is it worth going part p

[robbalaar86]

Hi guys I'm doing my NVQ 3 I have 2330 up to level 3 etc.
Is it worth going part p with any of the schemes or should I just wait to get my gold card?
What are your thoughts?
I know part p is kind of frowned upon but I need the work as my full time job is just that a job to keep the bank happy.
I have plenty of new build and house bashing experience but lack a bit of recent testing knowledge.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[Octopus]

Done to deathh on here. Use the search.

 

[robbalaar86]

Ok mate will do

 

[Guest55]

i wouldnt bother going part p in your position , not worth the costs as you can still get plenty of experience with the forthcoming increased list of non-notifiable jobs.
a jib card will get your foot in the door for commercial work so focus on that objective.

 

[robbalaar86]

Cheers biff ill keep concentrating on the NVQ then. Thanks for the advice

 

[Guest55]

no worries

 

[loop3]

Two different paths. Part p domestic ****. Your own work! Gold card, big firms. It can pay to have both. I do. small jobs to get extra money from doms. Good money. Must be your own thing though. I go 55 pounds per hour. Jib gold is getting harder. Big firms are employing dick heads to install cms and the like then getting a real spark to do the complicated/ experienced needed stuff, you'll also need other tickets to compliment the gold card. Either way, it's a business and will need investment.

 

[robbalaar86]

Thanks loop, I think I want to do more domestic at the moment as I don't feel ready to do the commercial stuff as that's for the experienced boys but then I think if I don't try I'm never going to learn. It's a tough market I have a full time job for bills which is unrelated but evenings and weekends I work non stop. I finished my apprenticeship and went subbying now I can't find full time employment in the industry I love. Frustrating

 

[pete555]

stick to gold card domestic work can only be done by foreign labour who qualify abroad or thats what i have found

 

[Essexboy7]

I can't find full time employment in the industry I love. Frustrating

Just out of interest mate what exactly is it about this industry you love so much?

 

[robbalaar86]

Trust me chap you'd love the industry if you had to do a cleaning job for 5 months to feed the little one. But in all honesty I love the job and it's something I'd do for minimum wage it's not about the dollar for me, although when I get a nice little earner it does make it better

 

[Essexboy7]

and it's something I'd do for minimum wage it's not about the dollar for me, although when I get a nice little earner it does make it better

People like you are a classic example why the game aint worth a ---- now.Its a skilled trade.Why the hell would anyone want to do a 3 year apprenticeship and go and work for minimum wage.I have been a spark for 29 years and remember when we were the premier trade on site.Over the years i have watched it be steadily eroded and now we have got people coming into it who are happy to work for minimum wage?What hope is there?


I dont want to be having a pop at you mate but i have never liked the game ,the only thing i have ever liked is the money and that has gone now.I have never seen the attraction of working in dirty,cold,unsafe conditions, being treated like a dog,having no holiday or sick pay,being pumped with the click of the fingers and having to pay some parasite payment company for the privilege of geting your own wages.Thats why i was asking what you loved so much about it?

Now i have to go and lie down with a bottle of whiskey and some valium

 

[robbalaar86]

I think you have misunderstood mate, I would do it for free if I win the lottery.... Doesn't mean I would. I play footie because I love it and I don't get paid. I wouldn't work for minimum wage at all. I was just making a point I love the trade. I value my skills. I don't think you can blame me for the down turn of the trade you should be aiming your anger else where.
Such as the Eastern Europeans that do work for 4 quid an hour.

 

[Martyc]

In my case I don't mind working for peanuts because any other job I can get is less than peanuts around here. For example currently my salary works out to £6.81 an hour based on a 40 hour week. But it's not a 40 hour week, I'm expected to work regular weekends (about every other), 6/7 days a week on demand, no training but expected to fix anything with inadequate tools and no money allowed to buy stock to replace parts when things break. I wouldn't choose to work for that if I didn't have to, but I'd rather work for sod all than be on the dole. So if I could get in 'the trade' and someone offered me £8 an hour I'd snap their arm off. Too many companies get away with paying not enough and expect tax credits etc to top up wages and that's why there's so many people out there like me who can only dream of earning £10 an hour at the moment. Blame the system, not the people who are willing to work for less because to them it's probably a damn sight more than what they're used to!

 

[jay900]

Go part p mate