Question about what to expect from directly employer labourers

[Jon-uk]

I am about to embark on a large garden pond project and wondered whether someone could let me know what of the following would be reasonable to expect general labourers to perform / have experience of doing:

1 - Concrete laying
2 - Rebar fitting
3 - Block walling
4 - Mini digger operation
5 - Mixing concrete
6 - Ground levels

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mottie]

Only get the labourers to do what you can afford to put right if they **** it up! If they had any skills, they wouldn't be labourers. That's my view anyway.

 

[Doggit]

I would not expect general labourers to do any of those jobs, apart from the concrete mixing. All the rest require a degree of competence, and you'd employ a builder that directs the GLs and tells them what to do, and he then takes responsibility if they screw up.

 

[JohnD]

digging trenches, breaking up paving and wheeling it to the skip.

 

[Alastairreid]

Youre looking for a groundworker, possibly hard landscaper.

 

[WabbitPoo]

DIY, that'd be my advice (if you're even remotely able)

 

[^woody^]

1 and 5.

 

[Jon-uk]

Great feedback, thanks guys.

 

[tomfe]

1,2 and 5
1 and 2 under direct supervision.

 

[Ian H]

I'd say everything except 4 unless they have spent time on a digger before.

 

[^woody^]

The thing is, there are labourers and there are labourers. Some, I would not even allow on a broom.

 

[Ian H]

Get this guy round: