Hi all, after 5 1/2 years wasted working in a garage i've decided i want to move into the construction trade and i'm looking into either plastering or plumbing ( unless anyone can tell me differently ) My main problem at the moment is i don't no which route to take i mean should i...

A: Go to college for 2 - 3 years? Then try and find a job after with the qualifications i gain? ( this means working part time too )

Or

B: Try and find a job with training which may seem the best way cos i'll get paid too but a lot of the jobs advertised dont offer any qualifications just on the job training with no college or anything.

So i guess i'm asking for a bit of advise really as i don't want to waste another 5 years.

Thanks Chris

Ps. If anyone has any job opportunities around South Yorkshire let me no

 

my company takes on labourers/adult trainees. Ł7 odd an hour and all training paid for Electrical by the way

 

Depending on your age, you may not get an apprenticeship. But if you can, I would say it's better to be a time served plumber/plasterer than a solely college educated one.

 

im in the same boat mate, no fukka will take me on as a plumber as i have no experiance, and i cant afford to drop to apprentice wages

kinda fukked then....

 

British gas takes on older apprentices as Service Fitters. I've applied, just waitin' to hear back now.

 

Dont expect to learn a trade and get paid well..............it WONT happen.

Plumbing

Like i say to EVERYONE that says i must be loaded as im a plumber.

DONT BELIEVE ALL YOU READ IN THE PAPERS

Plastering

If i had my time again, i would be a plasterer

 

youll be lucky to get a place at collage too as there all booked for 2yrs in advance up here in manchester

i did find a course where you could go and be trained within 6 weeks which was Ł3000 and ment going away for 6 weeks

plastering has to be the best option as they dont get out of bed for less than Ł150 a day

 

A 3dr Cossie and a wax jacket machine, c'mon mate, you're hardly poor.

 

PMSL @ Wax Jacket machine

 

To be honest I don't expect to get paid alot to start with Tiff thats why i would prefer to get some qualifications behind me so maybe one day i could start earning good money.
Also why would you be a plasterer if you had your time again?

 

Tiff the Toff
Why is it rich people always plead poverty.

 

this is true rob but its a lot of work for the money and i dont know of a plasterer over 60years old as they all seem to have poped there clogs .
it is not that important as a plasterer to have full qualifications as most firms will employ a plasterer if he can show he can do the job to a good standard . but it is getting harder as the goverment as brought in the new CSCS cards to route out the cowboys ,the best you can do is to get a job mixing and pick up the tools as you go and in a few years may be good enough to branch out on your own mate, someone allways needs a plasterer

 

much cheaper to get into plastering than plumbing mate also the kit you need for both jobs are miles apart interms of cost and whould not take as long to learn to.
But like most things you whould need to get taken on by some one mate and pick it up as you go a long, best of luke

 

Dont forget plastering, you get covered in shite every day mind you its
not real shit

 

I was aprentice plasterer from the age of 16 to about 38. Have done Royalty work. You end up with arthritis, back trouble, shoulder trouble. One min loads of work & then nothing. You work on price, they tell you X amount per metre, when you do loads of metres, they then lower the price on the metrage.Plastering today is basically setting plasterboard. You are only as good as the man who taught you. As for being a plasterer, forget it, mugs game. Be a plumber.

 

I started serving my time as a plumber back in '91. Shit money to start with, Ok if youre in your late teens. I'd highly recommend it, Its a brilliant trade. Any time i meet plasterers their all ways covered in shit. They burn out in their late 40s, all that trowling and shit. I'm in the fire service now and i'd recommend that even more if you can get it. All the boys at the station are always looking for jobs done.

 

Sparky. Keep nice and clean and let the plasterers clear up your mess!

 

It took you 22 years to qualify?! You should have trained as a brain surgeon, that would have only taken you about 15 years

I'm looking for a plasterer to do my living room ceiling and a plumber/gas engineer to service the boiler and central heating...
Based between Bristol and Bath. Anyone want some work?