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I’m due to leave the armed forces in Nov this year after 12 years.
My resettlement and leave starts in July so I won’t be back in work after that.
Do you think it would be possible to do a part 1 in that time with no previous scaffolding experience? Otherwise I would lose out on my resettlement money.
How hard is the part 1 course to pick up is there a lot of people fail the course?

Thanks j
 
Part 1 is a doodle 2 week course in Scotland anyway dunno about answer else they say u need atheist 6 month experience but u can't fail it
 
Your meant to have 6 month experience but know ppl who have done it with no experience, if your home on November you could prob have it done by Xmas, no one fails it
 
Total respect for your time served str3chy. As you stated "no one fails" pt1, pt2, adv. YES you can become a CISRS carded advanced scaffolder in 3 years. NOW if you really want to be a scaffolder, for the love of the job, it's not a plastic card with a photo, it will be working with PROPER SCAFFS, to train you in the correct way. Sorry to put a bit of a downer on this, but this used to be "the best game to be in," but sadly now, it is not. The wages have fallen, for the labs, and the non ticketed scaffs who some have worked all there lives in this game. Rant over good luck mate, find a family run (old school) scaffolding company, they will put you right. P.S just hung up my spanners this year, moved to the North East now, doing "locksmithing" **** easy good money, think about it. PS 3 legs tied to wall, boards in gutter, handrail, = re-roof for the builders.....seeing that, well, spanners away. Good luck pal hope all goes good for you.
 
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Total respect for your time served str3chy. As you stated "no one fails" pt1, pt2, adv. YES you can become a CISRS carded advanced scaffolder in 3 years. NOW if you really want to be a scaffolder, for the love of the job, it's not a plastic card with a photo, it will be working with PROPER SCAFFS, to train you in the correct way. Sorry to put a bit of a downer on this, but this used to be "the best game to be in," but sadly now, it is not. The wages have fallen, for the labs, and the non ticketed scaffs who some have worked all there lives in this game. Rant over good luck mate, find a family run (old school) scaffolding company, they will put you right. P.S just hung up my spanners this year, moved to the North East now, doing "locksmithing" **** easy good money, think about it. PS 3 legs tied to wall, boards in gutter, handrail, = re-roof for the builders.....seeing that, well, spanners away. Good luck pal hope all goes good for you.
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Thanks for the advice mate.
I know I'm not going be a scaffolder in a two week course.
It's just I get free training from the armed force I need to use before I get out and quite fancy scaffolding as new career.
So saves me paying for the course myself 2 months later.
 
Hey mate.

The part one course CAN be failed, but you'd have to be really, really bad. Ideally you need 6 months experience but you can get away with it. Tickets have, right or wrong, become really important so get it but be honest with any future bosses about your situation and tell them you're ex-forces. You'll get found out quickly if you try to blag that you're a scaffolder with just the ticket behind you, but if you go and explain why you got it so quick any decent boss would be appreciative and understanding and probably grateful you did it!

Good luck on your part one, let us know how you get on.
 
as long as you cant understand englsh or speak english!! no nothing about scaffolding and have your grand or grant you will pass your part 1. all the best jarv and the background you come from your p!ss it mate
 
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