[g.brookes]

Hi chaps, was hoping to hear from anyone who has experience of this.  Ive got a few questions to ask

[DG Cleaning]

Apprentice window cleaner

[wfp master]

[roundbuilder]

Lol an apprentice window cleaner! Are you having a laugh???
Only takes a few days to show someone the ropes and a few months for them to master the techniques.

[Michael Peterson]

but the gov pay you some money i think for doing it that would be the interesting part

[colin purewater]

Danny from Dmc has at least one and swears
By them! He's from mk and is always happy to
Help best found on FB or twitter!

Not on here much any more

[windiewasher]

The apprentice can get nvq's nowadays for window cleaning.theres a bloke here who provides them,oh no he deleted his account.

[jimiwindows]

it only takes a few day to know how to push a pole up and down.wfp its killing the game

[colin purewater]

it only takes a few day to know how to push a pole up and down.wfp its killing the game

Behave 

[richard jagger]

Apprenticeships can only do this ragtag industry good.

[DG Cleaning]

Learn trad 10 mins, learn pole another 10 minutes.
It will take longer to get up to a decent speed but I'm talking about basics here.
The rest is a bit of fluff IMO.
Still it's a cheap way to get employee

[DG Cleaning]

Totally agree Archer but I find the ones who are rubbish don't care its not because they can't do it.
I'm not bothered because I keep picking their work up 

[jimiwindows]

Point taken archer but a lot on here take there wife to work with them so it cant be that hard.imo

[DG Cleaning]

It took me more than 10 mins to get up to speed but that comes with time doesn't it?

[DG Cleaning]

Point taken archer but a lot on here take there wife to work with them so it cant be that hard.imo

Yeah if a girly bonnet can do it it can't be hard lol

[roundbuilder]

I tought my stepdad in a day! He is now upto speed within a month and did his first con roof today by himself. It realy isnt rocket science at all, in fact there isnt many jobs as easy as being a shiner. The pole does the work for you, all you have to do is scrub as it rinses by itself.

[ben M]

I tought my stepdad in a day! He is now upto speed within a month and did his first con roof today by himself. It realy isnt rocket science at all, in fact there isnt many jobs as easy as being a shiner. The pole does the work for you, all you have to do is scrub as it rinses by itself.

+1

[jimiwindows]

Ok,

I think it depends on the type of work you do Mick, and to be honest at times it IS rocket science, but like I say it depends on what type of work your doing

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[DG Cleaning]

Ok,

I think it depends on the type of work you do Mick, and to be honest at times it IS rocket science, but like I say it depends on what type of work your doing

Your doing it Archer so it can't be that hard can it?
Only kidding don't go all troppo on me (Ben M put me up to it) 
Seriously though I know on commercials it is more tricky.
I used to work in facilities on some big commercial properties and most things can be a pain.

[roundbuilder]

Ok,

I think it depends on the type of work you do Mick, and to be honest at times it IS rocket science, but like I say it depends on what type of work your doing

i always end up in a disagreeing thread lol but what is so hard when showing somebody to clean a window?? I have showed and trained loads of people and never has it been anything other than simplicity unless its a right numpty who doesnt listen to basic instructions.
It gets harder as you progress into a full business and start employing granted but this is about an apprentice wc lol. I understand apprentice electrician/plumber/carpenter etc but there realy isnt much involved in cleaning a paine of glass, i mean is there such thing as an appretaship in cleaning glass?? A trainee wc maybe.

Do you honestly think a 16 year old who has his whole life ahead of him would think"i know im gonna do a window cleaning apprentaship to become a window cleaner".
It wouldnt happen for 1 teachers warn kids that if they choose the wrong doors to enter in early life they will end up a window cleaner! In fact a few teachers said that to me that if i didnt buck my ideas up id end up being a window cleaner when im older!!! and how right they were lol, at the time it hurt my feelings the thought of being a loser wc which is how youngsters look at the job however now id have it no other way and am proud to be one and respect window cleaners but still believe its one of the easiest jobs i have ever done.