Lonan3 Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 If everything on the island was constructed as well as that post we'd have a lot of buildings to be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyhereforthebeer Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 If everything on the island was constructed as well as that post we'd have a lot of buildings to be proud of. what's the future for the IoM construction industry when the newly appointed head at the IoM College wants joiners to train young people in bricklaying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlyhereforthebeer Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 If everything on the island was constructed as well as that post we'd have a lot of buildings to be proud of. what's the future for the IoM construction industry when the newly appointed head at the IoM College wants joiners to train young people in bricklaying the people responsible for the training of construction apprentices on the IoM don't have a clue......and how many of them have come from 'afar' ????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCMR Posted September 26, 2005 Share Posted September 26, 2005 BOM If a local contractor is on the Approved list he can only employ registered tradesmen direct or subcontract. The Island is now full of eastern block labour who are working for the min rate, for Manx firms to compete against the firms that employ these people they have no chance are labour will not work for the min rate and could not afford to due to the high cost of living here. Also this labour force is here to stay they are now bringing in their families which will shortly put a strain on the affordable properties or corpy houses. Feelslikeinshould. Any developement that has Government money in it has to abide by the Rules, and on some Goverment contracts local subcontractors are not even being invited to price the work. An advert was placed in the Local paper for Joiners and painters, several firms phoned up and found it was an agency, As far as I know no locals got even a reply to the job at B&Q refurb the works are being done by a UK agency, so permits must have been issued, local firms that want to employ off island labour and need permits must make sure that the men are certificated by the DTI and this takes weeks, so how are these agencies getting over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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