Mertin
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Registered: 12th Oct 05
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Im an apprentice and just started workin after 18 months at college and im on £16k a year 
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Timbaland
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Registered: 20th Jan 07
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Its shite. I done the Kwik Fit apprentice ship for 4 months and got sick of it.
Firstly, You go to the interveiws, Piss easy then get called to another interview if you pass the first.
If you are picked, Then you attent a week long induction in Loughborough with the rest of the UK Kwik Fit Apprentices. You are made to get up at 6:30am every morning and go get breakfast, Then go to different classes and lectures. To cut along story short, Its shite and so depressing its unreal.
Be warned, 50% of the boys there arent there through choice but forced by job centre, agencys etc. and are retarded that play jungle music til 6am in the morning and set off fire alarms. That whole week is pure pish and full of cunts.
The garage isnt so bad, But its the same shitty jobs you do day in day out, Changing tyres is boring and you will do this for the first year and a half.
Then you go to Edinburgh training college once every few months for a week, Again, Like the army and treated like shite.
Im not even gonna go on further but, If you have any self respect or dreams then dont do it. Its shite job, shite money, boring job to do and most likely no career path worth chasing.
I was on roughly £390 a month at 17 years old, left there and 2 weeks later i was earning £1100 a month.
DONT DO IT, ITS SHIT.
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Timbaland
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Iv just read that back and i look like the typical wanker that i am on here, But it is honestly the biggest mistake of my liufe doing it. Its so shit its un-bearable mate. If you have any questions then u2u me or ask me here but i hnoestly wouldnt encourage anyone to work for them let alone get paid next to nothing for an apprentice-shit.
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antmashed
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Registered: 2nd Aug 06
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Originally posted by JM_16v
so happy i went into building and not mechanics
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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me too, apprentiships are shily paid for the work you do but there is no better way to gain experience and confidence,
I really would aim higher than fuckin kwik fit though
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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Originally posted by mattk
me too, apprentiships are shily paid for the work you do but there is no better way to gain experience and confidence,
I really would aim higher than fuckin kwik fit though
depends what you do an apprentiship in 
My mates a 2nd year QS and he's on £30k
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Originally posted by Paul_J
jesus... Some of these wages?  they're practically as low as a paper round.
No companies going to pay through the nose for an apprentice thats not going to be fully productive for years to come!!
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Originally posted by Hamish
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Originally posted by mattk
me too, apprentiships are shily paid for the work you do but there is no better way to gain experience and confidence,
I really would aim higher than fuckin kwik fit though
depends what you do an apprentiship in
My mates a 2nd year QS and he's on £30k
Trainee QS on 30k, is he a uni Graduate? Most ive seen QS's get paid up here is 30-35k, 40-45 for a senior. I done that for a couple years aswell, new buils construction, it almost drove me insane!!
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Neil Dagens
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Registered: 14th Apr 07
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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in my first year i was on £130 a week take home, as a joiner doing at a level 2 NVQ. that $5665 a year is shit. then in my second year i did a level 3 NVQ in marine outfitting, and a city and guilds level 2 in yacht and boatbuilding on my one day at college, getting £190 a week take home. and now im doing level 3 NVQ still and c&g yacht and boatbuilding level 3 and i get about £250 a week take home. and that will go up again in september if i finish all my exams 
[Edited on 19-03-2008 by Neil Dagens]
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
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Originally posted by Colin
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Originally posted by Hamish
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Originally posted by mattk
me too, apprentiships are shily paid for the work you do but there is no better way to gain experience and confidence,
I really would aim higher than fuckin kwik fit though
depends what you do an apprentiship in
My mates a 2nd year QS and he's on £30k
Trainee QS on 30k, is he a uni Graduate? Most ive seen QS's get paid up here is 30-35k, 40-45 for a senior. I done that for a couple years aswell, new buils construction, it almost drove me insane!!
nope 2nd year HNC. I have a contact whose getting payed 50k. been in it 5 years since she graduated.
Construction is where its at
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Colin
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I dont believe a Trainee QS not even qualified to HNC level would be on 30k. Ive worked in that industry, never heard of any trainees on that.
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
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well he is Col  . Works for Wates which is a private company rather that a massive PLC etc
I tend to find private comapnies sort you out better.
QS's down here get payed bucks . As there arent enough of them so they can charge what they want basically. Up to 60-80k is the norm
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Colin
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I worked as a Junior QS for a good while. My boss was barely scraping 35k as senior Surveyor. All the house builders paid roughly the same, most being natiional companies. To get the 60-80k you talk off youd need to go to to Dubai to work. That was only 2yrs ago & I cant see it changing that much. Look at a job site to see what junior surveyors make, i'll eat my laptop if its 30k unqualified!
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
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i never said that was the going rate, I just said that what he gets payed .
As for working out in Dubai, he's been given an offer when he is chartered to go out there for £100k+ tax free
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Ok 
HNC & Chartered status are a long way apart.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
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bahhh all you suits in offices cock everything up on building sites 
leave building sites to men covered in shit and scars
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Ok
HNC & Chartered status are a long way apart.
but then so is £30k and £100k 
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Colin
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Originally posted by Hamish
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Originally posted by Colin
Ok
HNC & Chartered status are a long way apart.
but then so is £30k and £100k
Yeah but im just saying to become accepted into the institute of chartered surveyors you need to do alot of work, degree minimum & 10yrs+ experience! Dubai jobs a long way off.
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Hamish
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10 years experience
Once you have your degree you have to give 2 years of further learning. Then you can take your compenancy test/interview for becoming chartered
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