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I am looking for advice. I recently have moved back to england and spent a long time in Canada. I worked for a company for almost 5 years doing on job training, I have no real tickets or certification. I have looked into getting trained out here in england and I have discovered that there is training centers across england that offer this. It is anywhere from £750-£850 for level one cisrs and they told me I have to wait 6 months in between each one. So my questions are these: How do you go about getting this training? What is NVQ and how much does this cost? What levels do you take first? Can you get funding? Do companies pay? I have almost 5 years experience is there any way around this waiting period? I have called these training centers and they have told me that I am S.O.L. I am very frustrated and don't want to start from the bottom again! Any advice on how to go about this situation? I just need to make money! Thanks! :confused:
 
Hi Mate, may sound like a stupid question, but regardless of the fact that you have no tickets, have you been training scaffolders?
 
the question is have I trained scaffolders? No I have not. I have also inquired into working out of the country.... dubai being one of the places anyone have any suggestions? please and thank you... :)
 
Welcome stephenmok are there a lot of jobs in canada for scaffs and is it difficult to get sponsorship for a visa .
 
With all due respect Stephen, without any formal Qualifications Dubai would be a no go for you, however if you were to post a thread here and explain in more detail exactly what line of training you have been involved in, i am sure that you would gain some very good advice form this site, Best of luck.
 
thank you for your post JamDon, I was brought to Canada at a young age by my family so visa I am unsure about. I believe they are less sticky about letting people into Canada then they are into UK. There is a lot of work in the province of Alberta if interested. Mainly up in Ft. McMurray but Calgary and Edmonton also have work for there local companies. I have traveled across western Canada doing Scaffolding there and have made great money. If you go online I'm sure you will find out how to apply for a VISA and you may have a small waiting period but best of luck...

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Thanks Big bad Bob, I know that only on the job training in Canada probably messed up my chances of working with any other big company. The money was good and I felt trapped but always wanted to get certification. I guess my only option now is to start the level 1 and wait 6 months. I was inquiring about dubai even starting at a lower level because I thought the money might be better then in UK.... any suggestions? I have sent some e-mails to some companies inquiring but no replies yet..... I just want to start work! haha I have only been in UK for 2 weeks but I am getting bored and want to start any form of scaffolding work. I mean with 4.5-5 years exp. starting at the lowest level I hope I can get a job, I have worked with tube & clamp, all around mainly and have led my own crews of up to 5 men. Designed my own scaffolds and all with no problems. This is very frustrating but I am determined to get training no matter how long it takes.... I will go where the money is.... any suggestions please?? I will answer any questions about work in Canada as best I can for anyone.... but I do not want to go back to Canada Thank you all for your help... :)
 
I believe the training methods here in the uk are as follows, Train, assess, so 1st you have to do a trainee scaffold course, work six months to gain experiance, go back for assessment, if you are judged to have met the required standard, you are issued with a ticket, Pt2 and Advanced levels of training follow the same pattern, with you gaining the appropriate scaffolder cards and NVQ Qualifications, ther are many site you can check to gain all the info you need to know about scaffold training and NVQ qualifications, cskills web and City & Guilds web would be a very good source of imformation, Good Luck.
 
Hi Stephen and Welcome To The Scaffolders Forum!

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Hi Stephen


Hello and Welcome to the Forum, I noticed you joined a few months back and im catching up, hope you got the advice you wanted and are sorted, thanks.


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hey bigbadbob i have heard you went to dubai to work i am part 2 scaffolder and am interested in going their can you tell me your experiance and if its a good move? also any contacts you could help me owt with thanks mate
 
Hi Stuart dont know when you posted this, however i will answer your question, sorry to burst your bubble, you would not get a job in Dubai as a scaffolder, most expats in Dubai are in managerial roles from supervisors to branch managers. no work i Dubai at this time mate, credit crunch hit Dubai very hard and will take a long time to recover, so as far as a job goes, no way. sorry i can't help you.
 
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