Roofer2plasterer
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Any advice on completing my folder as fast as possible? What photos shall I get? what other evidence?
NVQ 2 PORTFOLIO
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Gary the Spread
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All depends on if your doing the basic or the full route mate but get pictures of the work your doing and make sure that your wearing PPE. If you've not got a work based recorder remember to ask clients if you can use their contact details for the assessor
Roofer2plasterer
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full route.
get any evidence signed by customer.photos before and after with you in them add brief description of the work carried out.references of customers.as said make sure you wearing ppe,the more varied work load you can get the better.not just re skimms. float /set. rendering,screeding.coving.will speed it along.average is a about 3 site visits.guy with me at the moment doing same.
richardbrown
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nvq 2 is the biggest sham going im afraid
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i got on site assesed wen they were starting the cscs cards i had only just about learned to skim been doin it about 5 months i got a pic of me with some s&c on my hand board and putting it on wall just one trowel full - so i can float an set!
got a pic holding a floor screeders rule - i can screed!
got a pic puttin a screw in a board - i can board now!
+ a few more pics
nvq 2 dun id been plastering bout 8 months in total wen i got my certificates
got a pic holding a floor screeders rule - i can screed!
got a pic puttin a screw in a board - i can board now!
+ a few more pics
nvq 2 dun id been plastering bout 8 months in total wen i got my certificates
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napper83 said:
As I said a complete sham, I have met so many people who have nvq2 and have not got a clue what they are talking about....it gives me the shits.
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spunkybum
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8 months........thats means time served to 4 day coursersnapper83 said:
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mrspoon
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ive personally nearly finished my 2nd year of polastering and lookin to goin my NVQ straight afer 8)
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bigsegs
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i think in the nvq exam you need to be able to spell 'plastering' so keep at it spoony ;D
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Gary the Spread
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NVQ/s are only designed for people working in the industry and not as a training tool. The assessor should ask questions to check your knowledge of the tasks you claim to be able to do. Having said that training companies get paid the majority of their funding based on positive outcomes, e.g. people achieving the qual. Bit of a dual edged sword I'm afraid and something that needs to be addressed. Then again having your photo taken while you are pretending to do a job is also something that needs to be addressed. All in all the only true winner are the government who set themselves targets for nvq level 2 being held by the majority of employed people, think the figure is approx 90%.
richardbrown
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and 85% of those havent a clue what they are doing.
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spunkybum
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if they did it properly i'd be fooked ;D.........wish they did though it'd make the market less flooded and the real spreads would get the work trainees would have to learn how to plaster properly ...rates would increase .....happy days ............but we do live in a pear shaped plastic world at the mo which doesnt help
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griff
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when I did mine in the UK, the EV yeah that's right the guys that write the papers, they know jacksh*t. These Assessors just do their job the paperwork sadly is a shambles set out by Cskills and EV's. If you haven't got VR65 as a optional Unit then where does skimming come in too it. However, if it's free get it before the funding stops. Here in OZ , it got me here and that's what I care about. There's no recesseion where iam and I don't give two tossess that's why I left.
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spunkybum
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did you manage to get any photos mate?
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griff
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Hopefully tuesday sbum just getting some more done for friends back in London.
Roofer2plasterer
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I asked for advice, not for every C**t to slag it off! 
Seriously cheers for some helpfull replies.
I wan't to get it sorted and in two years when my mrs qualifies as a nurse i'm gonna fook off to Aussie.
Seriously cheers for some helpfull replies.
I wan't to get it sorted and in two years when my mrs qualifies as a nurse i'm gonna fook off to Aussie.
roofer if your misses gets qualified as a nurse you wont need quals to emigrate only one of yous apply, Qualifications are becoming more and more important most guys who say you dont need them dont have them, i admit the level2nvq has become worthless coz of the onsite assesments from guys who take a few pics and get you to answer the right questions into a dictaphone. If you go on a course you will also learn something not just get a cert and with work a bit dry them quals might just give you that advantage.
I too found the nvq assesment a bit lacking, however, I've walked the walk, been through me time on site, done domestic and been on my own for a while, I can do the job but with the CSCS card is slowly coming in, I thought it was time to get mine sorted with the nvq aswell, it gives you maybe an edge to get that job especially on site at the mo!
I started putting my portfolio together a couple of years ago, taking the odd piccy of my work, like everyone else has said take some pics of your recent work and get it signed off, also get a couple of references from companies or builders or just your customers.
I am glad I've got my nvq to be honest, regardless of any negatives it may have, as it shows to whoever may ask you are qualified to call yourself a plasterer no question, if you know your stuff then why not get the qualification, a lot of people in the building trade like myself have come up the ranks learning on the tools and this root gives them the opportunity to become qualified.
I started putting my portfolio together a couple of years ago, taking the odd piccy of my work, like everyone else has said take some pics of your recent work and get it signed off, also get a couple of references from companies or builders or just your customers.
I am glad I've got my nvq to be honest, regardless of any negatives it may have, as it shows to whoever may ask you are qualified to call yourself a plasterer no question, if you know your stuff then why not get the qualification, a lot of people in the building trade like myself have come up the ranks learning on the tools and this root gives them the opportunity to become qualified.
ive been asked for my cscs card on the last ten jobs over a year and beleive me you aint gettin on site without it, ive had this debate on other forums and have said for years if you dont get it your gonna be bolloxed, ive heard experienced plasterers advise people to just get a labourers card to just get you on the site and i said then, you will eventually come unstuck fair enough there argument was its all about gettin the metres on and to a point its true but coz works tight they wont accept a labourer over a plasterer so you might not get your chance to prove yourself.Ive always said one day customers on domestic work will be askin for them coz when i price a job i show mine and advise them to ask other plasterers to show thers when they quote 
Roofer2plasterer
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flynnyman said:
We score more points if we both have a trade to offer.
NVQ and c & g are different awarding bodies Wilber. The C & G is level 1 at Goldtrowel and the NVQ is level 2. The level 2 is worth doing because if like me u did Fook all at school it is classed as equiv to 5 GCSE passes at grade c. At times like these that opens alot of job opertunities that u wouldn't of of been considered for with no GCSE's e.g. Paramedic.
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griff
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g'day lads. I did them both at the above Centre before I came out to OZ. My agent was the nuts and she managed to amalgamate them for me due to the fact that what I covered. There's a company in OZ but it will cost you 3k which is a waste of time. They take your money and you're not guaranteed of a slot. Get a decent agent and you will have to back scratch a bit, which I did and I haven't looked back. It does matter where you do your NVQ but you need to be aware that certain centres don't do what they say on the tin. I also had several previous convictions i'm still here my references were not all cosher, that's why I had a good agent. First one was no good. Do it with them and ask for some advice on decent agents which they know of, that's what I did.
Roofer2plasterer
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how many poiints do you score together? on your own? on her own?
an nvq 2 wont qualify you as a spread in oz
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What quals do u need?
an nvq 2 wont qualify you as a spread in oz
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What quals do u need?
Roofer2plasterer said:how many poiints do you score together? on your own? on her own?
an nvq 2 wont qualify you as a spread in oz
What quals do u need?
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you will need an indentured apprenticeship or an afq111 (oz qualification) also a few years experience from qualifying, depending on what route your gonna go for.
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