[Pole 2 Pole]

Speaking to a guy today(seemed totally genuine) Anyways his Brother in law works for some Gov agency. Anyway, he swears blind that in about 18 months the Government will make it "law" that all window cleaners go on a 2 day NVQ course(luckily paid for by the Gov, as it would normally cost about 600) Has anyone else heard of this or know anything about this? 

[GWCS]

fat chance thats gonna happen..

i mean the gov pay for it..

[Window Washers]

I hope it does become law to have one, stop all the people starting and stopping just think it should take a few months instead of days

[Pole 2 Pole]

yeh i can't but think it may not be such a bad thing........Seperate the men from the boys and all that 

[ftp]

Load of genitals.

[JSMC]

will never happen

[cozy]

Not looking for a fight lads, but go down the boozer, then tell your mates that you are doing an NVQ in window cleaning. Watch their reaction I see what you mean about it stopping the beer money crew, but who would enforce it?

[Pole 2 Pole]

Load of genitals.

Are that that confident?? I wouldn't be surprised. I'm sure by the time evening is out, we'll have a definitive on this one. As for tellin me mates down the pub where i been the last couple o days........mum's the word 

[p1w1]

it will always end up as a waste of time if nobody is going to enforce it thats the real problem. Although i would be all for it..

[Pole 2 Pole]

I'm sure they'll be "people on the ground" doin nothin but lookin out for us in the hope we aint got the NVQ then they can fine our arses off. That's normally how it goes aint it??  :

[cozy]

See what the Scotish blokes say about that mate. They can tell you about enforcement. They pay through the nose for a Licence and nothing much seems to stop the beer money crew up there. They still turn up by the van load and storm the streets. Not funny.

[ftp]

For a start the goverment don't even know who cleans windows and who doesn't. So who are they going to force onto an NVQ course?
Not me, i'm buggered if I'm going to give up what three days wages?
Who could possibly need an NVQ for residential windowcleaning work?
The only ones who want it at the moment are the commercial cleaners or the ones who think they are business experts.

[cozy]

That's only one then.

[Mike_G]

No chance of the government shelling out £600 for every window cleaner to get an NVQ. Fair to say they waste money on all sorts of ridiculous schemes but even this is too much for them.

[Window Washers]

will never happen

20 years ago if you said we would hand over all our powers to EU you would have said will never happen 
Things change sometimes for good some times for bad but change they do.

[ian1972]

its sad thats what it is nvqs in cleaning windows almost as bad as me having 3 nvqs in being a doorman whats the world coming to

[Window Washers]

its sad thats what it is nvqs in cleaning windows almost as bad as me having 3 nvqs in being a doorman whats the world coming to

about the same as having an nvq in cooking  :
its not sad it is progression 

[Sean Dyer]

already got mine

got the cert to prove it

amateurs

[JSMC]

lost a few quid to othe rclenaing companies up here in scotland who ar enot licensed. Been onto the police and stuck them in with van details etc. When you start losing a few hundred quid to these people then it is time to sit up n take  action.

[Mike_G]

My old boss from ocs had an NVQ in window cleaning and take it from me the fat piece of lard could not clean himself let alone a window!