ollie989898
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Ah!! I m not the only one so!! Just thought I was a bit odd![emoji3][emoji3]
One of those valuable skills I learnt whilst studying agriculture.
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tricky one that, I know a builder who used a self employed plumber to undertake the soil and vent pipes (I think), this plumber chose to do the work off a DIY tower scaffold (without rails) and fell off, the builder had a court case with the HSE, so as a main contractor you should choose subcontractors who are safe, I think, a casual worker you should provide the wet weather gear (and a full time employee), builder doing your roof, not (but you should undertake due diligence to ensure he is safe). I know keen building firms, who, every time a new employee starts they are issued with coat, boots etc as part of the induction, new employees are often surprised as although these are the laws, often employers don't follow them.Depends a bit doesn’t it. If you are employing someone full time you would be expected to provide appropriate kit. But if you are paying an hourly rate to someone self employed then you’d kind of expect them to turn up for the job with appropriate kit.
Different kind of meat that!Well, you may joke but I am able to survive on the closest modern equivalent to spam and boiled leather. I can exist solely on pot noodles and pornhub.
And I m one of them!! Been in East Anglia for 19 years!
. You got to boil the shoeCorner beef AND bread? You lucky boy! When I was young we only had spam or boiled shoe leather.
Don’t think I’ve ever been to a farm where the staff got given coats and boots and the like
Such perks help recruit/retain staff. And it's all tax deductible.Seems fair It’s never even crossed my mind I always thought you turn up equipped to work bet I spend several hundred a year on work wear easy so I’m missing a trick really
Exactly this , some very good irish lads ,Maybe try advertising on some Irish websites.
Very man lads who are brought up on the family farm aspire to work with a larger scale than they are used to, but since they have been on the farm as children are generally handy with most things by late teens.
Really??.....
”Crap working conditions”..... ......... Good hourly wages, generous overtime pay, occasional £ bonus , use of farm equipment by permission , 28 days holiday, sick pay, pension scheme, use of farm vehicle, modern washing facilities , cloths washer , tumble drier, heated eating room with microwave and kettle ,drying room, safety clothing allowance, modern clean reliable air conditioned GPS steered tractors , continuous training and fully concreted clean farm yards.
Upto the early nineties the two staff members had been here since the age of 16 until their retirement as had their grandfather before them. I don’t think we are too bad to work for.
Sounds bloody awful to me???!.
Haa!! Never used one or I would nt know one end of a cow or any other livestock from the other end!! Originally from an arable and veg farm on the east coast of Ireland!You must have forgotten what a slurry tanker is then so
Experienced farm workers who have been round a bit tend to talk to each other and observe what is going on at farms in the area. They know who's there, how many leave and soon figure out if it's a step up to go there should a vacancy exist. They also see the places that are always recruiting and see red flags.
If you offer everything you say in your post and local workers aren't coming to you, there may be another reason.
Pigs and sheep don’t appeal to some arable operators!.
That depends to be fair what farm you are on? I m on my own on 1500 acres of combineables and beet. Never a boring day I m busy all year around but not doing silly hours so have a pretty great work life balance! Would nt change it for the world! And to be fair as I've never done anything else apart from the arable side since I was 11 years old would never consider any job with livestock in the mix beacause I have zero interest nor any experience whatsoever with livestock! Certainly would nt be confident or know if an animal was sick etc! I d be a fish out of water on that one and would be pure useless at it! You certainly have to have a love for cows etc to do it? So agree with the previous post too that not all arable guys will do livestock work! Very difficult to find a good all rounder these days on that one!I'd much prefer some stock work as well. It must be mind numbingly boring on a combinable cropping farm for 7 or 8 months of the year.
Some farms can keep staff some can't, lots of reasons for it, sometimes its their fault, sometimes people just want to move on to something new.
Tractor = very manly,Chap in our village , charges himself and a walk behind mower at £28 per hour. His is booked up and can’t take on any more work..... why would you drive a tractor for £10 an hour....
Tractor = very manly,
Lawnmower = bit girly.
Tractor = very manly,
Lawnmower = bit girly.
More money for less work = very clever