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Passed the health and safety test this morning which took me all of 6 minutes, £17.50 thank you very much, not bragging but it is that easy, expecting to be given a card to prove i have passed which is what i need to get access to this particular site, no sorry stopped that last December all this is now is a stepping stone to the trade card, looks like that has bolloxed me up and to top it had to turn my phone of to take the test and missed out on a call for a nice run of work and top money time i got back to the bloke he had given it to someone else.
Lucius.
 
I dont know the name of this firm as it is my mates job he has just told me what i need, last year it was for a firm called Ideal, who subbed of Jonap and St Georges only St Georges were bothered with the CSCS and i got away with it with them.
Lucius
 
lucius said:
Passed the health and safety test this morning which took me all of 6 minutes, £17.50 thank you very much, not bragging but it is that easy, expecting to be given a card to prove i have passed which is what i need to get access to this particular site, no sorry stopped that last December all this is now is a stepping stone to the trade card, looks like that has (french word)ed me up and to top it had to turn my phone of to take the test and missed out on a call for a nice run of work and top money time i got back to the bloke he had given it to someone else.
Lucius.
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Sorry to hear this lucius and i mean it, work is tight and not having the right card is gonna mess a lot more people up, so be warned and get your head out of the sand.
 
Cheers Flinny ile have to do something but ime thinking F*** the sites now to much hassle for crap money it suited me coming over from Spain every now and again with a pouch and screwgun and get on the tube to get to work. Ive got 2 vans in Spain so i might go back and get one and all my tools and some plant and go domestic ive been turning down quite a bit of general building cos i couldnt be arsed cos all my gear is in Spain so i think thats what i will do.
Lucius
 
lucius said:
Passed the health and safety test this morning which took me all of 6 minutes, £17.50
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Who exactly did you pay this tax too mate?

That works out at around £175 per hour someone is making, seems like issueing these pointless bits of bling is a rather prfitable endevour to me.
 
You get 40 mins to do it should have sat there for 40 mins just to get my moneys worth Lol.
Lucius
 
nelly your in stockport arnt you if you see a wagon on wicks carpark with citb logo all over it thats a mobile test centre that turns up there twice a week give it a try you know youll like it
 
I paid Prometric who do the test and who have charity status for some reason but the pass certificate is issued by Construction Skills.
Lucius
 
murplastering said:
nelly your in stockport arnt you if you see a wagon on wicks carpark with citb logo all over it thats a mobile test centre that turns up there twice a week give it a try you know youll like it
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No mate, I'm on the other side in Bury.

However I might drive up there tommorow to take a shlt on their bus of bullshlt.
 
nelly said:
murplastering said:
nelly your in stockport arnt you if you see a wagon on wicks carpark with citb logo all over it thats a mobile test centre that turns up there twice a week give it a try you know youll like it
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No mate, I'm on the other side in Bury.

However I might drive up there tommorow to take a shlt on their bus of bullshlt.
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
 
lucius said:
I paid Prometric who do the test and who have charity status for some reason but the pass certificate is issued by Construction Skills.
Lucius
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Charity my fat arse!



They are an international agency, with some rather large and lucrative afiliates including Microsoft and Sun
oh and 2500 employees.

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Does anyone else find it rather sinister that they have described themselves as a charity?

Who compelled them to say this? And why the need to hide the fact they are a massive company?

Anyway

Here is a passage on their website about their CEO a Mr Michael brannick

Michael joined Prometric as president and chief executive officer in May 2001. He manages all operations of the 3000 person, multi-national company, including a global technology infrastructure, test center network and the delivery of over seven million certification, or licensure examinations each year.

17 million tests eh? at £17.50 a go.

Thats 297.5 miilion quid - each year!

Thats a pretty impressive income stream for a charity is it not?

Thats £297 500 000

Sorry just realised I cocked up my maths, this "charity" are making nearly 300 million quid each year
 
lucius said:
Passed the health and safety test this morning which took me all of 6 minutes, £17.50 thank you very much, not bragging but it is that easy, expecting to be given a card to prove i have passed which is what i need to get access to this particular site, no sorry stopped that last December all this is now is a stepping stone to the trade card, looks like that has (french word)ed me up and to top it had to turn my phone of to take the test and missed out on a call for a nice run of work and top money time i got back to the bloke he had given it to someone else.
Lucius.
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To be honest lucius why did you think you were getting a card at the end of it? There is a thread on here 20 pages long which explains what the card is and how to obtain one, if i remember right you said your mates got a H&S card and never been asked or they just make a number up. Well that was a load of bollox, if i was you i would get on the blower to this so called mate and tell him he is full of s**t for passing on false information.
 
nelly im in mcr have you heard of sunnybank plastering i did some for him about 5 years ago i think hes called phil the main guy they are from bury way
 
madmonk said:
nelly im in mcr have you heard of sunnybank plastering i did some for him about 5 years ago i think hes called phil the main guy they are from bury way
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Actually yeah and had a bad experience with them because of my partner at the time..................hence 'at the time'.

I live close to Phil, my window cleaner said they have layed loads of lads off last year, my window cleaner is like the local news centre he knows everything about everyone.

The only good thing about working for them was I invented my new tool, on one of their jobs.
 
yeah what is it. spill the beans. is it a bucket with a tap at the bottom so u mix up, stick the bucket on your spot and open the tap to fill your hawk, is it a tapucket?
 
nelly said:
madmonk said:
nelly im in mcr have you heard of sunnybank plastering i did some for him about 5 years ago i think hes called phil the main guy they are from bury way
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Actually yeah and had a bad experience with them because of my partner at the time..................hence 'at the time'.

I live close to Phil, my window cleaner said they have layed loads of lads off last year, my window cleaner is like the local news centre he knows everything about everyone.

The only good thing about working for them was I invented my new tool, on one of their jobs.
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I worked for them a few times off and on, was you there when Alan worked for him? camp as tits but a top bloke i think phil s**t on him in the end, tosser. Last time i was there he had quite a few foreign lads bringing the prices right down and they were ruff as f**k. Where are you upto with this new tool?
 
flynnyman said:
I worked for them a few times off and on, was you there when Alan worked for him? camp as tits but a top bloke i think phil (german word) on him in the end, tosser. Last time i was there he had quite a few foreign lads bringing the prices right down and they were ruff as (french word). Where are you upto with this new tool?
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Only met two other lads one looked like him out of jacobs ladder, actually I think his mate was called Alan, from wigan I think.

I was making it pay quite well but my mate, was struggling, and f*cking it up left right and center, but because I was working so hard I neglected to keep an eye on him properly,so because I was in charge, ultimately the blame lay with me, which I reluctantly have to accept.

Well actually thats a long and intricate argument - management versus employees.

On the tool front - I'm close, but its a pain in the arse....too much admin and agro for me, but its a 20 year old story

Fancy being a tester?................ are you still local to me?
 
nelly said:
flynnyman said:
I worked for them a few times off and on, was you there when Alan worked for him? camp as tits but a top bloke i think phil (german word) on him in the end, tosser. Last time i was there he had quite a few foreign lads bringing the prices right down and they were ruff as (french word). Where are you upto with this new tool?
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Only met two other lads one looked like him out of jacobs ladder, actually I think his mate was called Alan, from wigan I think.

I was making it pay quite well but my mate, was struggling, and f*cking it up left right and center, but because I was working so hard I neglected to keep an eye on him properly,so because I was in charge, ultimately the blame lay with me, which I reluctantly have to accept.

Well actually thats a long and intricate argument - management versus employees.

On the tool front - I'm close, but its a pain in the arse....too much admin and agro for me, but its a 20 year old story

Fancy being a tester?................ are you still local to me?
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Na i left manchester 5 months ago might be worth getting jimfish or render bender on board they have a bit of experience in patents.
 
To be honest lucius why did you think you were getting a card at the end of it? There is a thread on here 20 pages long which explains what the card is and how to obtain one, if i remember right you said your mates got a H&S card and never been asked or they just make a number up. Well that was a load of (french word), if i was you i would get on the blower to this so called mate and tell him he is full of (german word) for passing on false information.

Didnt realy look at the thread as i never had any probs last year, at the induction on both sites last year you just filled a form in and everybody left the bit where you filled the CSCS number blank and no more was said.
Anyway my mate contacted the company who i am waiting to start with and they said they will accept the pass certificate to let me onsite whenever that will be and just get the labourers card that will be good enough for them, so its all bollox
 
Every now and again though Flynnyman there is the odd site manager who knows what's what and needs his job done and doesn't give tosh about (The man) red tape. By the way i'm a decade into CSCS, it seems silly and doesn't work
 
McPlaster said:
Every now and again though Flynnyman there is the odd site manager who knows what's what and needs his job done and doesn't give tosh about (The man) red tape. By the way i'm a decade into CSCS, it seems silly and doesn't work
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Maybe but the minute you have an accident and you dont have the right card you are doing something you shouldnt of been doing see if the agent backs you up then.....................they can turn into wankers to.
 
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