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not in scotland, the apprenticeship is essential as level 3 is the minimum required up here
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times change the apprentice route has almost disappeared but a lot has to be said of the individual some folk will pay 5 - 8 grand and will be useless one will get a job at a young age and be very good, get paid very little, but be very good.
qualification numbers mean nothing if the person is even good.
You do not even need a qualification to fit a bathroom or a kitchen sink or an outside tap
What you do need is customers
Now where is the fast track or apprenticeship in that
times change the apprentice route has almost disappeared but a lot has to be said of the individual some folk will pay 5 - 8 grand and will be useless one will get a job at a young age and be very good, get paid very little, but be very good.
qualification numbers mean nothing if the person is even good.
You do not even need a qualification to fit a bathroom or a kitchen sink or an outside tap
What you do need is customers
Now where is the fast track or apprenticeship in that
Yes
I started in 1978 a full apprenticeship and got C&G advanced craft in Plumbing.
Working yesterday with my new apprentice, and just before we turned the water back on I said "have you double checked all your fittings are soldered or tightened" ......... Yes he replied, so I got him to turn on the water, we got a leak............... a compression nut I forgot to tighten!
He got the blame though........ I said he should have checked mine too.
Oh by the way did mine in 1978 full apprenticeship and got C&G advanced, we also did leadwork and glazing was part of the job to, i worked for my firm for 5 years then bit the bullet and went self employed, still learning till this day things have changed in a huge way new products etc.
So my answer is it takes a dam sight longer than 2 weeks or even 2 years to be let loose on peoples houses, i blame the goverment, also standards are low workmanship etc, my theory is simple, when i complete a job i would be happy to show anybody it, and put my name to it, maybe i have been lucky but in 28 years of been self employed i have always got paid, its not just the work you carry out but its also the way you treat customers, like turn up when you say you are, dust sheets, politness to customers and treating there propery with respect, leave job as if you hadnt been there by hoovering up etc, its all common sense really, or am i old fashioned but that how my boss taught me.
Oh by the way did mine in 1978 full apprenticeship and got C&G advanced, we also did leadwork and glazing was part of the job to, i worked for my firm for 5 years then bit the bullet and went self employed, still learning till this day things have changed in a huge way new products etc.
So my answer is it takes a dam sight longer than 2 weeks or even 2 years to be let loose on peoples houses, i blame the goverment, also standards are low workmanship etc, my theory is simple, when i complete a job i would be happy to show anybody it, and put my name to it, maybe i have been lucky but in 28 years of been self employed i have always got paid, its not just the work you carry out but its also the way you treat customers, like turn up when you say you are, dust sheets, politness to customers and treating there propery with respect, leave job as if you hadnt been there by hoovering up etc, its all common sense really, or am i old fashioned but that how my boss taught me.
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