualified plumbers :-?
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I thought there was a national shortage of qualified plumbers :-?
Me too - really surprised to hear it's hard to get work. Maybe training up as a sparks is the way to go. My youngest son is working as an electricians mate in London at the moment and want to get fully trained up but all the courses are fully booked!!
Just hope I'm not going to be looking for a job myself in a few months! ::)
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Go self employed. Small add in free paper, start with dishwasher/washing machine install and build up slowly. Outside taps, extra rads fitted. Just take on the jobs you can cope with till the funds build up.
I asked a plumber with his details on his sweat shirt to price me taking off 5 rads and then putting them back on to decorate. he quoted me £140, 70 for each trip, said he couldnt do it for 2 weeks as he was pulled out with it. "Thank God for that"
Must admit whenever we have tried to get a plumber they say they are coming but never do >:(
Not me bud,always turn up,and nobody down. :y
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I thought there was a national shortage of qualified plumbers :-?
Thats what i ive been told for 6 years,still waiting to find all these jobs,and the so called decent wages.All the companies ive worked for in the past have only ever paid peanuts(no sarchastic comments please). ;D ;D
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
Its not always milk and honey mate,it can be a lot of hassle,and its not always just hot and cold as everyone thinks,you really have got to know what you are doing,when it comes to different systems and obviously gas.
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
Its not always milk and honey mate,it can be a lot of hassle,and its not always just hot and cold as everyone thinks,you really have got to know what you are doing,when it comes to different systems and obviously gas.
Yes but, its not rocket science.
I find it quite straight forward, pretty logical if thats a good term.
The thing is I dont do it day in and day out so its not a haslle to me and I lok for no reward so can take time and plan it thoroughly.....I would also not let a plumber do work on my house for the water setup as I know I will spend more time and achieve a better job.
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
Exactly the problem, and I believe was predicted back at the time.
I quite enjoy doing my own plumbing, as you say, makes an enjoyable, rewarding change. Couple of years back, spent a couple of days replacing Mrs TB's dad's boiler (which had sprung a leak), stats and programmers (all a million years old), and replacing a lot of the pipework surrounding it.
Got a CORGI aquaintance to cert the gas side of things, just for peace of mind. Is CORGI/gassafe a requirement or recommendation nowadays?
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Its a requirement mate.
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
Exactly the problem, and I believe was predicted back at the time.
I quite enjoy doing my own plumbing, as you say, makes an enjoyable, rewarding change. Couple of years back, spent a couple of days replacing Mrs TB's dad's boiler (which had sprung a leak), stats and programmers (all a million years old), and replacing a lot of the pipework surrounding it.
Got a CORGI aquaintance to cert the gas side of things, just for peace of mind. Is CORGI/gassafe a requirement or recommendation nowadays?
Its still a grey area due to the detailed wording of the regs......you ahev to be able to demonstarte compitency and must be part of an approved scheme if carrying out work for reward.
As with all the regs, you get round them and drive a bus through the poor wording
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
Exactly the problem, and I believe was predicted back at the time.
I quite enjoy doing my own plumbing, as you say, makes an enjoyable, rewarding change. Couple of years back, spent a couple of days replacing Mrs TB's dad's boiler (which had sprung a leak), stats and programmers (all a million years old), and replacing a lot of the pipework surrounding it.
Got a CORGI aquaintance to cert the gas side of things, just for peace of mind. Is CORGI/gassafe a requirement or recommendation nowadays?
Its still a grey area due to the detailed wording of the regs......you ahev to be able to demonstarte compitency and must be part of an approved scheme if carrying out work for reward.
As with all the regs, you get round them and drive a bus through the poor wording
So back to the corgi days, when you could diy (as long as you didn't charge) as long as you show you've done it properly?
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Seems to be a glut of leeky's round here.....no building work and a big dash for cash training programme some 4-5 years ago has resulted in a very predicatable scenario of over supply.
The same will happen with sparkys to.
I do all my own plumbing, I find it very theraputic :y
Exactly the problem, and I believe was predicted back at the time.
I quite enjoy doing my own plumbing, as you say, makes an enjoyable, rewarding change. Couple of years back, spent a couple of days replacing Mrs TB's dad's boiler (which had sprung a leak), stats and programmers (all a million years old), and replacing a lot of the pipework surrounding it.
Got a CORGI aquaintance to cert the gas side of things, just for peace of mind. Is CORGI/gassafe a requirement or recommendation nowadays?
Its still a grey area due to the detailed wording of the regs......you ahev to be able to demonstarte compitency and must be part of an approved scheme if carrying out work for reward.
As with all the regs, you get round them and drive a bus through the poor wording
So back to the corgi days, when you could diy (as long as you didn't charge) as long as you show you've done it properly?
Its displaying compitency that is the challenge....neither of these charging organisations set the regs, they simply offer a route for the pros to provide a service.
Corgi was a joke, to infrequent checks and very abused....i dont doubt that gas safe will be any different, there already advertising that thier members are engineers ;D ;D (which is the biggest joke going!)
For boiler install, it does mean that the fitters can self certify rather than the likes of you or me who would need Building regs sign off (plus supply proof of compitent install).
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Gas fitters cant sign a boiler off anyway unless you hold an energy efficiency certificate.Still obviously allowed to fit it,but not sign it for the database,as every boiler has to be registered now.
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went to sign the dole today as i do every 2 weeks :( and they siad they have a job for me( oh good back to work ) job as a hgv fitter mech yes thats what i am i siad . so i phones the job all sounds good :y and then i ask what the wages are guy on phone says its £6.50 p/h :( i siad you must be joking mate :'( so still no job :'( i was working for that kind of money 20 yrs ago for doing less :y
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As with all the regs, you get round them and drive a bus through the poor wording
Not with electrics you don't.
You either take the test(s) and actually pass, or you don't work....end of.
and then i ask what the wages are guy on phone says its £6.50 p/h
You have to be joking, I spend more than that every day in the pub between finishing work at 3 and going home at 7.
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As with all the regs, you get round them and drive a bus through the poor wording
Not with electrics you don't.
You either take the test(s) and actually pass, or you don't work....end of.
and then i ask what the wages are guy on phone says its £6.50 p/h
You have to be joking, I spend more than that every day in the pub between finishing work at 3 and going home at 7.
i know mate one of my kids spend more than that going to school for one day :D cheeky tinkers ::)