Good wage for a groundie/Inexperienced climber?

[RPA]

A good man with a family and mortgage etc wants to know what hes getting each week, a bonus system causes problems imo

 

Good wages, and an off the cuff, unexpected bonus for bringing in a job or getting a job done in quicker time is far better appreciated imo

 

Thats what I was getting at Lee. The basic wage will differ from area to area.

 

From a business point of view I think an employee is more likely to contribute/work well if he feels part of the company and less prone to p off at the first opp.

[Yorkshireman]

Thats what I was getting at Lee. The basic wage will differ from area to area.

 

From a business point of view I think an employee is more likely to contribute/work well if he feels part of the company and less prone to p off at the first opp.

 

Yep agreed , bonus are great though a stable employment future & income are at the top of most folks list

 

& lets face it to work in our industry doing the coolest job, should they not be paying us LOL

[Pete Mctree]

 

& lets face it to work in our industry doing the coolest job, should they not be paying us LOL

 

i'd drive up to your place anyday to watch you tell you crew they are having to pay you for the priveledge

[Pete Mctree]

I pay £60 per day for a subbie groundie with all his tickets including rescue. He's young but able and i think for a beginner it's fair. Another more experianced guy i pay £90. Both on the money for this area

[benedmonds]

Get a farmer or farm hand. We have guy who subs for us. Used to hard work, thinks for himself, can drive tractor etc.. We pay him £55 a day. As he's used to farm wages he thinks its OK money. We were using him alot and put him through chainsaw tickets as although he'd been using a saw for years didn't have the bits of paper.

[bob]

I pay £60 per day for a subbie groundie with all his tickets including rescue. He's young but able and i think for a beginner it's fair. Another more experianced guy i pay £90. Both on the money for this area

 

how come i only get £50 then

eventually:001_tt1:

[stoxs]

I think quiet often groundies are labeled as usless because they don`t climb! Since being in the proffesion i have noticed this several times and can never work out why one man has to be the Foreman/ climber/ liason officer/ decision maker, I say he has enough to think about with climbing and working he really dosn`t need to worry about the ground and customers as well.

It has been nice reading a few replies on here as to what a good groundie is about and i agree 100% with thier views, i think a foreman on site should be on the ground and you would have a head climber that calls the shots from upstairs in relation to off ground activites.

I am aming to get to a point just like your all saying in regard to a Rescue groundie who has a head on his shoulders and a proper driving licence.

Got most of it except the Ariel rescue!!

[Khriss]

I think quiet often groundies are labeled as usless because they don`t climb! Since being in the proffesion i have noticed this several times and can never work out why one man has to be the Foreman/ climber/ liason officer/ decision maker, I say he has enough to think about with climbing and working he really dosn`t need to worry about the ground and customers as well.

It has been nice reading a few replies on here as to what a good groundie is about and i agree 100% with thier views, i think a foreman on site should be on the ground and you would have a head climber that calls the shots from upstairs in relation to off ground activites.

I am aming to get to a point just like your all saying in regard to a Rescue groundie who has a head on his shoulders and a proper driving licence.

Got most of it except the Ariel rescue!!

 

I concur- £60 plus a hard-work bonus at the end of the week, this weeds out the w@nkrs. I he is good an a fast learner- he will soon get the big bucks- an not turn into an egotisicalclimber who thinks he should be paid for wiping his a......

[ecolojim]

well ive got my EA interview on the 10th, so the story may or may not end there. Ive got to live havent I

[Mike Hill]

I concur- £60 plus a hard-work bonus at the end of the week, this weeds out the w@nkrs.

 

I like the sound of the hard work bonus! How much is it and do you somtimes have problems when one of the guys gets his extra pay and the other dosn't?