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Work Environment:
As a thatcher, you'd replace and repair thatched roofing. You'd work as per strict regulations governing the techniques and materials which are permitted to utilize so as to maintain structures in their original shape.
Being a thatcher, one of your major tasks includes preparing the materials and roof before beginning reroofing work. And this should comprise:
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You'd utilize various thatching craft-tools, comprising mallets, eave knives, shearing hooks and needles. Few thatchers also harvest and cultivate their own materials of thatching.
Qualification, Education and Experience:
You don't require any particular qualifications for the work. You can discover work chances by contacting thatching firms or distinct thatchers for information on available positions of trainee.
You might be capable to apply for the Training Scheme executed by Herefordshire-College of Technology, if you begin as a trainee thatcher.
You might also be required to move to a sector where thatching abilities are required.
For information about regional thatching firms, visit the website of National Society of Master Thatchers or contact the Thatching Information-Service.
Training Details:
You can acquire Second and Third levels NVQ in Roofing Occupations: thatching, when you begin working. The NVQ qualification includes:
If you're a trainee, experienced Thatcher, you could contact the National-Society of Master Thatchers regarding their scheme of membership, which might assist you improve your career and create contacts in the business. It also provides courses for associates and gives guidance on technical matters.
Traditional Building-Skills Bursary Scheme
It aspires to address shortages of skills in the conventional crafts and built heritage area, by providing bursaries and arranging training-placements for qualified candidates.
See the website of Traditional Building-Skills Bursary Scheme, for further details regarding available placements, scheme and eligibility.
Skills and knowledge:
Salary and Other Benefits:
Working Conditions:
Your working hours would rely on the work availability, although it may comprise weekends and evenings.
You'd work outside in all climate conditions, operating from a scaffolding/ladder.
This job could be really dusty, and wheat-straw's spores and reed seeds could be injurious if you've a chest problem.
You might need to voyage between different jobs.
Different Opportunities:
You can work on a freelance basis, working with partner, by yourself or as a trainee.
The majority of thatched structures are located in rural regions such as the West Country and the Midlands.
Conservation laws often don't permit owners to change thatch by different materials, thus the thatched structures stays moderately stable.
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When you've arranged the roof, you'd put thatch bundles to the timbers of roof (battens), utilizing metal-hooks or tarred cord. You'd begin work from the eaves where the roofing meets up the walls to the edge at the top side. You may also form the ridges in decorative designs.
You'd usually be given training for over 2 years, if you occupy a position in the New Entrants-Training Scheme. This training is given at the work. You'd get the NVQ in Roofing Occupations: Thatching, after accomplishing the course.
Contact Herefordshire-College of Technology, for additional information on the scheme.