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| message from G&M on 18 May 2004 |
Just get on and do the stuff for real. Plastering, bricklaying and the like
require lots of practice.
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| jacob replied to G&M on 19 May 2004 |
Only part true. There is a great deal to actually learn from
experienced and trained practitioners.
I did a Carpentry&Joinery C&G equivalent ('tops' course) and was
amazed at how little I knew even though I was working as a self
employed builder previously. It was an excellent course.
There are hundreds of self taught 'tradesmen' who know f-all about
what they are doing but have developed ways of bodging and making do
over the years. They may have picked up ideas from magazines but these
in turn are written by DIYers and retired teachers who also know FA.
This might apply to your DVDs perhaps.
The problem is that they don't know what it is that they don't know ,
so they can't remedy it.
Many (most?) don't even know the absolute basics such as the use of
face&edge marks or how to do a rod.
I'd go for City &Guilds and also try and get a job with top class
tradesman if you can, by way of an apprenticeship.
cheers
Jacob
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| G&M replied to jacob on 19 May 2004 |
Agreed. And being an apprentice to these people is the correct way to learn
the trade.
Afriad I don't see how a DVD will impart the same information.
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| Graham Wilson replied to G&M on 18 May 2004 |
It also depends on whether you have a talent in this particular
direction.
I recall when I was a kid that my parents had a new expensive bathroom
fitted. The tiling was done by a so called professional tiler who did
nothing but tiling for a living and had been doing the job for 20
years.
My partner recently decided to have a go at tiling. They had never
done any tiling before in their life and had no 3rd party guidance.
I have to say that the standard of my partner's tiling was much better
than that of the so called expert tiler
Graham
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