yeh ive been told that in order to get my loan i need at least the first 3 montrhs fully booked with work so thats out the question.... ive had to put the showroom off until the 10th of feb which is when i go self employed and being honest with the jobcentre does you no favours lol. any reason to try and stop your money thats all they are after. just got to go on the hunt for as much work as i possbly can get booked in so i have some money coming in called over 150 tilers in my area alone today didnt realise there was that many but they are everywhere so it looks like a dark and lonely road for the next couple of years. at least im not starting up in deabt i suppose but we will just have to see what happens from here on starting to feel the stress of finding the work but topped with the problem of not being able to actually do any work is very frustrating dont know how people are supposed to get on in life without breaking the laws in some way.
i called a couple of contractors they said i need o go to college for a year and get a tilers cscs card before i can work for them... called up one tiler and he gave me a lecture for ten minutes about how everyone thinks they can tile. ive already been through that stage mate dont need anther person havin a dig lol
Will the government do a scheme to give you your CSCS card free? I know there's a similar scheme here to try and get people back into work. It's definitely worth having as it'll open up a lot of doors and it'll be a lot more forgiving to learn on site rather than on private bathrooms.
So in a nutshell its the same situation as it was 12 months ago.
Surely someone else mentioned college ages ago, and been un-employed that's the ideal time to get courses for free..
Ash this is just awful.
I think I can say that all we members are rooting for you.
i guess that the one stumbling block for you is that you probably get benefits to support you and your family and if you lose those whilst trying to make a living then you are trumped until you can cover those benefits .
But the fact is that you really want to do it.
strangely martyn it is not... i have had my cscs card about 4 or 5 months now but it i cant use it as a tradesman its only a labourers card. in a nut shell yes it is the same but what could i have done more martyn? beleive it or not the courses this crap government put people on are terrible i completed a course with them a few years back now which was basically a ridiculous 3 day driving lesson in a f.l.t and walked away thinking i could go off and be a fork lift driver... turns out what i done was a waste of 3 days as i cant use it anywhere at all and beleive me ive tried so that is the sort of quality you get from them mate.
and im not allowed to go on a 4 week tiling course as it is not coverd by the benefits i can only go on a 4 week course that is 2 weeks plastering, one week plumbing and one week tiling and it wont be enough as i know for a fact i already know what will be covered.
Ash this is just awful.
I think I can say that all we members are rooting for you.
i guess that the one stumbling block for you is that you probably get benefits to support you and your family and if you lose those whilst trying to make a living then you are trumped until you can cover those benefits .
But the fact is that you really want to do it.
yeh mate i think it is just gonna be a struggle and it hasnt gone to plan but iu can cope with the real world i hope... i am still booked to do the showroom so hopefully it will bring a fair bit of work if i can manage to impress with my tiling... if not i will go and jump off a building being the failed father i am!
