DRplastering89
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you are 100% right there they will say you can plaster in two weeks take the money and say thats you a plasterer well done. and they have a head full a shite. think they are tradesmen
Statistics for declining trades in the UK!
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puddove
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the old 1 are the best - :RpS_laugh: same as the plasterers :RpS_thumbup: 49+ club
essexandy
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Oh good I'll be in that club before to long.
puddove
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and ill be moving onto the 50+ club :RpS_laugh:
spreadylonglegs
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Until they get to the winders.Ive done no end of houses where its all skimmed but winders left and Ive got to pick them up.
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If you have a look at the 'training courses' offered for any of the trades they give the same impression. You know the bullsh1t, 'train with us for a couple of weeks and you'll be fully qualified. You'll be able to go straight out and earn £40k a year just like the joker in the photo with the new van and shiny tools.'
It's only people in the trades who can see through the spin. If you don't know any better and have someone telling you for a couple of straight weeks that you're great and a natural, then give you C&G certificates to prove how great you are, no wonder they start to believe it.
It's one of those "Don't hate the player, hate the game." situations as far as I can see.
DRplastering89
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its all about the money mate if you payed enough they would tell you your a brain surgeon
bubbles65
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Sounds a good idea Cassie, but isn't that because scaffolding can be dangerous if improperly erected, whereas plaster/render is never gonna kill anyone and therefore a 'standard' isn't necessary from a safety point.
As an industry we do need to educate the public as to what is and what isn't an acceptable standard. Site-workers (I'm guessing) will be quickly found out with substandard work and are unlikely to be paid, so then they are unleashed onto an unwitting public to practice.........
How do we go about it? Registration? Licensing? I don't like these kind of things because as soon as you involve government in any shape or form it will costs us money, although it may be a price worth paying.
I would suggest tougher governance over the training providers, as surely it isn't beneficial to have them being paid by the number of 'newly qualified' they turn out (as is the case in some places I hear) it should be based on ability.
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Part of the problem is that we live in a consumer lead society. Almost every advert you see will be based on how much you get and how little it costs. No wonder then that all these years of brain washing mean that a large part of the general public want an extension built/wall plastered/kitchen fitted or whatever for as little as possible. They make the assumption that no matter what they pay the finish will be like the ones in the brochure or that two doors up had done last year.
No one has EVER asked to see my C and G... theres no marshalling of tradesmen.. think in germany its different ? were qouting jobs against 5 day wonders who roll up in a printed work top and a new sign wrote van the customer has no idea... then they fuk the job up, but the customer has already paid and lives with it, doing real plasterers out of work, by the way their prices are r******d... tell you who i have issues with.. firemen.. stick to putting wheelie bin fires out and stop working for peanuts on the side...
markyspread
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dont mention winders i have done 3 in the last month!!! all double kites as well, dont you just love them x
Hahaha theres a fireman doing the same near me ... absolute ****** he is as well .... works **** yet he thinks he knows what he's doing ... how ive laughed at some of his jobs ... funny thing is he walks round like 10 men ....I just laugh at him
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