RE: Taylor2 Mar 2023 17:49
denby - A good day, with good access maybe 400.
The point I make - which I feel is just. Is that rates for block / brick laid and day rates for blockies, has become ridiculous.
On what planet should a brick/block layer be able to earn 200-300 quid, it is a large sum of money for a fairly simple skill. The issue is not enough people taking up the skill (which is also a wider of issue of societys desire to send as many kids to university to do media studies etc..), hence the high price. This will of course adjust if they now have to battle for work, which they will if completitions are reduced by the level projected by the majors.
at £250.00 a day on a 5 day 46 week year, thats almost 60k. 60k is more than we pay a considerable amount of Doctors, who have done enormous amounts of training and education, most doctors are likely to be in the top percentile of intelligence so also make up a small proportion of society.
I am not saying it isn't physically demanding (Well block more than brick) and I am not saying brick/block layers don't work hard, I just feel it is an overvalued trade.
Now a real stonemason, who can create works of art using all forms of stone is a different story. But PSN square boxes do not require 2% of the skill of a real stonemason.