How to find a competent tradesman?
Looking for a reliable tradesman is a difficult task. With horror stories about cowboy builders constantly on TV and in the press, putting your faith in someone and parting with your hard earned cash takes a great deal of trust. There is one way, however, that you can guarantee proficiency in the trade you have employed and that is through a competence card scheme. There can be no guarantees of course and taking up referrals and references is certainly a sensible thing to do nevertheless, a card from say the CSCS, indicates to the client that the individual has the skills required and the