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seanaline

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can anyone tell me if you need nvqs in scotland to get you cscs card after 20 odd years plastering round the world and teaching people to plaster been told i now need a plasterers cscs card cheers
 
ill be getting my cscs card shortly through college ICA course. tho it will be a red cscs card? which is a trainee card. and then im doing my NVQ 2 and after that i'll have my blue cscs card, which will be a skilled card 8)
 
You can get a blue experienced worker card, which is valid for one year, while you take your nvq to gain your full blue skills card which is valid for 5yrs, however the experienced worker can't be renewed after the year you must get your quals. Check out the CSCS website.
 
Did someone say you can get goverment funding for nvq if you got less than 5 gcse's or am talking b..locks.
 
wilber said:
Did someone say you can get goverment funding for nvq if you got less than 5 gcse's or am talking b..locks.

If you speak with a foreign accent, they will pay for the course, guarantee you a pass and buy you a van and a spray plastering machine.
 
wilber said:
Did someone say you can get goverment funding for nvq if you got less than 5 gcse's or am talking b..locks.
yeah you can ,im gettin funding 4 mine
 
wilber i got refused government funding for having more than 5 gcses a-c .....you have to write it down so just put none ........ive been asked to double check so i can resit it
 
Jesus nearly fifty years old can't beleive i gonna have to start schoolin again just so i can do some commercial stuff (my head hurts!!!!!)
 
Mate of mine has been a cabinet maker/joiner for 40 odd years,he has built staircases for some of the biggest London hotels and comes with the highest references.Has to go to night school as a trainee to sit his nvq2 as he is regarded as unqualified ??? :o ???I have a cscs card.load of pish.just another tax in my opinion
 
2 ways of looking at the CSCS card, waste of time and money or if it is pushed more then it will get rid of the cowboys or unqualified plasteres who have only been in the trade a few months who are taking jobs of you.
If you have been spreading for years ask about the experienced worker route. Not had much to do with it but I have heard that you do a bit of a practical test and get interviewed by an assessor to check your knowledge. Ask around because I'm not 100% sure of the requirementsbut I will ask aswell.
 
gary its pushed pretty hard as it is no major contractor will let you on a site without one now although they never verify them so i dont see the point in that!! and ive seen pleanty of lads who have cscs, nvq 2, ipaf certs pasma certs who are bloody wank nice shiny trowel but cant put more than one wall on without it fukking up on them. then i see lads who have been in the trade years not being allowed on site because they dont have a piece of paper it makes me sick how cscs and nvq 2 is being pushed i have both and have had for coming upto 5 yrs now(bastards want another £25 now) i only done my first rendering job 2 yrs ago and ive never screeded a floor in my life but still have the quals to say i can the whole system has been a money makin, job providing scheme to make the government look good nothing to do with weeding the cowboys out at all

rant over
 
napper83 said:
gary its pushed pretty hard as it is no major contractor will let you on a site without one now although they never verify them so i dont see the point in that!! and ive seen pleanty of lads who have cscs, nvq 2, ipaf certs pasma certs who are bloody wank nice shiny trowel but cant put more than one wall on without it fukking up on them. then i see lads who have been in the trade years not being allowed on site because they dont have a piece of paper it makes me sick how cscs and nvq 2 is being pushed i have both and have had for coming upto 5 yrs now(bastards want another £25 now) i only done my first rendering job 2 yrs ago and ive never screeded a floor in my life but still have the quals to say i can the whole system has been a money makin, job providing scheme to make the government look good nothing to do with weeding the cowboys out at all

rant over
What he said ;)
 
i did my cscs card about 13 years ago and we where told it was to get rid of cowboys had it for 8 before i ever had to produce it load of b*ll***s its now turned into a health & safety card why bother with an induction if you've passed it
 
I got one back then Grand never ever used it, phoned them up a little while back trying to pull a fast one , they said it ran out two years back ::) they still had my details though i was impressed seeing as i lost the bloody thing 5 years ago.
 
I dont see a problem with it look at it as what it is its a way to get you qualified and prove your qualified they want everyone qualified by 2010 and you can bet contractors liability ins will state that everyone must be qualified if on site so whats the problem if youve been in the game for yrs and on site youd of been given the card in 1998 / 1999 if your contractor stuck your name down if not use osat if private you wont need it but whos to say they wont start to push this out as a register of qualified tradesmen not just us but everyone brickies etc

as im sure your aware part of this is the h and s which is a basic test to prove your a basic knowledge of h and s on site again not a bad thing, (already running for cover)
 
;D.....fook me for 470 quid .......and the joke that it is ......how many people have to do it and it's all coming out of the tax payers pocket .....if it stood up to be a good test we wouldnt be having this discussion we'd all be crapping ourselves ;D......but in the long term would weed out the poo like we hoped it would ......sorry murph bless ya i know what youre trying to say but it is coming across as a joke .....imagine the money that went into setting it up aswell ..... :'(.........p.s are you watching liverpool there walking it ;D
 
Anyone know where I can get an onsite assessment for my NVQ in Scotland, didnt bother with college cos it's a waste of time as I only work for a small company. Can't see anything about the test for Scotland, nightmare! Help??
 
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