after 26 yrs

[adieuk]

after 26 years fitting flooring I've just found out from maybe my new employer i need a cs cs card so i can do my job
if I'm not fully skilled know i will never be:)
i have to go and do the touch screen heath and safety test tomorrow night then if i pass that i have to do 4 nvqs just to say that I'm a fitter or not:(
how much s***t do you need to go and get a job at 45yrs old:(
times change i suppose

[gorber]

The world has gone mad, or at least this country has.

Things like this make my blood boil. I'd like to say rise above it and just do what is necessary, but I would climbing the f***ing walls if it were me in your shoes.

[adieuk]

things are never so easy when you just want to work :(

[unleashed666]

ive been told loads of times from potential employers that i need bits of paper to prove i can code websites even through i have enough proof and experience to show them, so im going self employed soon - there loss not mine.

This country is just a joke for things like that, when it comes to something simple you need 20 certificates to prove you can do something.

[stumpe]

Health and safety gone nuts:)

Good luck with ur tests.

Lee

[Mr.Brown]

sorry dude

[challis349]

That's nut adie, don't worry about h and s test, it is proper easy mate

[pgkevet]

...one can see the madness of H&S with a hospital A&E having a green first aid box!...

I had that argument in the early years...'where's your first aid box?'... 'You're standing in it!!'

I also got reprimanded bacause there was a 'toilet duck' in the loo room -'What of a young child drank it?'
'Madam, If a child is so young or stupid to drink the toilet duck then I'd hope it's parents would have the sense to accompany it to the toilet..otherwise it's probably the best form of evolutionary selection!'

..that got me another reprimand....

[rider12351]

bite the bullet Adie its the way things are and you can do this no problem, when its over you will laugh about it, good luck, but you wont need it as you will fly through it.

[waveydavey]

[quote=rider12351;621951]bite the bullet Adie its the way things are and you can do this no problem, when its over you will laugh about it, good luck, but you wont need it as you will fly through it.[/quote]

As frustrating as it is mate, as rider says above it's the way it is. You can't beat them so swallow that frustration and fly through it with ease and don't worry about it. Most employers will recognise that you can do the job standing on your head.

Will they set you on and then let you do the NVQ's.

[antsis]

It's frustrating. I used to install 5kW high focus x-ray generators. These are powered by 3 phase power stepped down to 200V. I wasn't allowed to connect the cable to a breaker because I'm not an electrician with qualifications. Just because I've been doing it for nearly 30 years means nothing.

[mattydred]

yeah adie will probably fly through the test with ease but who has to pay for all these test?

[Goto]

The thing to do is go through the tests, get the bits of paper (hopefully at your employers expense) then use the qualifications to get yourself a better job somewhere else!

Good luck

Mark

[pchristy]

Strange how our political masters don't need any kind of certificate to indicate that they are "fit and proper" people to run the country!

The only qualification they seem to need is to want to do the job!

Frankly, anyone who wants to rule the world is, by definition, psychologically unfit to do so!

[Johnda]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The CSCS test is easy, it's a basic safety test. I didn't even read the book last time. The answers are mostly common sense with a few legislation one's thrown in, any good trades man should have nothing to worry about.[/FONT][/COLOR]