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[Fish]

It always surprises me when I see contractors at the golf club working, especially when I know how many self employed business people are members and never get the opportunity to tender for the work the clubs needs to carry out!

There is a huge amount of skillsets on hand and it's never tapped into, so, I thought, why don't we as a forum list on here what our personal skillsets are, after all, I'm constantly reading threads like 'boiler problem', 'computer issues', 'flat roof leaking' etc!

So here we all are, just like a virtual reality golf club, some of us meet quite regularly and some less frequently, but how many of us know what each other does for a living and/or what skillsets we have past or present, and if we could, not in the distant future, help each other out with problems that arise!

I'll start it off......

 

[Fish]

I have a Rendering company, we specialise in all aspects of External Rendering and Insulation (EWI) and can even act as principal contractors on complete renovations of any size, pretty much UK coverage as I have approved contractors and applicators based everywhere although we are based in the Midlands, I can even offer funding towards external wall insulation if you have a solid brick property!

I can be looking for local Plumbers & Electricians wherever we are working as we need to remove and replace external lighting at times and also extend Flues and overflows, Satellite dishes are the bane of my life!

What do you do and what other services on your travels do you need to find at times?

 

[Rooter]

And also interesting to see what people do! I cant imagine anyone here ever needing me! but hey!

I am European Sales Director for an international Mechanical and Electrical engineering consultancy firm. I manage Central and Eastern EMEA (20 countries in total). We mainly perform evaluations and certifications of IT data centers.

So if you own an IT estate of say 5MW and are based in Prague, hit me up!

 

[fundy]

Im a qualified accountant, not currently practising as one though (currently renovating a house from top to bottom!), also spend a lot of time trading (anything from shares/indices/currencies to betting exchanges)

 

[clubchamp98]

I have a Rendering company, we specialise in all aspects of External Rendering and Insulation (EWI) and can even act as principal contractors on complete renovations of any size, pretty much UK coverage as I have approved contractors and applicators based everywhere although we are based in the Midlands, I can even offer funding towards external wall insulation if you have a solid brick property!

I can be looking for local Plumbers & Electricians wherever we are working as we need to remove and replace external lighting at times and also extend Flues and overflows, Satellite dishes are the bane of my life!

What do you do and what other services on your travels do you need to find at times?

spent 40 yrs as a crane driver but retired now.
Trying to get my h/ cap down to cat1 again .

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I have a Rendering company, we specialise in all aspects of External Rendering and Insulation (EWI) and can even act as principal contractors on complete renovations of any size, pretty much UK coverage as I have approved contractors and applicators based everywhere although we are based in the Midlands, I can even offer funding towards external wall insulation if you have a solid brick property!

I can be looking for local Plumbers & Electricians wherever we are working as we need to remove and replace external lighting at times and also extend Flues and overflows, Satellite dishes are the bane of my life!

What do you do and what other services on your travels do you need to find at times?

And here was me and my Mrs wondering who we should contact about getting a quote for getting our 1918 built house re-rendered (or at least part re-rendered) and whitewashed

These days I'm a PM in the IT Consultancy and Services sector - at the moment working on virtualised computing infrastructures.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I'm a chartered accountant - I hate being an accountant so please nobody ever ask me for accounting advice

 

[Dando]

I'm an Insurance Broker. I work for a Lloyd's of London broker and my team specialize in all commercial lines insurance so if anyone needs quotes for their business feel free to get in touch!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Of course there is the 'not so useful' skill sets. My golfing brother is a senior engineer who designs and assures major structural changes to North Sea Oil rigs. I guess if you needed an RSJ for an extension he could help?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I run a business that manufactures specialist cleaning material used in the electronics mfr industry, SMT area in particular.

We also produce a specialist ESD floor paint that we supply all over the world. The current popular market for this is IT data centres / server rooms. I may need to buy Rooter a beer :cheers:

 

[Beezerk]

I'm a service engineer for a British cnc machining centre manufacturer, I do installs, services, repairs, programming the lot really. Although I'm electrically trained it's a multi skilled job, I may be knocking out bearings one day, testing/fitting a 300Hz motor the next, and installing a new pc/setting up IP addresses the day after that. Every day is different which I love.

Fish, you've piqued my interest, I'm pretty sure out house doesn't have cavity insulation and I'm trying to get it a bit more energy efficient.
If you don't mind me asking, what's the best (cheapest ) way of getting the work done and are there available grants?

 

[jdpjamesp]

It always surprises me when I see contractors at the golf club working, especially when I know how many self employed business people are members and never get the opportunity to tender for the work the clubs needs to carry out!

There is a huge amount of skillsets on hand and it's never tapped into, so, I thought, why don't we as a forum list on here what our personal skillsets are, after all, I'm constantly reading threads like 'boiler problem', 'computer issues', 'flat roof leaking' etc!

So here we all are, just like a virtual reality golf club, some of us meet quite regularly and some less frequently, but how many of us know what each other does for a living and/or what skillsets we have past or present, and if we could, not in the distant future, help each other out with problems that arise!

I'll start it off......

I write software for databases in the warehousing industry. So if anyone needs help with Progress 4GL code... :rofl:

And no, just because I work with computers doesn't mean I know how to fix them!

 

[Fish]

And here was me and my Mrs wondering who we should contact about getting a quote for getting our 1918 built house re-rendered (or at least part re-rendered) and whitewashed

Fish, you've piqued my interest, I'm pretty sure out house doesn't have cavity insulation and I'm trying to get it a bit more energy efficient.
If you don't mind me asking, what's the best (cheapest ) way of getting the work done and are there available grants?

Guy's, PM me your email addresses so we can discuss further, a postcode and house number also would help so I can see your property on Streetview :thup:

 

[Crazyface]

I've an abundance of common sense and a willingness to avoid work that ensures duplication of work does not happen! Where I currently work, they have adopted three of the ways I work which has cut down the amount of paper floating about the place, and boy do they know how to generate the use of paper.
Other than that....nowt.

 

[Beezerk]

Guy's, PM me your email addresses so we can discuss further, a postcode and house number also would help so I can see your property on Streetview :thup:

Scam alert

 

[Tashyboy]

Retired, baby sitter and taxi driver 👍

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Scam alert

Alerted - but I believe @Fish is 'probably' ( ) OK - i.e. he's no shark or slippery eel

@Fish - will do - cheers

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I write software for databases in the warehousing industry. So if anyone needs help with Progress 4GL code... :rofl:

And no, just because I work with computers doesn't mean I know how to fix them!

I used to be able to write Fortran77 and Ada And though I'm an IT infrastructure PM - I have no idea how computers actually work - fortunately I don't have to - as long as I know a man - and I know plenty.

 

[Alex1975]

I supply finance for furniture and fit out B2B - Office refurbishment, moving, warehouse, hotel, restaurant and so on. Thousands to millions.

 

[sawtooth]

Enterprise mobility for me and I don't mean hi tech wheelchairs!

25+ yrs in wireless networks, rugged mobile computing, advanced data capture, barcode printers, RFID, locationing, etc, etc.

From supply chain at Amazon, to printing patient wristbands in hospitals - it's everywhere.