[C-Thru.]

Hi Guys,
got a call today from a WC looking for a subby, but he needed one with CSCS card, which I haven't got. Never needed one, but got me thinking its worth getting one, online exam £17.50.

Anyway, the question is, what qualifications and certificates do you have, or have come across that is useful or a necessity

Goochie.

[Wc Solutions]

good question mate!

should be an interesting post

[mci services]

I have cscs but never used it apart from to quote a job I never got, I wasn't allowed on site without it

apart from that nothing. well to do with window cleaning anyway

[AuRavelling79]

At age 16 I got GCSE's in English, History and Geography - which is why I can spell properly the capital of West Germany which was Bonn!

Useful eh?

Oh and about six months before CB radio became legal I did a Radio Amateurs exam for operating practices and licensing etc and got two passes with credits - that was really useful.

I think I am the only person who was a Financial Director and Company Secretary (for eight years) who never had a single exam result in Maths or Accountancy!

 

[Johnny B]

I left school at 16 in 1978 with GCE 'O' level passes in English Literature and French, and a CSE Grade 1 in Spanish.

All this meant was that I could read in 2 languages 33 years ago. As I failed in Maths and English language, I couldn't even count in my mother tongue.

John.

[G Griffin]

I left school at 16 in 1978 with GCE 'O' level passes in English Literature and French, and a CSE Grade 1 in Spanish.

All this meant was that I could read in 2 languages 33 years ago. As I failed in Maths and English language, I couldn't even count in my mother tongue.

John.

How do we know your years are right then?

I got 'O' level Spanish, too. Grade Si.

[Tom White]

At age 16 I got GCSE's in English, History and Geography - which is why I can spell properly the capital of West Germany which was Bonn!

I don't think they had GCSE's when you were 16, Gold; they were introduced in 1987.

[G Griffin]

At age 16 I got GCSE's in English, History and Geography - which is why I can spell properly the capital of West Germany which was Bonn!

I don't think they had GCSE's when you were 16, Gold; they were introduced in 1987.

They didn`t have history when he was 16.

[the bfg]

At age 16 I got GCSE's in English, History and Geography - which is why I can spell properly the capital of West Germany which was Bonn!

Useful eh?

Oh and about six months before CB radio became legal I did a Radio Amateurs exam for operating practices and licensing etc and got two passes with credits - that was really useful.

I think I am the only person who was a Financial Director and Company Secretary (for eight years) who never had a single exam result in Maths or Accountancy!

 

dont forget you knew nothing about bricklaying and yet you were still a hod carrier on stonehenge 

[Tom White]

Next year I shall have a certificate showing I've completed a two-year foundation course in Gelug Buddhism.

Does that count as a qualification?

[bobplum]

At age 16 I got GCSE's in English, History and Geography - which is why I can spell properly the capital of West Germany which was Bonn!

Useful eh?

Oh and about six months before CB radio became legal I did a Radio Amateurs exam for operating practices and licensing etc and got two passes with credits - that was really useful.

I think I am the only person who was a Financial Director and Company Secretary (for eight years) who never had a single exam result in Maths or Accountancy!

 

dont forget you knew nothing about bricklaying and yet you were still a hod carrier on stonehenge  

that made me laugh

[bobplum]

it all depends how far you want to go? in terms of expansion
domestic work i feel is enough for me,no invoicing,good cash flow,no contractor asking you to go back three times so they can bleed you dry,no invoices lost can you send it in again?
i have done the impact 43 course but to be honest because it was free otherwise i wouldn't have bothered

just my opinion

[ascjim]

We have cscs and the city and guilds NVQ in window cleaning. Oh and first aid at work.

[CLEANCARE WC]

Next year I shall have a certificate showing I've completed a two-year foundation course in Gelug Buddhism.

Does that count as a qualification?

It does in bosh's world. sorry sounded disrespectful yes it does dont know what you would use it for?

[Tom White]

Next year I shall have a certificate showing I've completed a two-year foundation course in Gelug Buddhism.

Does that count as a qualification?

It does in bosh's world. sorry sounded disrespectful yes it does dont know what you would use it for?

It's an Empty qualification.  (There's a bad Buddhists joke in there somewhere, a bit like the schizophrenic Buddhist who wanted to become two with the Universe).

[C-Thru.]

James do you find they help?
Do you get asked for them much? if so on what type of jobs? Building sites ect??

[Tom White]

James do you find they help?
Do you get asked for them much? if so on what type of jobs? Building sites ect??

Dave of St Ives has posted about this subject; he uses them - not in case he's asked - but to market his business.  He tells people he has qualifications; at least from memory I'm sure that's what he does.

[CLEANCARE WC]

Next year I shall have a certificate showing I've completed a two-year foundation course in Gelug Buddhism.

Does that count as a qualification?

It does in bosh's world. sorry sounded disrespectful yes it does dont know what you would use it for?

It's an Empty qualification.  (There's a bad Buddhists joke in there somewhere, a bit like the schizophrenic Buddhist who wanted to become two with the Universe).

OR the dislexic, insomniac, agnostic who lies awake at night wondering if there is a dog!

[C-Thru.]

that gag is older than my Mrs!

[AuRavelling79]

At age 16 I got GCSE's in English, History and Geography - which is why I can spell properly the capital of West Germany which was Bonn!

I don't think they had GCSE's when you were 16, Gold; they were introduced in 1987.

Quite right Tosh! I mean GCE's and CSE's or more accurately GCE (in the singular) and CSE's in the plural! Though I did start A level English and dropped out to work in my Uncle's ironmongers shop, out believing Chaucer and Shakespeare to be boring and irrelevant!

I wish I knew as much now as I did then ...