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One is training and usually attending college and the other is probably stoned.
day off for me then shag.......... im sure i will survive the day with just a labourers card..... i mean come on who doesnt know that when the fork lift truck is coming towards you, you drop to the floor and act like a speed bump and hope for the best??? :RpS_lol:
KevRM
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uhuh I think that because it is "required" for the "British" construction industry the test should be in ENGLISH only
karenadams
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I have to agree, the cost of offering translation is absorbed by all and not the individual asking for it to be translated.
I have no problems with offer work to all however I do have a problem with having to absorb that cost considering if I was abroad I wouldn't be given special treatment.
Perhaps it is just me, I don't know.
The CSCS card is an added expense and I think it should be government funded entirely.
spread1970
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i got a blue card through my firm...is that not a skill card?
there were no questions regarding plastering thats for sure.
there were no questions regarding plastering thats for sure.
spread1970
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argh...thats cool:RpS_thumbup:
spread1970
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i work with alot of pricks and a few c*nts,so probably right.
Rhys
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Well lets face it, with plaster the more you play with it the stiffer it gets. And if it gets too stiff to soon you're fcuked :RpS_lol:
spread1970
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crem' of tartar:RpS_thumbup:
accommodation1975
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Im sure you will only need the green construction skills certificate this means you do the 40 question multi choice its just for the health and safety thats the only ticket i have so sod all the NVQs
johniosaif
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some sites are asking for the trades card now for each trade...
Jace
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and this would be why i havent done mine yet, too much money and i rarely get asked to go on site, does seem a bit off that if you have been doin said trade for x amount of years that you have to spend money (and not a small amount either) to get a little card saying you can do it, but then on the other side i can see reasons for it
johniosaif
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very annoying to the old boys with city and guilds and all associated courses
Ive got C&G and it aint a problem
The benefits are you are getting a more qualified work force, its also to do with insurance, if you employ a qualified work force its not a dear as an unqualified one, also a lot of contracts are not being given out to firms with unqualified staff, especially government money.
Fair comment but when you turn up on site it doesnt matter if you can or cant do the job, the contractor wants to know you can do the job before you **** it up. I know quals dont guarantee it but its a start and its the difference between getting the job and not.
it will come to the fore, in a few years you wont be able to go on any sites with out it, as its all to do with health and safety legislation.
I have a gold card and was recently told this wasnt good enough they wanted a black one [management card] which means a level 4 nvq and or evidence of experience in running projects, which would cost me around £2200 and a lot of ball ache. So i declined, walked away and got back on my horse.
I have a gold card and was recently told this wasnt good enough they wanted a black one [management card] which means a level 4 nvq and or evidence of experience in running projects, which would cost me around £2200 and a lot of ball ache. So i declined, walked away and got back on my horse.
I take your point,
I had to get my lads that are on the books, up to date with theres recently as ive just been passed for my CHAS, so i needed to.
but i can honestly say weve not been refused contracts up until that point because some lads didnt have there gold cards or blue cards.
My lecturer told me about this 25 years ago said it was a european thing and now 25 years later its coming to fruition.
depends if the jobs behind lol but anyone has an accident someones for the high jump coz this is there get out clause.
johniosaif
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Not a problem certainly ,but you had to get cscs also ,so its an additional cost to already tested and skilled people...
That doesnt make sense its a H&S and skills card everyone needs one so if qualified people didnt need one what would be the point?
spunky
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You are getting a qualified work force on paper nothing else they give them away like sweets, insurance isn't cheaper to small firms, it's more of a requirement form insurance firms which has 90 percent health and safety the other bit is if you had a mig welder they can blame you a bit easier because you're a plasterer, how can you say it's a benefit not giving work out to people reluctant to pay 750 quid to the government it's purely blackmail to get on a site
Flynny for a fairly intelligent chap you're still a mug
qualifications usually are on papernot any more its costing peoplebut its dearer if your not qualified to do it go and get your public liability changed so you can do plumbing with no quals and see what it costs.I never said that i said its a benefit having a qualified work force also im pretty sure its nothing to do with the government but i could be wrong so go and do a search
why am i a mug? i got qualified over 20 years ago and i will always encourage people to get qualified in any career they choose the only people who ever slag quals off are the ones who never got them and it is effecting them not having them.
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