britains school leavers

[DHTiling]

I started on the WEP, £23.50 a week at 16'yrs old . This was a fortune to me..

 

[andy8758]

The trick with apprentices is to find one who actually wants to make a career of his (her) trade. The difficulty is (colleges) getting everyone training a "job" and that means a lot of dead wood (left school with no clear idea what to do - taking an apprenticeship cos "best mate" did) ending up working for a trade they have no enthusiasm for. And the pay for apprentices is always going to be low - how much can you afford to pay someone (who until they learn their trade) who can load/unload the van, carry a few materials about the site, and just about load a skip?

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

My apprentice(say apprentice he's just out of his time) at the moment is a breath of fresh air, he's fast, accurate ,clean and hasn't had a day off in the 2 years I have worked with him, he's that good at his job he's been given 5 pay rises in 2 years, probably been the best lad I have helped train and I have had quite a few.

I remember you Mike as an apprentice with your uncle Dave, I met him a couple of weeks back, not seen him for years. Shook hands water under the bridge and all that.

But getting back to the thread, I once had an apprentice who asked me how many quarters are in a bucket?

My first wage was £3.76s I had to walk 46 miles to work, in the snow ,in bare feet, my mum told me I should get a proper job, but I wouldn't listen.

I was told by all my tilers when I was serving my time that I would never make a tiler as long as I had a hole in the proverbial place. I think they might have been right.:lol: Bye the way I was living in a shoe box at the time

 

[John Benton]

I remember you Mike as an apprentice with your uncle Dave, I met him a couple of weeks back, not seen him for years. Shook hands water under the bridge and all that.

But getting back to the thead, I once had an apprentice who asked me how many quarters are in a bucket?

My first wage was £3.76s I had to walk 46 miles to work, in the snow ,in bare feet, my mum told me I should get a proper job, but I wouldn't listen.

I was told by all my tilers when I was serving my time that I would never make a tiler as long as I had a hole in the proverbial place. I think they might have been right.:lol: Bye the way I was living in a shoe box at the time

Did you used to sleep on a bed of gravel as well? :lol:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Did you used to sleep on a bed of gravel as well? :lol:

Only when I had a really good week John, other than that I had to make do with the usual dung heap.:lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Shoe box Phil , bah luxury , I had a match box. Those were the days.

 

[Peter]

My granda was a plumber and started a daft apprentice. The best one was working in a roofspace and he said "Is my tape in the van?". The young fella came back 5 mins later and said "Aye, its on the shelf where it always stays"

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Shoe box Phil , bah luxury , I had a match box. Those were the days.

Those were the days Dave when we were on nights. I used to go to the cinema watch two films, get a bag of popcorn, 3 stone of monkey nuts, and still have change from a groat. TJ must remember those days:lol:

 

[cam_low]

From hearing about these duff apprentices makes me thing of mr tea bags daft questions lol.

 

[Andy Allen]

my first wage was £25.00 a week......we were so poor in our house even the rainbow was in black and white....we used to think knifes and forks were jewellery !!!! :lol: