startinghandle
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There is a shortage of welders in the country, even at jcb
Is it because certificates are needed?
Or the wages are crap?
Is it because certificates are needed?
Or the wages are crap?
Ifor Williams , welding , wow , you live and learn .Ifor Williams advertising nearly every week for Welders in Cynwyd
Not surprising what I read a few months ago ,,lots of very unhappy IW workers ,,working conditions are not what they should be and unrealistic production targets .Ifor Williams advertising nearly every week for Welders in Cynwyd
Hardly surprising though is it, would you be prepared to pay more for a trailer?Not surprising what I read a few months ago ,,lots of very unhappy IW workers ,,working conditions are not what they should be and unrealistic production targets .
Not the price new ones are I wouldnt ,,nearly 7k for a basic 10x5 tipper ,stick another grand on for all the extrasHardly surprising though is it, would you be prepared to pay more for a trailer?
I think there's a lot of profiteering going on currently making the most of shortage of supply but labour will be a fair chunk of IW costs.Not the price new ones are I wouldnt ,,nearly 7k for a basic 10x5 tipper ,stick another grand on for all the extras
That's why so many are getting pinched ,new costs and waiting timeI think there's a lot of profiteering going on currently making the most of shortage of supply but labour will be a fair chunk of IW costs.
Guess it's harder to get someone to weld thin metalIfor Williams advertising nearly every week for Welders in Cynwyd
Have you tried welding for 4O hrs a week ?There is a shortage of welders in the country, even at jcb
Is it because certificates are needed?
Or the wages are crap?
It's not just lack of manufacturing It's also lack of apprentices. There's too many jobs which pay reasonable wages with very little training needed if any. Low wage of an apprenticeship for 3 or 4 years doesn't appeal to young uns when their mates are stacking shelves for double what they can get. By the time they realise the long term gain which could have come from short term pain they are too far though life to step back to a peanuts wage.Don’t know about in agriculture but when I did my apprenticeship ( heavy engineering)
Welders did a full four year apprenticeship
Lack of manufacturing hence lack of apprenticeships may be the answer
I remember vickers in barrow used to take 300 apprentice’s a year
Them opportunities are long gone
I am going back to 1980, I was an apprentice mechanical fitter , there was vickers, glaxo, bowater Scott, plus a myriad of supporting small firmsIt's not just lack of manufacturing It's also lack of apprentices. There's too many jobs which pay reasonable wages with very little training needed if any. Low wage of an apprenticeship for 3 or 4 years doesn't appeal to young uns when their mates are stacking shelves for double what they can get. By the time they realise the long term gain which could have come from short term pain they are too far though life to step back to a peanuts wage.
No PolesThere is a shortage of welders in the country, even at jcb
Is it because certificates are needed?
Or the wages are crap?