retired_superpenners

About six squid...

..wrong joke.

retired_superpenners

For £200, they would turn up at 9am and be 'off again then' at 10am*

* Thats presuming they ever turned up in the first place, workshy coints.

retired_Kicker07

I know its more than 200 a week. I thought like 600-upto 1000 a week? The builders i work with, start at half 7, they **** off home at 4, leaving me and the other apprentice to do **** all for an hour. On a Friday they can go as early as 2 some days....didnt mind this on Friday as i got to go home at 2 aswel!! I wouldnt mind retraining to something less physical and then go self employed, time served in 2 trades. Cant beat that. What would use reccomend? Im thinking electrician tbh.

retired_salemcobol

My mate is a Bricky in Central Scotland, He is self employed, but has a contract to a large buildin firm, so they always employ him for there work.

Its hard work, you usually have to work around contracts, meaning you can`t decide to take a holiday mid-contract, but you do get a lot of time off in winter and loads of days rained off.

For pay, it depends how much you want to earn and work for. My mate clears £24000 a year, but is off for about 2-3 months a year on holiday/rained off days. I think its a 3 year apprenticeship that he did.

The other side of it, is there are loads of jobs for cash available on the side for mates etc, you can near double your wage if you are willing to work all the hours. Your daily hours are fairly routine as well, if you contract yourself out to a firm.