Tips for finding work

[ambrosia]

having spend ages installing bathrooms on new builds, and becoming throughly bored i decided to get myself gas safe registered thinking it would be a doddle finding work.

After an awful lot of expense I've gotten myself gas safe however finding work is far from a doddle, I've been sitting with the yellow pages, trawling the internet trying to find a firm to take me on with no luck as yet

It seems dead out there, before when yould phone for a job they would ask 'are you gas safe,' now its 'do you have 6 years experience,' if I had 6 years experience I wouldnt be calling you, I'd have my own private customers by then and if i didnt i'd be a pretty bad plumber

any advice for getting that 1st job

 

[GQuigley67]

going self employed, getting your own public liabiliy insurance, and going through agencies

 

[ambrosia]

not having to deal with agencys was one of the attractions of becoming gas safe and going self employed is hard when you dont have any customers

 

[GQuigley67]

just because your GSR doesnt gaurantee you a job, you need to either work hard at advertising if your going it on your own or becoming self employed and sub-contracting and through agencies etc I decided to go on my own, as everyone is wanting alot of years experience and dont give you a chance

 

[villa_tom]

Search the job centre website there was a load of sub contracting work on there a while back. Also get yourself down some letting agents they have alot of work as the have to provide LGSC with the properties they rent out

 

[plumbster3456]

if you are really really desperate and dont mind working for a bunch of rodents you could sub contract to brittish gas I seem to get a call from some agency s nearly every other day asking me

 

[smillsey]

if you are really really desperate and dont mind working for a bunch of rodents you could sub contract to brittish gas I seem to get a call from some agency s nearly every other day asking me

haha.....

rodents

 

[lozza3k]

lol send the calls my way id gladly work for rodents lol u didnt see my last boss!!