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    Want to hear what happened?

    Hello Mate sorry to hear about your "incident" i tell you what though you have made me laugh for the first time today, most plasteres normally fall off the steps when looking at the customers wifes assets but the ceiling falling down is new one to me. bet you cringe when asked to skim over...
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    if any 1 can help

    Hello mate if you pm me your details i rekon i would be able to hook you up with some of the people who have gone on to start plastering businesses up after doing their nvq's with us
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    So whos got the oldest trowel????

    some of the kids that we train sometimes couldnt keep a trowel for more than a month, more interested in using it to clean the botom of the shoes, playing tennis wth a ten pence peice, writing there names in brick walls, slashing there mates new kappa tracksuit etc... in fact anything but...
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    So whos got the oldest trowel????

    had a new trainer start today and had a good chat with him, anyway he proudly told me he had had his trusty trowel for 23 years and guards it with his life?????? (wont tell his age) what about the rest of you lot? ;D
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    How you found The Plasterers Forum

    i was on the tilers forum and sombody paid reference to your site, the had look on and been on here ever since
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    Plastering Course

    the center number provided relates to city and guilds (which are basic qualifications) its CITB/CAA which approves NVQ plastering and for anybody who wants to do an nvq this is the list of approved centers who can deliver and assess. this website is very good and will provide people with lots of...
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    CSCS

    Robospread + Danny many applogies about that, i was on my fourth glass of vodka at time of writing and done it with one eye open. i stand corrected
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    skimming brush

    gavin i think you should splash out and get down to Bnq tommorow, 98 pence and three months of pondering, ive heard of keeping a tight hold of the budget but by god thats unbeleivable. if you get someone over 60 to in for you claim their 10% discount you save even more money, infact if you drop...
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    Plastering Course

    Hi Griff we are an approved center (5220) in the north east of england, i dont assess but i own the company and am the center contact so i chair all of the meetings with the EV from the awarding body and get to know exacly what they will and wont accept. i only make these comments because there...
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    advertising with yell.co.uk

    i have always found a return on investment with the yellow pages and yell online but you have to speculate to accumulate. just make sure when you get enquiry calls you always ask where they got your number from and this way you ca measure how successful it has been for the year. also look at...
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    Plastering machine

    soory mate but me neither, will see if i can find anybody that may have usec one before, think the google thing was a good but of advice
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    CSCS

    on a very impartial point here to all of the conversation about certs of attendance, please look very closely at how the companies and websites word there course descriptions. we have gained accreditation and are very proud of the masively hard work and money that it cost us but there are so...
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    Problem collecting payment

    how does a baseball bat and a tub of vaseline....... sorry i lost the plot for a second there mate. theres nothing better and at the same time nothing worse than customers. what i have laerned over the years is to be nice but harsh, this is your livelyhood and if you have provided a service you...
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    CSCS

    hiya danny if you do the NVQ2 plastering you dont have to do the units that you dont want to i.e floor screeding there are mandatory units and optional, the optional ones are the ones with floor screeding, these are the units VR 01 Conform to general workplace safety mandatory VR...
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    Plastering Course

    3 week NVQ 2???? sorry to be a stick in the mud mate but how are you supposed to be able to get all of the knowledge and practical skills to be able to do that? i am fully familiar with the NVQ standards and liase with the EV (external verifier) and if we claimed to be able to produce nvq 2...
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    Want an NVQ 2? Look at EWPA route!

    yeah, i have to agree that this is one things the CITB/CAI have done that actually makes sense! rather than have to do loads of paperwork and assessments you simply prove your previous experience and then your off. a good "competent" assessor can soon tell within 5 mins of a profesional...
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    Arches

    keep us posted mate and good luck!! or is it god be with you??? ;D
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    Plastering Course

    sorry im a little late to contribute to this thread, i must point out that the "real work" which is needed to be assesed to get your nvq 2 can be done in 2 ways: 1- found by yourself, either by being employed or self employed or having lots and lots of trusting freinds 2- found by us here at...
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    The future

    hello mate these are the training companies that do platsreing training in ireland https://www.hotcourses.com/uk-courses/Plastering-courses-in-Northern-Ireland/hc2_search.adv_col_do/16180339//search_category/TG.87/qualification/Z,Y,Q,R,T,U,V,C/p_county_id/720/page.htm and this is the list of...
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    Hello everybody!

    bo probs matey, nice to of assistance
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    Hello everybody!

    pretty much! its not quite as simple as that but every job that you do you would take photos of and write up a little description of what you have done for the job, this then builds up your evidence and add to that the assessors visit reports where he would give feedback and ask you questions...
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    The future

    i think that you would be luky to find anywhere doing eveing classes but if you have experince you would only need to be assessed doing your job, so there would be no need to stop earning your money, thats what OSAT is on site assessment and training, all you do is prove your existing competence...
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    Hello everybody!

    suppose on the positive side it prevents the cowboys from taking genuine tradesmens work away, that is after evyeryone gets theirs up to date, like 2030 or something!!!!!!!! n by god theres a few about. having said that doing the nvq through the OSAT route can be very easy indeed if you are...
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    Hello everybody!

    Hello mate! unfortunately not, at the moment you can get a "temoporary" experinced worker card, however this will only last for 1 year and then the person will have to have achieved a NVQ 2 in their trade, to get this the also have to be able to prove that they are experienced. Link Removed...
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    The future

    my advice 2 matey! the law makes it mandatory in 2010 (21 months) to have a "skilled" CSCS card, and to get a skilled card you must have a NVQ 2 in plastering, around 40 % os sites are actually operating this system already and it is hitting people hard. There are some tilers out there who i...
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    Hello everybody!

    Hello there i am martin and own Beyond Construction (construction training centers) up in the north east of england, have seen a post about our courses and thought that me and the trainers/assessors would join up and see if we can give any advice / support to the forum. Forum looking fantastic...
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