Work experience!

[Chris Day]

I should add my dad is 61 and me and him work together often. He can run young lads into the ground whilst keeping pace with them and still expect more.

Edited July 1, 2017 by Chris Day
Forgot to add.

[Nikk]

Now we talk about youth and us being 53 ! Now last year a job came up to clear out a building ! I know what's got this to do with trees? Well I was asked to tackle the needle infested situation and was given a month to tackle the job.

 

I filled and used 15 (12) yard skips ! I asked my son who was 22 to help his old man ! On the last day my son shouts out for heavens sake slow down ! You blow a bloody fuse!

 

We did the job in 4 days . The contents of the skips were 500 porcelain wash basins, 300 solid oak doors which weighed a ton each heavy was not the word I can print. There was 150 fibre glass baths, 1 skip was full of taps , so u can imagine the quantity to fill a skip.

 

We had over 600 broken double glazed units which I chopped up with a Stihl saw.

 

Point I am getting I deem myself reasonable fit, and age isn't in my mind a issue, yes I might be slow for a tree surgeon, but I intend to do my tickets and work as a grounds man. Come rain,snow or shine I will work. What ever the tree surgeon drops I will chip it .

[Nikk]

Finally I have asked to do a day work experience, free of charge if they wanted No one has taken my offer ! They say there insurance would not cover me ! I asked a local company Limb to Limb who was in my area Failsworth,Manchester they used the above excuse.

 

So 3 months on and No takers ! Yet if I was 16 or 21 would I be any better of ?

[Mulcherman Chris]

Finally I have asked to do a day work experience, free of charge if they wanted No one has taken my offer ! They say there insurance would not cover me ! I asked a local company Limb to Limb who was in my area Failsworth,Manchester they used the above excuse.

 

So 3 months on and No takers ! Yet if I was 16 or 21 would I be any better of ?

 

 

This is a shame as our problem is not finding people with experience but finding people who are reliable and can follow instructions and be left on their own to complete a job without my phone ringing every ten minutes. I know plenty of good lads that fit the bill. But they are all in the same boat as me. One man band and struggling to find reliable help.

 

Chris

 

 

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[drinksloe]

Mibee it is more of a problem if u are acually working for free, possibly there insurance might cover u if they paid u a small wage/nomiinal fee so they can claim ur a temp employee?

But possibly will depend on there insurance policy.

[Rough Hewn]

Employers liability insurance covers, volunteers and paid staff.

All employers should have it by law.

If you can get to Brighton, I'll give you a day or two.

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[Nikk]

Cheers appreciate the offer

 

 

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[Tomtop]

Shame you're not in Suffolk we are alway looking for people.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Do a "Silky" tour Nikk!

[eggsarascal]

Do a "Silky" tour Nikk!

 

I'll be out and about soon..... anyone need a soap dodging scrote that has never had an argument in his life?

 

Can't do tree work, but knows all sorts of stuff.