Why do i need an nvq by 2010?

[Stan001]

I dunno Graham, you could well be right mate – or for exactly the scenario you state it could go 100% the other way. For example, right now I can get hold of trades to work on my house or on a self build and I know they are pretty much at the same spec as the guys working on non-domestics, in fact probably better. But when the site work all comes back and the government insist only qualified (whether that be NVQ2 of whatever for tile fixers) people are allowed on sites then I have to make sure that I’m getting hold of someone good and not someone who is bidding for my work only because he cant get on site. Whether ‘good’ means ‘qualified’ is a whole different discussion thread, but the only way Joe Public and self builders are going to be able to see (and I bet self builders get classified as site within 5 years – and I think they accounted for over 25% of new builds in Britain before the economy went flip) is to ask to see some form of qualifications card. Quite honestly we all need to think bigger and not internally like this little island mentality. We complain like mad about the Polish etc coming here, but guess what, those guys will be the first going back to college to get their NVQ2 and coming back to the UK (when the recession ends) whilst we are all still moaning about it down the pub! I worked in Germany for 3 years, the standards of construction over there IMHO is general massively higher than over here, everything from how something is specified to how something is done to spec. (they had the equivalent of Part P, Part E, Part M etc years ago) We little Brits need to open our eyes and get with the program and not ignore it.

 

[mags]

originally posted by essex tiling
it is a fact , you will not be able to get your cscs card without one and you will find it harder and harder to get on site or into domestic households without your nvq level 2 by 2010. At the moment the government is backing this and is offering funding for un qualified people to gain their nvq level 2. The funding is through train to gain and as long as you dont have any previous qualifications and under 5 gcses then it will be free of charge. Good luck and get qualified
any idea of the cost, for someone like myself, i have a levels so wont qualify for the funding, i also have a full time job as well as the tiling.

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forget that, found a cscs test centre not too far from me, £25.00 for the test only, the missus can get me a copy of the study book from work gratis.

swearing removed.

Sorry about the language its makes me mad .


Anyway as i said why should someone who has a moderate inteligence and worked hard at school , not get subsdies from the government whne mr thicko does. Doesnt seem fair to me.

 

[John the tile]

my story -

ive done my ever so easy cscs card exam 3 years on the trot and each time my card was renewed for 1 year (exactly the same exam). think i paid about £25 each time .

Then i passed my nvq and so when i phoned up to book my next test as my cscs was running out, they said no exam we now send you out a cscs card and you dont have to do the exam anymore and its valid for 5 years...

sound

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

just reading this lot and i am just wondering where my trade as a swimming pool finisher come's in !!! then tiling acadamy guy's please ??

 

[DHTiling]

just reading this lot and i am just wondering where my trade as a swimming pool finisher come's in !!! then tiling acadamy guy's please ??

Oh!! Well down the list..:lol::lol:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

:lol::lol::lol: as usual Dave

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

just recieved my CSCS card in the post this morning and it is wite with gray band's it also has a smart chip in it,to reduce the number of fraudulent CSCS card's in circulation and a bit worrying it say's this smart chip may also be used for other application's ( sound's a bit big brother aaaaa )????? oh it's also expires in 2015 so there!!! who need an NVQ :8::8::8:

 

[mikethetile]

my story -

ive done my ever so easy cscs card exam 3 years on the trot and each time my card was renewed for 1 year (exactly the same exam). think i paid about £25 each time .

Then i passed my nvq and so when i phoned up to book my next test as my cscs was running out, they said no exam we now send you out a cscs card and you dont have to do the exam anymore and its valid for 5 years...

sound

you will still need to take the H&S test in 5 yrs to renew your card

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes but five year's is plenty of time

 

[airjacobs]

Both interesting comments there, and both very right. Training centre's are fidning it hard to get the right accreditation. You'll find most of the good ones have some backing from a governing body.

 

[Unsi]

I have been informed that you can take a tiling course and do tiling jobs etc around houses/offices and once you have had around 5 years experience you can then contact an NVQ assesor who will come and asses your work and you then build up a portfolio of photographs/references and write ups of your work and you can then be NVQ qualfied.

I then also hear they are "rebranding" the NVQ name to somthing else so I don't know what to believe. City and Guilds confirmed the above, So I am going to take a 4 day tiling course and build my experience up and then arrange to be assessed for an NVQ as I am already full time employed as a floor layer and do not have the time to attend an day NVQ course as I am in work the same time the courses are ran.

 

[Dan]

I'm just bumping some of the tiling course & tiling training related threads. Ignore them if they're not current threads for you. They will drop back off the list in a week or so, and I don't do this much.