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ii had sciatica for about 9 months a few years ago, OK when I was working but absolutely crippling at night, tried everything even bloody yoga but it just would not go, then one day I was working on a site speaking to a sparky who told me his wife had suffered from it, he told me she put two big...

If anyone in west Yorkshire is thinking of employing an apprentice please feel free to contact me and i can put you in touch with the right department within the college I teach in for the full information you will require regarding apprenticeships

hi ya Aidy fancy meeting you on here how you doing mate

thanks my email is gloss@decca.fslife.co.uk if you use Twitter you can follow me at @whoputthebootin a word of warning though to anyone who follows me I do tweet an awful lot about Guiseley AFC, music and quotes from people smarter than me, also I tweet nothing about my work and if you...

this is great, its what is needed interaction between firms and colleges i am all for it, if you ever wanted to demonstrate or speak to students about working in the trade i could organise it for you, it is always good for full time students to hear from a company what is expected to be...

i agree with your sentiments, the reason for this poor level of maths and English is schools failing our kids, from what some have told me if you are bright they bend over backwards to help them the rest are there to make up the numbers, i was shocked when i first found out but it is sadly the...

HI please see my last reply for the best way to find a descent lad, with our college we take Cskills students (you can contact them direct and ask) who have come through the Apprenticeship web site and we have our own work based advisor's who liaise between the employer and the lecturer...

HI Wayne is now a faculty director and Lee is a manager at Selby college, it would be hard for a student who only does rendering to gain all the evidence required to complete a level 2, level 3 is now split solid or fibrous so on your skills card it will state which part of the trade you took...

hi i never took it as a dig i was just trying to say it how it is, you could start teaching with your advanced craft its still recognised by colleges, you would have to be working towards a teaching qualification though and complete a A1 qualification to assess NVQ qualifications, which a...

It was a practical answer to somone over the age of 24,of course if acheiving a Level 3 brings monetary gain go for it, of course there are advantages of gaining your Level 3 in plastering if you need them to move on from the job you are doing, as an example i have a Level 4 teaching...

personally is still liked to use a steel trowel when I plastered as most of my solid plastering was in sand and lime, but i am open minded to new tools, as for a NVQ3 you can have on site assessment to gain this qualification, I take it you are over 24 years old, no need to go to a college, but...

the quality of apprentices is up to you guys as you employ them and teach them on site, I merely assess their NVQ evidence and teach a diploma, I have been Assessing level 3 NVQ for the previous 2 years and i have had some really good lads who have obviously been let loose with the tools who I...

the Quality of apprentices we get is up to you guys as you employ them and send them to college, I have been teaching Level 3 employed apprentices for the previous two years and i have had some really good lads who I would have employed myself and have obviously been allowed to plaster by the...

we still teach the traditional methods of two coat skimming by Trowel, I personally let the students have a go of sponge skimming, i saw some lads do this in Nottinghamshire before I started teaching, we do have plastic trowels and the college has just last week purchased some speedskim tools...

Evening, I teach at Leeds College of Building