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  1. edexlab

    Automation vs. Construction - career advice please

    I know the OP and have been discussing this with him, We have similar backgrounds and I've come from Construction and spent last 4 years doing Automation so I'm another vote for Automation ! However I noticed that all the replies were from Automation people but none from Construction...
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    Bahco Side Cutters

    I have a pair of the large sized Bahco ergo sidecutters, bought after a reccomendation the edge was supposed to have one end for stripping and a slightly different geometry near the joint for cutting, Great for cutting cables but I just didn't get on with them for stripping wires so they...
  3. edexlab

    A question about how current travels through the real earth?

    Re Current flowing through the actual earth When I was at college it was explained to us like this; "Everything is a conductor, an insulating material is a poor conductor but still a conductor, Soil, water, minerals etc are poor conductors The earth is basically millions of poor...
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    People who should not be left anywhere near electricity......

    "Survival of the fittest/ Smartest etc I'm all for H&S btw I've seen a few bad incidents and the aftermath... I have posted about this on another thread My mate has a theory that H&S allows the idiot genes to continue on to future generations, by protecting the Homer Simpsons of the world...
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    People who should not be left anywhere near electricity......

    Darwin's theory?
  6. edexlab

    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    Well I'll find out this week if they mention it or not. Some colleagues don't think the company will mention it as they won't want to create an impasse which would prevent me from going back, firm is pretty desperate for skilled labour At the end of the day, I don't intend on returning...
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    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    What I've written is true if it wasnt then I wouldn't be asking for other opinions on the situation I've no problem paying for something I know I'm liable for, but when myself and 20+ others didn't realise they were signing for costs if they leave within 12 mths, I think that tells you a lot!
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    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    It is 5 yrs starting last November
  9. edexlab

    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    That'd go down well Spinlondon! If I'd known they were going to do this I'd never have done the course as I was looking to move , really they should have informed us before booking it! Its opening a can of worms really as the blokes there will now say that they don't want to do anything in...
  10. edexlab

    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    First post explains , but yes signed it thinking it was just to say we'd received the card ie we lose it we replace it never read it properly the HR person did it a bit sneakily really, spoken to all shopfloor staff none of whom were aware of this agreement At the time I'd never heard of an...
  11. edexlab

    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    A colleague left this week and I did say he should email stating that he was seeking advice and that the company was not authorised to take the cost of the course from him at this moment until he'd been advised He's foreign and had no idea about this as it was never explained also his English...
  12. edexlab

    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    It was in work time and paid as per Doesn't benefit me in new job they insisted we do it even those who said they didn't want to do it I agree its useful to have a fallback but I'm a little fish in a big pond and never had trouble getting work, although when I was young work was hard to...
  13. edexlab

    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    I realise it's a tax allowance not full amount , This company is always trying to screw the employees ie in 4 years I've never received exactly the right expenses back they nearly always dispute the exchange rates and knock it down same with wages they knock overtime off or change the rules...
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    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    Not a benefit in new job however it expires in 3 years so maybe useful later. I agree with you both Darkwood and Ruston, I'm not a believer in burning bridges and like to treat people fairly However when I'm pretty certain they've claimed it as a taxable allowance it seems wrong that they...
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    Employer wants paying for IPAF course

    I've got a new job starting next month and my current employer is saying I have to pay for an IPAF course I did last November I had to sign for the card when company received it, and i just put a scribble on it , I was told it was just saying I'd received the card, never read it ( my bad)...
  16. edexlab

    This might be a stupid question

    Sorry my bad, this was at work, I assumed people would get that by saying "New bloke" At the time I was talking him through some of the machines we build, so in this situation it was.... Had I been in the chippy......
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    This might be a stupid question

    Talking to a new bloke today that said "This might be a stupid question " I said straightaway " No such thing as a stupid question " He immediately says " Do you like sausages?" ....................... "Ok I'm wrong there is such a thing as a stupid question!"
  18. edexlab

    Millennial's in the workplace

    Youngsters learn from their elders and each generation progressively spoils the next by giving their kids what they never had! I also remember when I was an apprentice in the early 90's all the older blokes were in their 50's complaining about how much worse my generation was than theirs, not...
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    Millennial's in the workplace

    I remember an old school teacher I had, that used to write in to the local papers letters page on all sorts of subjects he was a bit eccentric but an interesting bloke reminded me of a quirky Michael Palin. He wrote about the attitude of youngsters, being obsessed with image, lack of any...
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    Wages we should be paid top rates

    I always think Electricians are daft in my area maybe it's all over Where I live there are a disproportionate number of Electricians/ companies for the population here which does keep prices down, I did ok self employed for a few years then started seeing a new companies van every couple of...

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