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A while back there was a number of posts from window cleaners panicking that they had been asked to provide a RAMS document on the back of a commercial quotation they given.Asking for clarification is one thing but asking someone to effectively provide you with your marketing material is another.
What I mean is if someone is starting out then surely they have carried out a bit of research to see what a 'trade' entails.
I wonder if it's going from employed to self employed that's the difference. i.e. being employed you are given tasks to complete. Where as being self employed you have to have initiative to actually do something not wait for a job or task to be handed to you.
Self employment is a very different ball game no matter what trade you are undertaking. It's not just the 'trade' it's every aspect of a business from marketing, accounts, branding, logistics, customer support, purchasing to name but a few that you have to master. You have to make every decision no one else can make it for you although if you present an idea then I am sure lots of people will provide guidance.
This is not a pop at the OP just the people that expect to be given a set of instructions. There are people out there who will allow you to buy a set of instructions but they are usually sold as franchises.
You could tell by the post that they hadn't a clue what this was. Even when it was explained some asked if we could give them ours so they could copy it. No, because a risk and method statement would be job specific. Some didn't get it.
I remember pointing one to the H&S website for risk assessment advise and a few examples and templates. "There is no template for window cleaning" was the response. The next post was him demanding someone supply him a copy of theirs so he could copy it.
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