Help!: Apprentership wanted

[pete fearn]

Originally Posted by pjtiler

42,s a bit old to be brewing up going to the chippy and sweeping up with the odd bit of grouting thrown in mate

i wouldnt expect anyother reply, its bad enough not being given a chance to prove what you can do without this crap.
by the way i am also a CITY AND GUILDS quilified decorator, but after 18years in the same job i thought it would be good to try something else.

[Woody123]

Pete

i only did a week's course at NETT and i thought it gave me all the essentials i needed to go out and do a good job Tiling, which i have done on my current job. You could go out with someone and they could be crap and you will pick up thier bad habits. If you know the basics/essentials then your better off going at it by yourself. Dont take on to much at first and you will quickly learn. Probably learn more in a couple of jobs on your own than 10 jobs with someone else as thier apprentice cos i think even if you did find one they would have you mixing addy up outside and cleaning up so i don't think you will learn that much. Which course did you do?

Originally Posted by pete fearn

i wouldnt expect anyother reply, its bad enough not being given a chance to prove what you can do without this crap.
by the way i am also a CITY AND GUILDS quilified decorator, but after 18years in the same job i thought it would be good to try something else.

well you know what lads do for the 1st 6 months
stick to what you know mate
there no repete work in tiling

[pete fearn]

i done the foundation course, 1 week with the yorkshire tiling accadamy, great bunch of guys, but very basic course

[pete fearn]

you know what i am going to get some advertising up and running and do the NVQ as a part time course and see what happens, s**t or bust

[whitebeam]

What are they going to do pete if found not in possession of an nvq, I've known a very few guys who have done gas work without corgi and seem to get away with it ? I may add I'll be 54 when that happens so not to concerned about it, I could always get a job in topps

[Woody123]

Have you looked at the princess trust schemes n stuff like that mate? I don't know your full situation but im pretty sure they will offer more help to people who are currently unemployed and maybe you could get a grant or something and like a previous poster said do a more in depth Tiling course to give you abit more knowledge. Also this forum is a great source of knowledge as i have found out if your ever stuck on things........

[salmonfisher]

(you get payed by the government to teach someone to learn a trade but still its a closed shop)
i enquired about grants for employing someone last year, all that was available was a £40 per week subsidy for 6 months if i employed someone over 18 and been unemployed for 6 months
even paying min wage i would still have to find £160 per week, nat insurance, holiday pay and extra insurance costs. training someone would cost me money until they are good enough to make me money, its hard to make 1 good wage never mind 2

[salmonfisher]

Originally Posted by Woody123

Have you looked at the princess trust schemes n stuff like that mate? I don't know your full situation but im pretty sure they will offer more help to people who are currently unemployed and maybe you could get a grant or something and like a previous poster said do a more in depth Tiling course to give you abit more knowledge. Also this forum is a great source of knowledge as i have found out if your ever stuck on things........

princess trust schemes only if your under 30 over that and all you get is a grant towords a computer

(or it was 5 years back when i started)

[monty]

you can get upto £4500 loan with the princess trust with the first £250 as a grant and the rest you pay 3% interest on. I've just been accepted for £1500 wich i'm going to use for advertising.

[ryanmc0305]

hi pete ,
i was unemployed and had all costs paid for me to do my ica level 2 at college ! which with photo evidence canbe converted to a nvq level 2 ! there are loads of people there your age , so why not do that ???

Gud luck

[scone2006]

agreed