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Apprenticeship tool box allowance ???

  • 12-12-2015 6:37am
    #1
    Bcoakley93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    How's it going lads. So I just got accepted as an apprentice pipe fitter for a pretty big company and was just wondering do you get any type of tool box/kit allowance on tools that you might need in the future from solas? I'm asking because I know when my brother was doing his electrical apprenticeship he was able to get something like that and I can't seem to find anything about tool allowances on any sites. Any help or info is much appreciated. Thanks


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  • #2
    eurokev
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 973 ✭✭✭eurokev


    depends on the company you are with. Most do not give a tool box allowance to the best of my knowledge, especially if you are with a contractor. I'm in the electrical trade and work directly for a large company and am lucky enough to have a virtually unlimited tool allowance and a really nice snapon toolchest. Whereas guys I meet on the site working with contractors have to buy their own bit by bit.
    However the advantage of being with a contractor is that you get to use the tools a lot more, whereas I would use mine fairly infrequently.


  • #3
    Borzoi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Borzoi


    Bcoakley93 wrote: »
    How's it going lads. So I just got accepted as an apprentice pipe fitter for a pretty big company and was just wondering do you get any type of tool box/kit allowance on tools that you might need in the future from solas?. Any help or info is much appreciated. Thanks

    Most firms operate a "tool account" for apprentices. You buy the tools through the company and pay them back €10 or 20 a week. You also save the VAT.


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