The construction industry is uniquely structured. It comprises hundreds of different trades and job titles, which fall over a pretty wide variation in terms of overall job “types” – electrical engineering and all electrotechnical work, for example; or demolition; or heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Finding work in construction is made easier because the whole… Read More »
Many of the trades available in the construction industry are skilled, and are best learned through apprenticeship. Indeed, the traditional “way in” for most new employees in the construction trades is through apprenticeship, where most of the wage is paid in experience and qualification. Getting an apprenticeship in a skilled trade will give you the… Read More »
It’s still possible to walk into a labouring job in the construction industry and go from there. Even labourers need a CSCS Card these days, though – and that means passing a basic Operative level CSCS Health and Safety Test. For everyday site work with no skilled trade, your bare minimum requirement for getting work… Read More »