Pay rates for 16year olds?

[nonemouse]

i have a 16year old lad potentially wanting to do an apprenticeship starting in summer, I know what the official pay rate is for apprentices is(even I think it’s not enough if he’s a grafter) but just what rate of pay is fair for him doing odd days on weekends holidays etc, until he starts properly.

I think initially there will be a fair bit of training to do, till he’s much use, but don’t want to discourage him with derisory pay rates if he’s keen to learn.

He’ll be on feeding calves/young stock, scraping out, and basic tractor work (no milking/we have robot for that)

 

[Will Blackburn]

I pay my weekend lad £8, but he has to start at 5.30 and sometimes split shift for milking times.

 

[vantage]

I pay my weekend lad £8, but he has to start at 5.30 and sometimes split shift for milking times.

The same as I pay my sons when they work at home in the holidays/ at weekends.

 

[Werzle]

i have a 16year old lad potentially wanting to do an apprenticeship starting in summer, I know what the official pay rate is for apprentices is(even I think it’s not enough if he’s a grafter) but just what rate of pay is fair for him doing odd days on weekends holidays etc, until he starts properly.

I think initially there will be a fair bit of training to do, till he’s much use, but don’t want to discourage him with derisory pay rates if he’s keen to learn.

He’ll be on feeding calves/young stock, scraping out, and basic tractor work (no milking/we have robot for that)

£6

 

[livestock 1]

I’ve got a lass here on placement not sure what I should be giving her she’s getting cash at the moment. She couldn’t do a great lot at the beginning but she’s capable of being left in the lambing shed to do everything but the most problematic things now.

 

[Blue.]

£20/week and when 17 add a gallon petrol,well thats what I got.

 

[Still Farming]

 

[Headless chicken]

Our pressure washer lad gets £6 an hour. He doesn’t have to do much thinking other than just getting the washer setup

 

[Lofty1984]

Our pressure washer lad gets £6 an hour. He doesn’t have to do much thinking other than just getting the washer setup

Whatever happened with the unreliable lad you had working for you ?

 

[Headless chicken]

Whatever happened with the unreliable lad you had working for you ?

I sat him down and called him a twunt whilst looking him dead in the eyes. I thought that might make him realise how far he had pushed me. It didn’t sadly so we let him go.

He’s now back in college doing a different corse. Sadly he got himself into a lot of trouble between though. Stealing his mums car nearly getting it crushed. Caused thousands of pounds of damage. Real shame. Hopefully he’ll sort himself out now

 

[Lofty1984]

I sat him down and called him a twunt whilst looking him dead in the eyes. I thought that might make him realise how far he had pushed me. It didn’t sadly so we let him go.

He’s now back in college doing a different corse. Sadly he got himself into a lot of trouble between though. Stealing his mums car nearly getting it crushed. Caused thousands of pounds of damage. Real shame. Hopefully he’ll sort himself out now

Well you can hold your head up feck me you were more than patient with him

 

[Headless chicken]

Well you can hold your head up feck me you were more than patient with him

I think so. It’s a shame as I think there is something in him somewhere but they can’t all be helped. We’ve got a brilliant team in place now and it makes life so much easier

 

[Horn&corn]

We call it £5 an hour for the first few weeks till you can work out if it’s worth pursuing. Pretty limited at 16 with no experience. Makes maths easy cause I almost got 5 fingers on one hand
Move up if they’re worth it!

 

[Beef farmer]

Our pressure washer lad gets £6 an hour. He doesn’t have to do much thinking other than just getting the washer setup

How much pressure washing you got to do for a dedicated pessure washer lad?

 

[Lofty1984]

Pay them what they are worth especially if you can mould them into how you want an employee to be

 

[Headless chicken]

How much pressure washing you got to do for a dedicated pessure washer lad?

He only does about 5 hours a day so a fair few days. Does some plate metering too for me and will do a bit of painting etc. He’s keen tbf never moans once. Nothing is ever an issue or too boring.

I should add he had a fair bonus for Xmas too

 

[multi power]

£20/week and when 17 add a gallon petrol,well thats what I got.

Show off !

 

[livestock 1]

Show off !

I’m still on that

 

[nonemouse]

We call it £5 an hour for the first few weeks till you can work out if it’s worth pursuing. Pretty limited at 16 with no experience. Makes maths easy cause I almost got 5 fingers on one hand
Move up if they’re worth it!

I was thinking of starting on £5 to £6 and see how he gets on, he’s not on early starts or anything and have said if he can get a lift here on a morning we’ll arrange transport to get him home. If he proves worth it after a few weeks I’ll up it a bit.

 

[yin ewe]

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Didn't think min wage was as low as that for under 18s. Young chap who comes here a day a week gets 6/hour, I shall have to review my pay structures