Building Sites

besty

hi,
im a college student and am staying around for most of the summer in order to get some money together. i really want to work on a site because ive heard that the money is great and it would be good to stay in shape. does anyone know how i would go about getting some work on a site? im 20 and living in south dublin.

thanks

shane86

edited- accidently posted my thread in yours as a reply


As for building sites, you need a FAS safe pass first of all, cost about 100 odd but quickly pay for thmselves apparently

Id also welcome more info from the rest of yis on the pass. Alot of my mates have them.....unfortunately anytime im hangin out with mylabourer mates were all locked, as is the life of the well paid labourer, so i forget any details they gave me

damnyanks

Go into a building site and ask for the forman. Say you are willing to do the course if a job is offered upon completion. Of oourse I've not worked ona site but it seems possibly the most logical course of action

Ineedd

Borzoi

shane86 wrote:

As for building sites, you need a FAS safe pass first of all, cost about 100 odd but quickly pay for thmselves apparently

http://www.fas.ie/environmental_training_unit/safepass.html

Usually on larger (ie more regulated) sites - no safepass - no job

Site foremen are very busy and unlikely to be too receptive to even talk to somebody with no pass, and no site experience. You're best bet for general albour work is to ask people you know in construction. BTW it's bloody hard work

cormie

I worked on a site without a safe pass for nearly a year. They weren't a big company, it was part of my carpentry apprentice so the wage wasn't great either €198 per week, €4.95 per hour.

Be prepared for the most miserable job around though:D It's fine when the sun is beaming down I suppose, but in the winter it's a different story, although how often is the sun beaming down in our summers?

besty

well i would only be doing the work for the summer anyway. i dont mind doing really hard work if im being paid well for it to be honest - its only a temporary thing anyway. im just not too keen on investing in the safe pass and then find myself without a job.

joe.

Its cheaper to find a safe pass course from the likes of the evening herald ads section compared to the fas one. Not a whole lot but cheaper all the same. Safe pass course is free for unemployed through fas

fintan

If its only for the summer, go do a safe pass course as soon as possible and buy yourself a pair of decent safety boots then go to one of the labour hire companies. They are always looking for people.

I think also if you head down to where the laughter lounge use to be on the quays (just off o'connell bridge) this is a pick up point for one of the big labour hire companies and just talk to what ever foreman is there..... you will need to be there pretty early though.

RicardoSmith

I worked a labourer years ago before the safepass. Let us know how you get on. I doubt that its changed very much. Hard work, but physically satisfying.

Thumper Long

and make sure that you take a course in the building site vernacular, e.g. i'm f**ked after handballing two pallets of 8x4 shuttering ply up 5 flights of stairs and in between mixing some muck i haven't got time to fart

bandraoi

which translates to - the foreman doesn't know I did that yesterday so I had some tea and fidgeted with the mixer.

irish life

Any luck with this Besty? I'm in the exact same situation as you (student, 20, looking for labouring work for the summer).

Someone mentioned the Pass course is free for the unemployed. Does that incude college students?

I'd actually enjoy the job for the summer.

besty

still no luck everyone. i had a few leads but nobody needs anymore labourers at the moment. still looking for a site though. has anyone come across any sites looking for workers?