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Voltimum - Call for combined action to tackle severe skills shortages
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<blockquote data-quote="phil d" data-source="post: 478476" data-attributes="member: 27126"><p>With poor pay and all the responsibilities we have, not to mention the amount of money we have to spend not only on tools and equipment but also keeping up with the all too frequently, and in my opinion, pointless changes to the regs is it any wonder! Whilst out driving the other day I saw an advert for warehouse workers in Aldi, £9 per hour, and a decent package to go with it.Very little training, regular hours and virtually zero responsibilities.</p><p></p><p>Now compare that against some electrical jobs, must be apprentice trained, must have own tools, must have own test gear, oh and all the latest qualifications, all for 12 or 13 quid an hour, plus all the responsibilities that go with the job. Yet some people still don't get it, it's the same with the minimum/living wage, that isn't helping either, yes people on lower wages get more money and ok, everybody has to live, but if their money is going to go up then surely a tradesman's money should too. The way it's going unless there are drastic changes I can foresee a time when unskilled workers are earning the same as skilled ones, then we'll all be in trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phil d, post: 478476, member: 27126"] With poor pay and all the responsibilities we have, not[I] [/I]to mention the amount of money we have to spend not only on tools and equipment but also keeping up with the all too frequently, and in my opinion, pointless changes to the regs is it any wonder! Whilst out driving the other day I saw an advert for warehouse workers in Aldi, £9 per hour, and a decent package to go with it.Very little training, regular hours and virtually zero responsibilities. Now compare that against some electrical jobs, must be apprentice trained, must have own tools, must have own test gear, oh and all the latest qualifications, all for 12 or 13 quid an hour, plus all the responsibilities that go with the job. Yet some people still don't get it, it's the same with the minimum/living wage, that isn't helping either, yes people on lower wages get more money and ok, everybody has to live, but if their money is going to go up then surely a tradesman's money should too. The way it's going unless there are drastic changes I can foresee a time when unskilled workers are earning the same as skilled ones, then we'll all be in trouble. [/QUOTE]
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