I joined at 45 years old....then left at 45 and 6 months old,that was enough
Anyone here work for British Gas?
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I joined at 45 years old....then left at 45 and 6 months old,that was enough
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Nickso part of the toOL kit should be a roll of Andrex as some of them nee help wiping there own ass.
Old technicians from pre 95 are still on 500 quid a year more are they not. We where lucky we had 2 of the best old school technicians about no one could touch them.
Try getting a manager to understand that them doing 5 jobs a day was actually saving them money than some daft boy running about throwing parts into 12 boilers a day. YEAH BUT YEAH BUT.
No.
After a few high voltage readings and bad earth <100 ohm readings,how long does it take? 2minutes.
Electrical checks are JUST as important ans gas checks.
Reverse polarity or unable to correctly isolate can kill and wrong sized fuses can wreck the boiler.
There is far too much us and them mentality in BG.
If all else fails sweep it under the carpet.
Electrical checks are JUST as important ans gas checks.
Reverse polarity or unable to correctly isolate can kill and wrong sized fuses can wreck the boiler.
There is far too much us and them mentality in BG.
If all else fails sweep it under the carpet.
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Again it depends what im doing. ill do my leccy checks with my meter if im working on it, mainly for my own safety TBH. i see few customers concerned with leccy checks to do it for them.
you wont see me near the spur or anything else thats not related if im changing a TRV for example.
you wont see me near the spur or anything else thats not related if im changing a TRV for example.
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batt45
As usual a perfectly decent enquiry about a company has just become a place for people to slag off B.G. Would be nice to know what companies some of you out there work for and hear about your perfect working practices.
As one of the replies said you will get out of it what you put into it. Yes i do work for B.G. and very happy to do so. Would be nice just to stick to the enquiry, answer wise. Sounds more like a forum for bitching old women. There off my chest....
As one of the replies said you will get out of it what you put into it. Yes i do work for B.G. and very happy to do so. Would be nice just to stick to the enquiry, answer wise. Sounds more like a forum for bitching old women. There off my chest....
this is actually a farce as the fuse rating in the spur is in order to protect the lead to the boiler not the boiler, which is protected by it's own fuse usually .5 or 1 amp.
Most roundwire flex used to feed boilers is capable of 5 amp or more.
The boiler manufacturers who specify a 3 amp fuse are only doing so because their boiler will not blow such a small fuse and it doesn't harm the flex to overprotect it.
For the rules of discrimination the boiler has the smallest rating the fcu the next smallest and the fuse or breaker at the source the greatest. Each has only to protect the next leg.
I joined BG as an apprentice 3 years ago. The training is good if you are willing to put in the hours and learn. I put the effort in and it payed off in the end.
Agree with what was said on page 1 about not being a pain in the a.r.s.e to your buddy engineer. He can be a life saver in your hour of need when you get out on your own or leaves you to sink.
In terms of the company, it isnt perfect by a long way. The focus is too much on earning BG money than getting the jobs done correctly 1st time. You arent given the time to a spot on job. Our COM is an office boy who has an idea in his head about how the job works and he is totally unrealistic in his ideals. Fortunately the TSMs are good enough round here to pull him up and defend their lads if needed. Our TSM would rather see quality rather than quantity.
What area are you applying to work in?
Good luck and if you get the job all the best
Agree with what was said on page 1 about not being a pain in the a.r.s.e to your buddy engineer. He can be a life saver in your hour of need when you get out on your own or leaves you to sink.
In terms of the company, it isnt perfect by a long way. The focus is too much on earning BG money than getting the jobs done correctly 1st time. You arent given the time to a spot on job. Our COM is an office boy who has an idea in his head about how the job works and he is totally unrealistic in his ideals. Fortunately the TSMs are good enough round here to pull him up and defend their lads if needed. Our TSM would rather see quality rather than quantity.
What area are you applying to work in?
Good luck and if you get the job all the best
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there are some yes men patsy's at Bg too, be very wary of them as they make up for a lack of skill by brown nosing the boss and the company.
Skill doesn't carry much weight, it is hardly noticed actually. But selling two upgrades a week gets you a bottle of wine.
Not round here it wont!...or if it did it would come out of the team pot anyway.
great job but it is hard work
I'm only kiding, but actually at the last meeting a couple of guys got bottles from the tsm for selling. Nobody said how much though.
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johnfox
seems BG do not want the old fashioned service engineer who can repair nearly all systems,the word oboslete appliance is often quoted by some BG staff on an often usually high basis.
in my opinion a gas engineer likes to repair heating systems and wants to do and can do.
but their idea is to sell new boilers/upgrades and worst of all POxxrfluXX when not required.
the old boys (fitters/service enginners) of BG are the best,heck who needs a computer to repair a 20 year old glowworm space saver.
OK the computer says,you need a new boiler now.
sorry another rant.
there are some top engineers out there.not on bg employ.
in my opinion a gas engineer likes to repair heating systems and wants to do and can do.
but their idea is to sell new boilers/upgrades and worst of all POxxrfluXX when not required.
the old boys (fitters/service enginners) of BG are the best,heck who needs a computer to repair a 20 year old glowworm space saver.
OK the computer says,you need a new boiler now.
sorry another rant.
there are some top engineers out there.not on bg employ.
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