Work experience offer

[Dannypipe]

Hi all. I've just shaken hands on a job to fit a new heating system in fairly large house (7 bedrooms).

It’s a strip out of the existing one pipe system. New boiler, with new distribution pipe work and radiators.

Also new unvented cylinder, with circulation on the hot feed via a bronze pump. Again, all new distribution pipework.

In total about 5 weeks work.

Also there is a good chance I will pick up the work on the three bathrooms afterwards.

So this will be a useful work experience for the right person.

You'll be working with me, my father (who is very experienced) another plumber and another volunteer.

I can't afford to pay people for the work. There may be a gifted amount at the end of the work, but I cannot guarantee this.

Following on from this, we have another couple of large jobs in the pipe line (nice pun), so potentially, this could turn into a paid apprenticeship, though I can't make any promises.

The right person should be local, should be able to get themselves to and from the job (its near East Grinstead in Kent) and should have some basic qualification in plumbing, i.e. level 2.

I don't know what the response to this will be, but I promise you will learn a lot in the five weeks the work lasts, so at the very least I'm offering more than a lot of colleges!!

Cheers,

Danny

 

[Dotty]

Danny, I know a young lad lives up Thornton heath way who might be able to help. I was talking with his dad, a good mate of mine, who was telling me his lad's getting despondant and did I know of any apprenticeships going. Apparently the boy's just in his second year so it could be an opportunity for both of you.

 

[wnjswozo]

you can at least wack the scrap money or some of it out between the unpaid ones

 

[Dannypipe]

you can at least wack the scrap money or some of it out between the unpaid ones

The client is keeping all the scrap.

I popped on site to get all the radiators ordered, and he has a labourer type guy working there.

The labourer asked me if I know of any reputable scrap merchants, as he is putting it all to one side.

I'm not going to lose too much sleep over it, as a lot of the system is in steel. Though it would have been nice.

I've taken the number croppie has given me, and will call him tomorrow.

If there was a load of meat on the job, then I'd gladly pay to going rate, but in all honesty there isn't.

Plus organising insurance, tax ect is a total mission. Finally, we're talking about an initial job of just 5 weeks.

However to the right person these five weeks will be very useful as they will help fit a system over three floors, on a large property. Fitting anything in your average house after this will seem fairly straightforward.

If I pay a 'labourer' I expect them to get their head down, always be busy, and work their nuts off. However anyone who's worked with inexperienced people will know, they can actually slow you down.

Finally, I've never not paid anyone completely.

Even when I had a local college call me and ask me to help a pupil get his portfolio signed off. At the end of it, I paid him. Move on two years, and he's so succsessful he employed me a few months ago!

In short, I don't just use people, but if I paid a lad £250 a week, I wouldn't want him stood watching over my shoulder, I'd want him with a broom in his hand, learning bugger all.