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Post 52... Andy
and you passed ??
I sure did,with distinction.year one we were with plastering group doing a bit of render,screed,skim...year two was tile basicly their was a syllabus to work to and it wasn't testing.we had a bay had to do a star pattern,a wave and an arch with diamond infill ,plus tile the floor.way too much unessential classroom learning,about other trade procedures,such as scaffold etc.basicly health and safety.it wasn't the colleges fault they were just working to a script.i left feeling more confident about rendering, skimming. It is basicly a trade you have to learn on the job.,it can not be replicated in college.
Ok so you got a distinction but you admit you don’t have aclue when it comes to quoting for work. So how did you get a distinction as part of the diploma is Knowledge of information, quantities and communicatingwith othersI sure did,with distinction.year one we were with plastering group doing a bit of render,screed,skim...year two was tile basicly their was a syllabus to work to and it wasn't testing.we had a bay had to do a star pattern,a wave and an arch with diamond infill ,plus tile the floor.way too much unessential classroom learning,about other trade procedures,such as scaffold etc.basicly health and safety.it wasn't the colleges fault they were just working to a script.i left feeling more confident about rendering, skimming. It is basicly a trade you have to learn on the job.,it can not be replicated in college.
That is a long story but to answer your main question yes aslong as the lecturer is a qualified assessor or his distinction was on the online testi dont quite understand this deano. Are you saying that the tutor on rich 83 course would be responsible for giving him a distinction. is that how it works ??
I did not take any tiling course although my i did send my foreman when he started for me many years ago on citb vauxhall school of building tiling course .
i did once do city and guild i think carpentry and i was aghast that my tutor chose the best practical works ie window frame for appraisal by some inspector and this seemed to go towards all our marks.( i would comfortably have put myself in bottom 10% for practical)
similar on theory which i was best at and totally alien to anything i done at o level and a level where it was only my own efforts that were marked and gave me a grade good or bad.
is a lecturer now responsible for making a decision about who passes or not and to what degree!!
if this is the case I am sure that most lecturers would be honest but it leaves the option for others to give good marks/passes to keep their profile and achievement high to ensure ongoing employment for themsleves .
i would be grateful if you could explain to us how this system works now as I am very serious about taking on two young lads this year when I will need to grow my business after my knee replacement .
My ideas to date was to visit my nearest tiling course centre and see the lecturer, put forward what i could offer a young trainee taking a proper tiling course and see if he thought i would be suitable as a future employer for two of his students and for me to get a feeling from him about who might best be suited for my business.
If they sick to the qualification and follow the assessment process there is no problem but there is quite often a problem and it is the trade that suffers and the integrity of the qual is diminished with every person that that has a level 2 but is not capable.ok.
interesting.
what is your take on this
If they sick to the qualification and follow the assessment process there is no problem but there is quite often a problem and it is the trade that suffers and the integrity of the qual is diminished with every person that that has a level 2 but is not capable.