Qualifications

[essexjack]

What's the best easiest and cheapest way to get all my tickets in a full time job but sub contracted in.

[peatff]

I don't know the answer to your question on tickets but someone will be along in a while to explain that if you are subbing to a company full time then you are employed by them.

[Mark Bolam]

Very true Peat.
Then Eggs will be along to say that in the building game he knows blokes who have subbed to the main contractor for a couple of years on big sites....

[Tom D]

If you can find a willing examiner you can book a test only, then it's only one day off per ticket...

[felixthelogchopper]

1 hour ago, peatff said:

I don't know the answer to your question on tickets but someone will be along in a while to explain that if you are subbing to a company full time then you are employed by them.

In which case the tickets are the employer's responsibility, along with holiday pay, sick pay etc etc.

[Marc]

We are in this grey area where we use  self employed guys,,

 

personally it benefits us to train and ensure our employees even self lf employed are trained so pay to put them through what tickets they need including paying them for the day.

 

myself I paid for all my own training early on, it made me more employable and I enjoyed it - so put pen to paper work out what you need and approach various trainers, you could go the intensive route but that is an expensive all in one hit and you will not get much out of it other than some bits of paper.

 

for me I got the basics first then worked with others got some experience I,e climbing so that when I did my basic tree climbing/aerial rescue I was already fairly profefcient this way on the course I felt I took more away with me. Also with this approach you can decide if you just want to go straight for the assume that or not.

 

training is a mixed bag though, no offence some out there can teach you the syllabus and get you through your ticket but lack real world experience and some seemingly lack any relatable experience, personally I try to seek out those that have some real world experience people like Terry Banyard, Tony Darbyshire and Quentin Reynolds spring to mind.

 

what ever route you decide to take good luck.

Edited September 17, 2017 by Marc

[gdh]

It depends how much experience you have, I think everyone picks up something useful in the training but cs31/32 (is it still called that?) is a week long so you could just do the one day test. 

 

Other certificates like loading shovel, log grab chipper etc can be done in half a day each if you can find a decent instructor who can see you're competent. 

 

Personally I hate all this certification but you're better off getting on with it and making yourself more employable. 

 

In Wales you can get 80% funding through farming connect, if you're in farming or forestry reasonably full time, I don't think there's an equivalent in the rest of the UK unfortunately.