shouldnt be a electrician

[Baker1988]

Hi every one how are you all?

i just wanted to say a few things i have jhst finished my 2nd year at college amd am going to start my 3rd year in september but i started a electrical mate job today for an agency just to get some work while on my break from college i have done electrical mate jobs before and i really like them but back to the point i got there this morning and to my surprise the electrician who i was going to be the mate to was a guy i new he was on my 2330 course in the first year and he failed the first year and i did not see how he was the fully qualified electrician who was getting £15 hr who i had to help when he was always asking me for help at college so i asked him if he was fully qualified and he said ya he was fully qualified he went on a course that lasted 6 months and now he is fully qualified to do all electrical work.
My point is how is this possible? I have ben going to college every week for 2 years but yet he failed his first year amd with in another year he is fully qualified he is not fully qualified in my eyes he is still as daft as he was then he was still asking me stuff like best cable route and how to do the bends on the tray work is they really people out there like this

 

[tigerpaul]

When you go on a site they usually ask for a copy of your JIB card. Then they take a photocopy of it. Then what? It just goes into a folder never to be seen again.
Maybe he's got a fake card and his blagging it just going round leeching off everyone that'll let him.

 

[Knobhead]

Someone said they would never ask a mate, why not? I took that altitude with one mate so he just let me get on with it, to my cost. Had I done what he was trying to suggest the job would have been done in a couple of hours instead of a full day.

 

[somersetsparks]

I once worked on a site and we took on 80 agency staff on one day, at least 10 got sent home for being fakers! Some sites check and some don't, most just want cscs or safety passport.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Qualifications involve time money and learning.

Competence can be bought from a Competent Person Scheme, involving having a cheque book.

Hit the nail on the head

 

[Johnuk]

i would jus say to the foreman, and just say i can not see how he is a electrician, when he faulted this 1st year 6 mouths ago lol

coz if you are his electrical mate all error he will blamed on u behind your back

 

[Guitarist]

At £15 per hour, they're lucky to get someone who can hold a screwdriver!