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Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 11:02 am
by Morgey
Well
Can any advise of any Paving Courses in Nirthern Ireland
I live in county Down area, was thinking I may have to head to England
But thought I would start a post in the off chance there is a course here and I just can't find it on google. Any advice welcome
Thanks
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:56 pm
by Pablo
No, there are no courses north or south. Tobermore used to do a sort of certification day and were talking about a permeable course but it came to nothing. Greenmount college do a hardlandscaping Module but it's based on the Tommy Walsh handbook and recommends spot bedding etc. Complete waste of time and I never employ anyone who's done it on that strength alone.
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:43 am
by cookiewales
World skills are now based in ni Google them
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:58 am
by lutonlagerlout
morgey what you need is experience with a decent contractor
someone who does things right
look for people in trade associations or with a good local reputation
realistically you need 2-3 years experience before you could start on your own
cheers LLL
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:17 am
by sy76uk
I called the people at CSCS to get my card renewed a few weeks ago. I only have an operatives card so have to re sit the exam rather than just getting the card renewed.
It's a bit silly as I have over 20 years experience on big sites.
I told him this and also told him that there are no recognised qualifications in my trade. He told me that there are nvq qualifications in paving.
I know that my younger brother has one but he got his through working with me and my Dad and having an assessor come out every so often. No collage work involved. I thought that the course was stopped because not enough people signed up and was poorly run.
Tony couldn't be more right when it comes to gaining experience with a good paver.
It can be a hard trade to get in to if you don't know any.
Good luck.
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:25 am
by Morgey
Pablo wrote:No, there are no courses north or south. Tobermore used to do a sort of certification day and were talking about a permeable course but it came to nothing. Greenmount college do a hardlandscaping Module but it's based on the Tommy Walsh handbook and recommends spot bedding etc. Complete waste of time and I never employ anyone who's done it on that strength alone.
Yeah tommy walsh gardening wasn't what i had in mind lol
But thanks for that, I can stop terrorising Google looking a course now lol
Morgey
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:03 am
by Morgey
It seems there's no courses in Northern Ireland world skills do not do the training I require. I'm a site man mainly heavy machinery driver have all my cards and at the moment I do a lot of printed concrete which is keeping us busy, however I'm finding that there still is some area for block paving hence wanted to get myself trained up an a couple of my boys I have done plenty of paving over the years as I have a public body contract that we do occasional block paving for. But I wanted the certificate for the paving as its the only one we don't have currently. I found a course in England so it's looking like I'm away for a week to train there... The Mrs won't be happy but lol Aww well 