Training to be a Plumber/ Starting a trade later in life

[danski]

Plumbers earn more than brickies too

 

[moon]

Hi Stuff it!!

Long time!

 

[Errol's son]

I actually think carpentry is the best trade to learn.

Chippies are onsite for most of the build so get to see the whole process (ie, which trades do what and when) so they are better placed than most trades to make the jump from tradesman to general builder...

 

[danski]

yep, agreed
also they, if they are motivated enough, can earn fuckloads
Worked with a 2nd fix chippy who was in his 40s and earned 80k a couple of years back ('04/05 i think) simply because he was fucking good, fucking quick and fucking motivated

 

[dum dum]

Theres so many mickey mouse carpenters willing to have a go and sand n fill until they get close to a 2nd fit finish I think alot of carpenters have seen a dip in wages the last few years.

That said most trades have seen a dip in wages.

 

[stuff_it]

For those who don't know I'm a girl, so I might earn MORE with half my arse hanging out!

I was thinking of plumbing because there isn't as much heavy lifting etc as some other trades.....and all the lovely scrap as well....<goes off to look at copper prices>

I've just moved back up to nottingham this week, so hopefully there will be a few more opps than in North Wales, where I wouldn;t get a look in as an apprentice anything as I'm not welsh-speaking.

Hiya Moon!

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Plumbing was known for its heavy lifting when my father was one. There was a lot of lead work in those days - hence the name plumber. Lead pipes are no longer allowed and there are many fewer lead roofs. He used to like lead-beating but the rolls of sheet lead were pretty heavy.

Also cast iron baths had to be carried up stairs to the bathroom by a plumber and his mate. Nowadays you might have a pressed-steel bath or even lighter a plastic one. I suppose you might have to carry an old cast iron one out of a house if you were doing renovation work. Cast iron down-pipes for rainwater and cast iron gutters are no longer being fitted but once again you may have to hump them around to get them off a site.

 

[stuff_it]

Plumbing was known for its heavy lifting when my father was one. There was a lot of lead work in those days - hence the name plumber. Lead pipes are no longer allowed and there are many fewer lead roofs. He used to like lead-beating but the rolls of sheet lead were pretty heavy.

Also cast iron baths had to be carried up stairs to the bathroom by a plumber and his mate. Nowadays you might have a pressed-steel bath or even lighter a plastic one. I suppose you might have to carry an old cast iron one out of a house if you were doing renovation work. Cast iron down-pipes for rainwater and cast iron gutters are no longer being fitted but once again you may have to hump them around to get them off a site.

I've been doing scrap metal rounds in Wales, so I've been lifting most of that stuff (appart from the cast baths, which we smashe up (didn't get given them if they were any good anyway). It's still not a hod of bricks or whatever though is it. They key words there are 'humping thm around to get them off site..' ££££