Goldtrowel
has been around for more than 25 years within
the plastering industry
based in Essex England a plastering company
specialising in listed
buildings and carrying out contracts worldwide for commercial,
and domestic plastering.
In the 80's our plasterers were earning an
average £1,100.00 per week
We have employed hundreds of plasterers and
trained hundreds of apprentices,
the problem's we faced were that after
investing time and training into apprentices they would then
leave to find there own pot of gold under the rainbow
One of our main concerns with the self
employed plastering industry was the lack of solidarity (this
is not meant to offend existing plasterers). what we mean is
that year in and year out you would calculate your outgoing
expenses and find that Companies like Insurance and
Advertising etc would without prior notice hike up their costs
and then call this their annual increase. self employed
tradesmen would be getting a raw deal and due to a lack of
communication and guidance from existing so called federations
and organisations would be left in the cold
Yet some plasterers would price a contract at
a price they would have worked for 10 years earlier, so we
took it upon ourselves to set up the Goldtrowel organisation
that would set a floor level as to the minimum amount of money
a plasterer should be paid and or work for
as of 2003 - 2004 the minimum amount of money
a Goldtrowel plasterer should work for is £1,000.00 per
week We certainly would not pay a
Plasterer Less! Goldtrowel was developed by plasterers for
plasterers, with that in mind this also benefits the customer
as to the quality of work they should expect.
If you are new to plastering then this would
be probably the best option to take as well as the most cost
effective.( i am a little bias! )
In comparison to courses that cost hundreds
of pounds that last for a few days you have to ask would you
really remember everything taught a few weeks or months down
the line.
Secondly would you in a few short days cover
the chapters within our films,
Films plastering tutorials solid
plastering parts 1 & 2
- plasterboarding (room ceilings and walls)
- skimming boards (room celings and walls,
beading)
- float and set (room walls over blockwork
flat and level)
- repairs and making good (a large part of
plastering)
- Glue (pva) and skim ( real home celing
over artex, very common in domestic work)
- Glue (pva) float & set (straightening
out a wall in a domestic situation flat level and
finished)
- Coving (how to cove a room internal and
external angles plus caps)
- Floor screeding ( finishing the room with
the floor, how to set the screed levels)
Film perfect skimming
a fantastic tutorial that really takes you to full
understanding of the procedures method and techniques required
how are we different?
firstly we do not charge hundreds of pounds
for a sticker for your van
to attain certified membership you must pass an
examination that will prove to the goldtrowel organisation
that you have attained the knowledge to be not only a plasterer but
also more importantly a self employed plasterer, to carry
out surveys and price works accordingly.
secondly the certified membership comes with the
passing of the examination, the examination fee is probably
less than the examination fees carried out by other
government bodies throughout the country
thirdly the annual renewal of membership is
FREE
at goldtrowel we offer members plastering
training downloads
this is so people with internet availability
who have made a purchase of video or dvd can then freely
download the training manual in pdf format and either
store on there hardrive or print off
they can also download the examination and
review the examination prior to entering the exam
after watching and studying the films and
reading through the manual the student can decide if they
are ready for the exam.
when ready they can either
- email the answers
- post the answers
- or bring along to the centre
there is no other organisation in any
industry that offers members close to the above
good grounding for self employed ?
the first chapter in the first film takes you
to surveys when plasterboarding, every chapter is to begin
with a survey, this is so you can work out materials
required, costing of materials, length of time to complete
the task and how much you would like to earn
the training manual will give you TRUE
coverage per m2 of materials and not what the manufacturer
would use in their sales promotion, because their are
outstanding differences, as the tests carried out by
manufacturers are what we could describe as laboratory
conditions, by this we mean the wall was initially level
with no hollows or bulges.
in the real world either the work is
refurbishment or the real bricklayer may have had an off day
there is a saying " the boys
in white will put it right " as we are toward the end
of the line in construction this is a regular occurrence and
part and parcel of plastering
the films show how to get walls not only
finished to a high standard but also more importantly and
often forgot level and flat,
its nice to have a good finish but if the
owner decides 6 months down the line to tile the walls then
flat and level will be the more important.
best regards
Jeff
boot (goldtrowel)
|
