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Learn a trade: plastering
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My brother is a plasterer - it took him 3 years full time to fully learn his trade. I'd be slightly worried about someone plastering my house who only had a few days teaching! Maybe you can learn to do basic, small areas but not large, difficult ceilings etc!
Well, I beg to differ as I have done large rooms and high ceilings including repair work, and these are rooms that I have been back to and the job is as good as the day I left it. I have had no complaints either. I am not doing plastering everyday, but a few days course followed by practice has worked for me. I cannot fathom why there is a surge of negativity towards plastering courses, it depends on the individual aswell and their attitude towards what they do. Also, people have to start somewhere and maybe some very good plasterers started in this way.0 -
Which is better then? A 3 year course or a few day course? My OH is dying to start plastering but at 24 can't afford to give up work to become a trainee again - but has no idea what qualifications etc you need or which course is the best?
Can any of you plasters give advice? He would like it as a career ideally.
I will probably get shot down here. But try a short course and call it a taster, then do as I have done and practice in your home, do work for relatives and friends and take it from there. Then maybe think about taking a longer course - this way your OH can start to work, maybe hook up with another plasterer or something0 -
Thanks Nelly and save-a-lot (hi by the way lost track of my yearly savings in the olympics !!! hope you are doing good!)
I suggested just ringing loads of plasterers and offering his services (if he werent so shy this would be great) would people take him on in such a way?
He is definitely hands on and should have learnt a trade at 16 instead of university probably but at 24, trainee wages are awful but think he would do this to get experience for free as you suggested nelly. However, should he ever apply for a full time job in plastering - what qualification do you need?
He does fancy a short course I think - and if nothing else, it will help when we buy a house just like you said save-a-lot!!
:ABeing Thrifty Gifty again this year:A
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Bloody hell Nelly you sure can plaster fast!!:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin0
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...save-a-lot (hi by the way lost track of my yearly savings in the olympics !!! hope you are doing good!)
Doing ok, but kinda stopped the extreme saving and getting ready to haemorrhage cash with a load of spending. We have another addition to the family due in December so I will never be rich (but I'll be happy)0 -
save-a-lot wrote: »Doing ok, but kinda stopped the extreme saving and getting ready to haemorrhage cash with a load of spending. We have another addition to the family due in December so I will never be rich (but I'll be happy)
:T:T:T AWW YAY! How brilliant!!! Congrats!! I reckon off the top of my head I've saved about 70% of what I earn this year (benefits of living in the parental home!) yay! Anyway, the OH needs a sideline cash inflow to boost our house deposit fund!
:ABeing Thrifty Gifty again this year:A
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lol, no wonder you have time to have over 15,000 posts! I may be building a house next year, fancy coming over in your lunch hour to plaster it all?:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin0
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Which is better then? A 3 year course or a few day course? My OH is dying to start plastering but at 24 can't afford to give up work to become a trainee again - but has no idea what qualifications etc you need or which course is the best?
Can any of you plasters give advice? He would like it as a career ideally.
I would say go and do a course as a taster and see how he gets on and then ring around any plasterers and see if they will take him on as a labourer / apprentice. He will be more useful to a plasterer as he has already done the course so can earn a bit more and they can teach him more as time goes on and with different situations.
When my OH was learning he did a one day release at college ( 23 years ago mind) and the guy he worked for wouldn't let him pick up a trowel at work until he had learnt all the basics of the labouring! You will normally find that as plastering can be such a dirty business a good plasterer with drill into their labourers a good work ethic of keeping clean, not just when the job is over but all the way through and looking after their kit!
Tell him to go for it, sure as nelly will say that yes you can make money, but not as much as people expect, and that its hard going and try and look for alternatives once you get into your 40's!!Aim to win in 2013 - a holiday somewhere nice, New York break, treats for family & friends & some cash would be lovely!!!0 -
I am reminded of something TV DIY expert Nick Knowles said in a recent interview...
What are the top DIY tips you’ve learned?
Don’t do DIY. I’ve been telling people not to do it for eight years because people aren’t good at it. You’ll spend days doing something that will look a quarter as good as if you’d paid a professional to do it. Save up and get a builder in. I’ve been doing the show for eight years and I still wouldn’t plaster my own walls...
http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=59512&in_page_id=11
:cool:SKIPS STONES FOR FUDGE0 -
I am reminded of something TV DIY expert Nick Knowles said in a recent interview...
I’ve been doing the show for eight years and I still wouldn’t plaster my own walls...[/I]
Well, if I can plaster after a few days tuition and after that some practice, then there is hope for others who want to give it a shot.0
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