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MikeE

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Registered: 7th Mar 03
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13th Oct 04 at 17:11

whos in the building trade and if so what trade are u?
I'm a carpenter but i do some general building from time to time on the weekends

AndyW

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13th Oct 04 at 17:15

im a steely

Ben

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13th Oct 04 at 17:16

sparkz

Jules S

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13th Oct 04 at 17:22

I tell everybody what to do

Corsa Sport Gav

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13th Oct 04 at 17:22

im a labour

AndyW

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13th Oct 04 at 17:23

im more in the engineering side of things than construction but i am a steal worker

Nismo

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13th Oct 04 at 17:23

Was in LEGO but moved over to LEGO Technics as i had bigger and better things to manufacture.

J da Silva

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13th Oct 04 at 17:28

Fireproofing / Intumescent Substance Sprayer

I also buy land and build on it, then sell the properties

Scottydoo

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13th Oct 04 at 17:37

quote:
Originally posted by benny_h

I tell everybody what to do

ditto

AndyW

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13th Oct 04 at 17:39

quote:
Originally posted by Scottydoo

quote:
Originally posted by benny_h

I tell everybody what to do

ditto

most foreman r wankers...come across the occasional decent one, tho like i say we dnt usually work on sites so we r kinda our own boss wen we go to a job

Mistamist

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Registered: 16th Jul 03
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13th Oct 04 at 17:42

Im a Multi-Trader, but specialise in Carpentry and Roofing.

MikeE

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13th Oct 04 at 17:46

quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
Im a Multi-Trader, but specialise in Carpentry and Roofing.

did u do a apprentership in any trade or just pick it up?

Gez G

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13th Oct 04 at 17:48

My dad

Company Director, although was contracts manager for many years!

Ben

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13th Oct 04 at 17:52

last site i were working on the forman were a cunt , he worked for a joinery firm , me , 2 joiners and 2 builders cable-tyed his arms and legs to the scaffolding and then pulled down his pants and left him outside , must of been 20 min out there, we then let him in and he told us all to get off site , we just laughed at him!

Mistamist

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13th Oct 04 at 17:57

quote:
Originally posted by MikeE

quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
Im a Multi-Trader, but specialise in Carpentry and Roofing.

did u do a apprentership in any trade or just pick it up?

just picked it up mate, to be honest i was really lucky, and blagged my way through my interview got a probation period and in that time showed them that i was competant at what i do im currently classed as a multi-trader because i dont have any specific qualification in any field. when i get sorted, i will be doing an evening course in carpentry and will then be employed as a full time carpenter with my firm.

MikeE

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13th Oct 04 at 17:58

quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
just picked it up mate, to be honest i was really lucky, and blagged my way through my interview got a probation period and in that time showed them that i was competant at what i do im currently classed as a multi-trader because i dont have any specific qualification in any field. when i get sorted, i will be doing an evening course in carpentry and will then be employed as a full time carpenter with my firm.

reason i asked was because im doing my carpentery apprentership and did want to just work for a firm with out the hassle of college, but i knew if i worked like that and then wants to change firm etc i would have to blag why i have not got NVQ'S etc.

J da Silva

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13th Oct 04 at 18:13

Thing with sitemanagers/foremen is they try to save as much funds as poss, so when the build directors and contracts managers look at the figures, it looks good on the foremen, same with handover dates, a site manager will get so many houses to hand over for a certain date but you will find some sneeky foremen try and get a few more plots handed over in order to impress the people above him, then because you've rushed about and got the work completed, theres fuck all for you to do the next month and so on, and again ebcause you've rushed the plots, there's more faults, and the foremen get you to go back for free of charge.

However I'm quite upfront with foremen, if they try their stunts on me I usually say ' You can pay me the hours for the work and the hours I'm not spending in the next plot or you can get your patchers to do it ' .

CorsAsh

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13th Oct 04 at 18:14

quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
Was in LEGO but moved over to LEGO Technics as i had bigger and better things to manufacture.

Yeah, I was the same, the idiots in the K'nex dept. could never keep up tho...

Nismo

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13th Oct 04 at 18:17

Yeah they were like builders from hell.

Dom

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13th Oct 04 at 18:25

well i went the one better with technics, i got LEGO MINDSTORM

that was some funky stuff

MikeE

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13th Oct 04 at 19:16

quote:
Originally posted by VisibleMan
well i went the one better with technics, i got LEGO MINDSTORM that was some funky stuff

show off

Colin.S

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13th Oct 04 at 22:12

I've been dry lining for about a month now.

Lee 16v

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13th Oct 04 at 23:35

quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom

quote:
Originally posted by MikeE

quote:
Originally posted by mistdotcom
Im a Multi-Trader, but specialise in Carpentry and Roofing.

did u do a apprentership in any trade or just pick it up?

just picked it up mate, to be honest i was really lucky, and blagged my way through my interview got a probation period and in that time showed them that i was competant at what i do im currently classed as a multi-trader because i dont have any specific qualification in any field. when i get sorted, i will be doing an evening course in carpentry and will then be employed as a full time carpenter with my firm.

then you will earn lots of money and buy me a new car

Hammer

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14th Oct 04 at 00:17

quote:
Originally posted by Colin.S
I've been dry riding for about a month now.

thats got to hurt ur foreskin?

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