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House is 1930s and luckily I've got all the tools as few years back I done a couple of weeks as a plasterers labourer and was going to learn to plaster so I've got most of the tools, all brand new too lol The walls don't have to be perfectly flat as most of them I will be covered etc My...

I'm no plasterer and I don't claim to be (I'm actually a gas engineer), so please pardon my ignorance. I have just decided to renew the kitchen but the walls behind the units just crumbled into dust, as I started hacking it off I ended up hacking off 2 whole walls. I've done a load of...

Brand new marshaltown 14" trowel permashape pre worn blade and marshaltown hawk, both brand new £37 Inc delivery. Pics to follow Regards Sean

Bit of a random question I know but im only 20 but im regreting not deciding to go into plastering straight from school :( so im just wondering how old everyone was when they first started..

Sounds perfect, Thanks

I just need that lucky break gettin in with someone, my cousins in the trade but he lives about an hour away near onlymem8 but if i was to work with him he wouldn't be able to pay me as i think his business is a bit slow at the moment so i wouldn't be able to get to him. Plus we havent spoke for...

More than likely, cant win too keen or too lazy either waym how did you get into the trade?

Numerous times mate at different times, and no call back nothing. :( gutting because it seemed like the perfect opportunity.

Ok, I done a days work with chris (onlymem8) and havnt heard anything since... as far as im aware I didn't do anything wrong as he gave me the impression id be working with him alot, told me to get myself a decent trowel and hawk (which I did, forked out £60 for a marshalltown permashape trowel...

Ideal solution... Plastering needs a governing body like gas safe... Any1 plastering without a "plasterproperly" card gets a whoping great fine and can face jail... and to get the card u need to build a portfolio and prove your works satisfactory.... That way it dont matter wether you start...

Thanks scotty, im hoping to start 1 in the new year maybe, just a bit of a worry atm, not working im just trying to keep hold of any spare cash ive got atm :(

Im looking to get into the trade so id be happy to work for free with just experiance and training in return untill im worth a wage, If needed I can attend a 5 day course at goldtrowel which ill obviously pay for to learn the basics and I can apply for a CSCS card. Im in Clacton on sea but I...

So what would you expect a labourer/trainee to say on first phone call... what would get you interested to get him to come see you to tlk further?

Id never go in saying i can do this this this and this, ill say ive had a go at, attempted, learnt basics etc.... the last thing I want to is big myself up and then not live up to the expectations, its a 1 way ticket to getting the boot. The 5 day course rams quite alot of stuff in for £500...

Forgot to mention. What course would be best for me to get an insight and then progress with on the job work with a spread? Do I necassarily need to do the 3 week course or would a 5 day be ok?

Thanks garret, 40/50 a day is a payrise for me hahahahahaha Ive recently been earning £35 a week lol. Danny, Thanks for your post, im not expecting to come out of gold trowel ready to take on the world, but id like a idea what im doing/going to be doing and get the basics down so I can start...

Thanks for the reply, when you say low wage what sort of money we talking? its not really an issue to be fair but just a guide so I can work my finances out.

I Currently been let go by my recent employer and im hoping to get into the plastering trade, im willing to go on a 3 week training course at goldtrowel so i know the basics but id really like someone to take me so i can learn the trade 1st hand on domestic/comercial propeties. I will be the...

Thanks for the reply mate, thing is i wont know if i like it till i try it and i wont be able to try it unless i start it and then it will be too late... only place money is nowdays is in sales... and i cant deal with sitting in an office pushing pens all day... i need to be active doing...

I wouldn't bother mate, they ONLY teach u installations of rads etc... not removing! to remove a rad u need to drain the whole Central heating system and if u do that u need to make sure u fill it with antifreeze to the correct ration with water... none of which i know as ive never been taught...

What if I can get in with a plasterer as a labourer alongside the course?

Bit of a mixed reaction from every1, I never said i was going to do it, I was simply asking if its worth doing, if ill get enough from the course to be able to go out on my own. Im pissed off with working for a c**t and no1 seems to want to take any1 on around here and i know thats every1s...

No money in plumbing without the gas anymore, there was such a push for plumbers a few years back that now theres too many and not enough work. and as for not having a clue, thats what the course etc is for. I might not come out of it with the knowledge of a time served plasterer but ill have...

I plan on doing a bit before I jump in the deep end but im a perfectionist so i can see it being something im gna enjoy doing... my cousins a plasterer but he lives a few hours away but im gna speak to him n see if i can tag along with him for a couple of days or something.

type pcdl in on google mate if not ring careers advice off the direct.gov website

Cant afford the time off work.... got a flat etc to pay for and im working 6 days a week 9 hours a day but if i do the course i can get a Professional Career Development Loan and i can borrow the money ill need for rent bils food etc during the 6 weeks and money for the course and dont have to...

£1995, 6 week intesive course at able skills I thought that was quite reasonable lol

Thanks for the reply, my only worry is gettin the work in... theres only a handfull of plasterers around here and that can mean 1 of 2 things, theres no money in it around here or no1s thought to do it... what sort of money can i be expecting to earn... obviously ill be new to the trade so wont...

Hey all, Im 20, got a tech cert in plumbing at level 2 and its as good as impossible gettin in with a plumber around my town (Clacton on sea, Essex), Everyone is a 1 man band and cant afford to take on a plumbers mate, so im thinking about going all out doing a plastering course with able skills...