I've been working in Construction for Ten Years. My advice to anybody thinking of going into this sector or to people already in it is treat your mind and body as one, equal. Go to bed and wake up at the same time. Have a hearty Breakfast. Wake up a bit earlier than you need to to give yourself time to evaluate the day ahead and to get into a positive mindset before work. Work hard but not harder than your body can handle. Don't go to the Pub straight after Work or if you want to then limit it to a couple of days a week, not everyday. Do a small 10-15 minute workout after work ( I know it sounds crazy but if you can come home after a hard day's graft and still do more it will make you more efficient in your Job and it will build a stronger mind but when you need to rest, rest. Stretching is also key as is having a nice big healthy dinner every night and a light healthy lunch. Stay away from Drugs, I know, easier said than done but they will destroy any positivity you have built in your mindset. Spend time with family, friends and pets and if you don't have any of those then join a club of some sort. Martial arts is excellent as manual labour or any physical job will benefit your martial arts and your martial arts training will benefit your Job especially when it comes to fitness and discipline. Don't take life too seriously but don't waste it either by giving in to desires that have no benefit to you. Your life is yours to take control of and you have the Power to do anything that you put your mind to. Go easy on yourself but be strict with yourself. It's a hard thing to master but once you're there you will never look back. Stay Strong.
You sir, are a gent and a scholar. Thanks for your time sharing that. I’m in construction management and the stress can sometimes get the better of us. Just finding a way to manage it and know the triggers is the key. I use most if not all of your techniques. Thank you
I’m pumped that you have a podcast now Ant 😁 just got a new job driving a van & have many hours for podcast listening - super glad to add you to my list
I’ve commented on other podcasts in relation to my role as a martial arts instructor but this one hits close to my day job. I think this relates to many trades/manual jobs. People care so much that the kit is in good order and that the job gets done no matter what but people don’t seem to matter so long as the job gets done
This is a great idea for a podcast topic. It’s about time this stuff started getting more attention. A lot of this really goes under the radar and not many are aware. Lives of good men can get ruined when it’s often totally avoidable with the right management of people. The biggest problem with the construction industry is that the people in management making decisions are usually the privileged kids who have been to university and got the degree but have no understanding what so ever of what the men on the tools are going through and what they deal with on a daily basis. We need to go back to a time where more of the guys that earned their stripes and respect by working their way up over years and years get promoted in to the higher positions. Also recruitment agencies are the cancer of the constructions industry. They see people as totally expendable and nothing more than pawns. They have no problem giving people a job and then laying them off with no notice what so ever. These people have lives and families and bills to pay. Also a lot of the time they are using people to fill positions that they are not qualified for and not capable of. All so the recruitment agency can take their extortionate cut of the money. But when these guys are then ridiculed on site for not being up to it and let go who is there for them? And they’re put in this position often because they’re desperate for work so they can provide for their families. We need to go back to a time of proper apprenticeship’s and training being available for these kids leaving school and for older guys wanting to get in to the industry, so that they learn the correct skills properly and have a proper pathway in to the industry. The country has an absolutely huge shortage of skilled tradesmen. Why are we not putting proper systems in place that give these kids an attractive opportunity that gives them a decent career path instead of making them fend for themselves being totally unprepared. The amount of people you see who bounce from job to job and company to company never really coping is incredible. The whole system needs to be structured better because there are so many different issues and caveats that contribute to the problem. Ok rant over. Great to see you getting the issue out there guys.
Not sure if you will see this Ant, however I witnessed a suicide coming out of London 4 years ago, horrible. Few months later and I was written off, left my job with help from my doctor, no support from said job. Went self employed with £50 to my name and I have a very satisfying sole trader job now with lots of work on word of mouth basis. Now looking to join the Royal Marines next year. We need to do more for young men it’s hell to live through and I was lucky and determined to make it to the other side 🙏🏼
If you are struggling mentally then give the military a swerve, I know a few people that I personally told this too... both tried to kill them self after leaving the army
@@itanamullik appreciate the comment, however I left the area that caused a lot of the struggle and feel much more in the right path in life with the training I’m doing 🤜🏼
Enjoyed this one, bit close to home as i work out on the roads and i have recently witnessed people suffering with mental health at work but unfortunately can’t afford time off to deal with it
Serious question, but why don't you lads unionise for better working conditions? Boils my piss how little job security you have. My dad was a bricklayer and his hands were close to useless by the end of his life.
@@unusedsub3003 because no body cares about other peoples health people only care about people they care about. private company's only care about profit
@@unusedsub3003 By happy I mean, the money is decent, no matter what anyone says. You can make a fortune from construction/landscaping. Your Dad was an absolute Warrior, a hard working man. A clever methodical Bricklayer, I have no doubt whatsoever. It's an utter shame that we kill ourselves daily, and for what? There are always other options but we choose the hard graft and that is ultimately the end of us.
@@sammcknight8671 I see what you mean. My Dad wasn't a very big guy, so his hands weren't that big, which meant that everytime he lifted a brick there was strain on the tendons in his hands. After almost 4 decades of that abuse on his hands, in all weather, he was a wreck. A real shame because he loved playing the guitar and painting, which he had to stop. I think that contributed to his decline. We even had to help him on the toilet for a few years. Me and my sisters had good lives thanks to his job, we always went on camping holidays in France as children, never wanted for anything and we all went to university. I am a middle-class white collar worker, but after seeing how crappy and short may Dad's retirement was, I think you guys deserve better.
Fair play @AntMiddleton for covering this topic i working in construction and only today hered a chilling story ud never want to here and 1 on the main Constitution to someone loosing there live was under Pressure to get job finished on time Ruthless industry unfortunately all I know so stuck in it now
Chatli Collison on his bricklaying channel used to give loads of advice on eating well, looking after your mental and physical health, avoiding stress.
At 7:30 there are more women in Trades in the home improvements sector of construction. I was on big sites for 20 years, for a council DLO, then contractors, but that's unusual.
There’s an old saying in the construction industry ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW ITS WHO YOU KNOW. That’s how you get a job with no qualifications I’ve been in this industry since I was 15 kicked out of school my dad told me your not dosing about get in the van your coming with me I’m now 38 and still doing construction/utilities and I’ve seen some bad things happen BUT it needs to change fast. Great podcast lads
Enjoyed that guys, thanks for spreading an important message. I’ve been in construction for almost 30 years and I think a big problem is around the fact that many construction workers are forced to be self employed, from labourers, trades to managers, there’s not many that are employed direct so the companies expect 100% commitment from the worker but as they want you self employed you have far fewer rights - can be laid off at the drop of a hat (this in itself causes stress etc. as the worker has no security to provide for family, no holidays when self employed (so scared of knowing you won’t be paid if you don’t go in and therefore you could be on your last legs but you’ll still go in as you’ve got bills to pay etc. I know this happens in other industries as well but I think ‘agency’ work and umbrella companies have a lot to answer for.
Definitely facts, I'd go far as to say it contributes to alot of working class thinking fuck it what's the point in it I'll go on the dole ,more security in that. I remember when I left the forces,got myself a job in transport in a meat processing plant, was OK wages except out of the blue they sacked me, I was agency staff, I had a house an stuff to run, I ended up loosing it all living in a hostel with drug addicts,criminals, sex offender's, it proper messed with my head, ruined my mental health. Now I got to the point is why the fuck would I want to work for a shity agency?!!!! There's no security whatsoever and like you said the self imployed thing is shit .
I was working on an Oil Refinery South Wales [Mobile Crane Operator] And was talking to a manager who JUST took on this new Lad, Manager told the Lad go FILL UP THE Dumper, We were Talking for about an Hour and were wondering where the Heck is the Lad UNTIL I LOOKED DOWN and saw he had FILLED UP THE FKING FRONT DUMPER FULL of Diesel SPLASHING around ALL over the Road.
Off subject here but much respect to you ant for saving the local butcher! Just wish there was more ppl like you with a heart ! And can see the big picture. Have a good Xmas to you and your family. Oh and do a podcast on us forgotten bin men / woman 😉👊🍻
It's true. I work on the motorways was working on the back on a 3.5 ton van. Got hit by a crane wagon. Crushed by metal frames thrown about lucky to not get killed. When called the office the first thing they said was is the van okay to drive back to the yard.....
Big firms say that if you have a problem with mental health speak to anyone in the management team. I did and a day later was told not to come back to site with the excuses about not enough work.
Tunnelling from 18 to mid 30's I can safely say the guys I was working with were on the raggedy edge every day. On line sewer replacement, timber headings, new tunnels, we got paid for what we achieved. Everyman jack was a fucking lunatic, and a drink a way from fighting.
Ant. Read all your books (RAEME) Loose your energy bars, books etc. Stand alone. If you're doing your job (which you are) people will look YOU up and the rest will sort itself out. 🇦🇺
I remember leaving school at 16 going straight into the working environment at 17 and i struggled sometimes with the banter to the point some of it made me leave jobs i wasn't prepared for it and i took things to personal and i hated it so literally quit the work after 2 months and i did give it back sometimes but i was the youngest there so had to show respect to these guys but the piss taking was something almost like i just had to put up with it! And i did but yeah it got to a point where i physically wanted to hurt these guy's so to avoid that i walked away from the job! But also then when i went straight back into my next job it kind of prepared me for the bullshit that may come my way and to just give it back and not to give a shit! Hence why now literally i don't give a shit what i say to someone if it offends you AND 🤷♂️ go cry to your mum and its wrong in some situations but the life I've lived has turned me into a person who cares very little for others outside of my mrs and kids! My family i don't even speak to any of them and haven't done so for years because they crossed me and with me you get one chance you mess me around were done no questions asked and tbh imo toxic people who screw you over are like a cancer and sometimes its best to just cut them out! And in terms of my mental health i to have suffered with this and still do now but i manage to deal with it better it never fully goes but i manage it better however at my worst time i did try and take my own life and thank fuck i failed because i wouldn't have what i do now but people forget that MH is an illness and pills talking etc do not cure this you just have to learn to deal with it in better ways and imo thing's that make you genuinely happy definitely help you deal with your own demons. Great episode Ant 👊🏻
Been in construction working at height for 40 years , I have witnessed a lot of mental health issues over the years ,talk to your mates don’t bottle it up
Our Government doesn’t take responsibility for mental health and that is shown by everyone being directed to a variety of charities. Many of us will go to work to get away from the true stresses of life. Its not the construction industry that is the issue. Its just that its the biggest industry in the UK.
So so many courses made to make it look like things are being done. CSCS cards is one of them. Colleges are also part of the problem as they have student pass targets. Nothing less demoralising and depressing watching people getting a pass in life when you yourself have worked hard to get where you are.
In todays world though with health evaluations, there would be no one working. There are 1000s being signed off as present far less doing it on a regular basis. It would be horrendous also if there was a benefit to fall back on. We need to remember also, what works for one construction sector, might not work or even be experienced in another sector, so we can’t have a blanket system either.
How can the government take responsibility for MH of workers when employers are those driving the folk into the ground. If the government were to intervene it would be spun that the government are stopping you earning money.
@@will2574 what’s the first thing you are advised to do if you think you should go speak to someone. You might think your doctor, but our own governments like on here tell you to have a word with organisations such as the Samaritans. As someone who was rushed to hospital and resuscitated then after being sent home later that evening to awaken in my own bed again not known what’s just gone on in the last 24 hours after taking my life, to then fight with doctors and beg for a place in a specialist hospital, I know some of the struggles we all may have to go through. Where was the support any where through it apart from resuscitation that at the point I was raging that they had done. But to then kick you back out on to the streets basically with no further support but to go speak to the Samaritans, I can understand why we have an issue. My problem wasn’t on the construction sites, but my home life. Like thousands of others that are happy and willing to work, and mainly are happier at work rather than going home. Every area has that suicide spot. The closest one at the time where I was, is approx 1.5 miles away from the hospital. The bridge that goes over the Tay River. The one the ambulances cross each day to get you to that hospital. The Hospital that cannot cope with you. One of the major hospitals in Scotland. Like most things, its an outer government organisation that will seek funding from both government as well as charity donations. And unfortunately being out of the NHS system there is no links with it. Its bad enough that within the NHS departments don’t speak to each other, far less those outside the NHS. When I initially went to see my doctor, she couldn’t do anything to help me apart from give me the medication I used to kill myself with. She had nowhere that she could send me, but give me a leaflet so I could go speak to someone else. Then afterwards when I was going to do it all over again but instead pleaded with a doctor to help, they still couldn’t help, even with phone calls. I had to go down and sit outside a separate hospital hoping by the end of the day a bed would be available for me. It is a fight.
@@will2574 I shall add. If I hadn’t been helped by my friend when he had helped me, I would have been pronounced dead at my Joinery Workshop. My suicide wasn’t down to the construction industry though. But I am sure it would have been associated with it.
The hse are there to uphold the health and safety law. Employers are to stop the deaths.. You can put that at the door of the hse who have no control over people!
Is imaginable that may be we meet in person and have a chat around a coffee, tea, scotch whisky? Because so far You are "my one and only Personal God in which I deeply trust". And I would like to meet in flesh and blood not only in pixels and Gigabytes, if You know what I mean... Sorry for being so direct, but it's personal 🙏😢✝🆗
I did a degree in construction, and can't get a job.. I have now secured a position in another line of work. But my point being I often think did I waste 4 to 7 years of my life, trying to chace a dream...??
I've been working in Construction for Ten Years. My advice to anybody thinking of going into this sector or to people already in it is treat your mind and body as one, equal. Go to bed and wake up at the same time. Have a hearty Breakfast. Wake up a bit earlier than you need to to give yourself time to evaluate the day ahead and to get into a positive mindset before work. Work hard but not harder than your body can handle. Don't go to the Pub straight after Work or if you want to then limit it to a couple of days a week, not everyday. Do a small 10-15 minute workout after work ( I know it sounds crazy but if you can come home after a hard day's graft and still do more it will make you more efficient in your Job and it will build a stronger mind but when you need to rest, rest. Stretching is also key as is having a nice big healthy dinner every night and a light healthy lunch. Stay away from Drugs, I know, easier said than done but they will destroy any positivity you have built in your mindset. Spend time with family, friends and pets and if you don't have any of those then join a club of some sort. Martial arts is excellent as manual labour or any physical job will benefit your martial arts and your martial arts training will benefit your Job especially when it comes to fitness and discipline. Don't take life too seriously but don't waste it either by giving in to desires that have no benefit to you. Your life is yours to take control of and you have the Power to do anything that you put your mind to. Go easy on yourself but be strict with yourself. It's a hard thing to master but once you're there you will never look back. Stay Strong.
Very well said
You sir, are a gent and a scholar.
Thanks for your time sharing that. I’m in construction management and the stress can sometimes get the better of us. Just finding a way to manage it and know the triggers is the key. I use most if not all of your techniques.
Thank you
I’m pumped that you have a podcast now Ant 😁 just got a new job driving a van & have many hours for podcast listening - super glad to add you to my list
Loving these pod casts bringing light to so many taboo subject's. Well done! 👏🏼
Keep doing your thing brother, so proud of you 💥📈
Love the brutal subjects on this podcast really sheds light on it!
I’ve commented on other podcasts in relation to my role as a martial arts instructor but this one hits close to my day job. I think this relates to many trades/manual jobs. People care so much that the kit is in good order and that the job gets done no matter what but people don’t seem to matter so long as the job gets done
This is a great idea for a podcast topic. It’s about time this stuff started getting more attention. A lot of this really goes under the radar and not many are aware. Lives of good men can get ruined when it’s often totally avoidable with the right management of people. The biggest problem with the construction industry is that the people in management making decisions are usually the privileged kids who have been to university and got the degree but have no understanding what so ever of what the men on the tools are going through and what they deal with on a daily basis. We need to go back to a time where more of the guys that earned their stripes and respect by working their way up over years and years get promoted in to the higher positions. Also recruitment agencies are the cancer of the constructions industry. They see people as totally expendable and nothing more than pawns. They have no problem giving people a job and then laying them off with no notice what so ever. These people have lives and families and bills to pay. Also a lot of the time they are using people to fill positions that they are not qualified for and not capable of. All so the recruitment agency can take their extortionate cut of the money. But when these guys are then ridiculed on site for not being up to it and let go who is there for them? And they’re put in this position often because they’re desperate for work so they can provide for their families. We need to go back to a time of proper apprenticeship’s and training being available for these kids leaving school and for older guys wanting to get in to the industry, so that they learn the correct skills properly and have a proper pathway in to the industry. The country has an absolutely huge shortage of skilled tradesmen. Why are we not putting proper systems in place that give these kids an attractive opportunity that gives them a decent career path instead of making them fend for themselves being totally unprepared. The amount of people you see who bounce from job to job and company to company never really coping is incredible. The whole system needs to be structured better because there are so many different issues and caveats that contribute to the problem. Ok rant over. Great to see you getting the issue out there guys.
Not sure if you will see this Ant, however I witnessed a suicide coming out of London 4 years ago, horrible. Few months later and I was written off, left my job with help from my doctor, no support from said job. Went self employed with £50 to my name and I have a very satisfying sole trader job now with lots of work on word of mouth basis. Now looking to join the Royal Marines next year. We need to do more for young men it’s hell to live through and I was lucky and determined to make it to the other side 🙏🏼
If you are struggling mentally then give the military a swerve, I know a few people that I personally told this too... both tried to kill them self after leaving the army
@@itanamullik appreciate the comment, however I left the area that caused a lot of the struggle and feel much more in the right path in life with the training I’m doing 🤜🏼
Great podcast Ant , a serious issue mixed in with a bit of a laugh, keep it going 👌
Enjoyed this one, bit close to home as i work out on the roads and i have recently witnessed people suffering with mental health at work but unfortunately can’t afford time off to deal with it
Serious question, but why don't you lads unionise for better working conditions? Boils my piss how little job security you have. My dad was a bricklayer and his hands were close to useless by the end of his life.
@@unusedsub3003 because no body cares about other peoples health people only care about people they care about. private company's only care about profit
@@unusedsub3003 Unfortunately most of us are 'happy' with the way things are until it's too late.
@@unusedsub3003 By happy I mean, the money is decent, no matter what anyone says. You can make a fortune from construction/landscaping. Your Dad was an absolute Warrior, a hard working man. A clever methodical Bricklayer, I have no doubt whatsoever. It's an utter shame that we kill ourselves daily, and for what? There are always other options but we choose the hard graft and that is ultimately the end of us.
@@sammcknight8671 I see what you mean. My Dad wasn't a very big guy, so his hands weren't that big, which meant that everytime he lifted a brick there was strain on the tendons in his hands. After almost 4 decades of that abuse on his hands, in all weather, he was a wreck. A real shame because he loved playing the guitar and painting, which he had to stop. I think that contributed to his decline. We even had to help him on the toilet for a few years. Me and my sisters had good lives thanks to his job, we always went on camping holidays in France as children, never wanted for anything and we all went to university. I am a middle-class white collar worker, but after seeing how crappy and short may Dad's retirement was, I think you guys deserve better.
Fair play @AntMiddleton for covering this topic i working in construction and only today hered a chilling story ud never want to here and 1 on the main Constitution to someone loosing there live was under Pressure to get job finished on time
Ruthless industry unfortunately all I know so stuck in it now
Ant I applaud your moral awareness for the fibre of our society,most people that Work on building sites bust there ass every day!
Chatli Collison on his bricklaying channel used to give loads of advice on eating well, looking after your mental and physical health, avoiding stress.
At 7:30 there are more women in Trades in the home improvements sector of construction. I was on big sites for 20 years, for a council DLO, then contractors, but that's unusual.
There’s an old saying in the construction industry ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW ITS WHO YOU KNOW. That’s how you get a job with no qualifications I’ve been in this industry since I was 15 kicked out of school my dad told me your not dosing about get in the van your coming with me I’m now 38 and still doing construction/utilities and I’ve seen some bad things happen BUT it needs to change fast.
Great podcast lads
Enjoyed that guys, thanks for spreading an important message. I’ve been in construction for almost 30 years and I think a big problem is around the fact that many construction workers are forced to be self employed, from labourers, trades to managers, there’s not many that are employed direct so the companies expect 100% commitment from the worker but as they want you self employed you have far fewer rights - can be laid off at the drop of a hat (this in itself causes stress etc. as the worker has no security to provide for family, no holidays when self employed (so scared of knowing you won’t be paid if you don’t go in and therefore you could be on your last legs but you’ll still go in as you’ve got bills to pay etc. I know this happens in other industries as well but I think ‘agency’ work and umbrella companies have a lot to answer for.
Definitely facts, I'd go far as to say it contributes to alot of working class thinking fuck it what's the point in it I'll go on the dole ,more security in that. I remember when I left the forces,got myself a job in transport in a meat processing plant, was OK wages except out of the blue they sacked me, I was agency staff, I had a house an stuff to run, I ended up loosing it all living in a hostel with drug addicts,criminals, sex offender's, it proper messed with my head, ruined my mental health. Now I got to the point is why the fuck would I want to work for a shity agency?!!!! There's no security whatsoever and like you said the self imployed thing is shit .
I've worked on buliding sites before. The banter thing is shocking. It's not banter it's straight up abuse.
Sunday evenings sorted 🙌
Ah wow this one is so sad 😢
Cheers Ant 🙌🏼
Highways england will love this 😀
I was working on an Oil Refinery South Wales [Mobile Crane Operator] And was talking to a manager who JUST took on this new Lad, Manager told the Lad go FILL UP THE Dumper, We were Talking for about an Hour and were wondering where the Heck is the Lad UNTIL I LOOKED DOWN and saw he had FILLED UP THE FKING FRONT DUMPER FULL of Diesel SPLASHING around ALL over the Road.
Ha ha 😂 brilliant...
Off subject here but much respect to you ant for saving the local butcher! Just wish there was more ppl like you with a heart ! And can see the big picture. Have a good Xmas to you and your family. Oh and do a podcast on us forgotten bin men / woman 😉👊🍻
Brilliant Stephen ❤❤ keep going always - you are doing amazing things. So glad Ant had you on his podcast to raise these issues ❤️ love big sis xxx
Brilliant episode- listened a few times to take it in
It's true. I work on the motorways was working on the back on a 3.5 ton van. Got hit by a crane wagon. Crushed by metal frames thrown about lucky to not get killed. When called the office the first thing they said was is the van okay to drive back to the yard.....
Big firms say that if you have a problem with mental health speak to anyone in the management team. I did and a day later was told not to come back to site with the excuses about not enough work.
Yes, I had a close friend who told me about his stint contracting for Graham Construction in Manchester, awful.
I also worked in the building trade for 50yr years this is so true worked long hours
Tunnelling from 18 to mid 30's I can safely say the guys I was working with were on the raggedy edge every day. On line sewer replacement, timber headings, new tunnels, we got paid for what we achieved. Everyman jack was a fucking lunatic, and a drink a way from fighting.
Fantastic 🙌 thank you 👊💯
Mental health above wealth 💚💪.
Great GROW projects, Ii ICONIC
A lot a hell of a lot to do with cocaine.,
Ant. Read all your books (RAEME) Loose your energy bars, books etc. Stand alone. If you're doing your job (which you are) people will look YOU up and the rest will sort itself out. 🇦🇺
Competition on my Instagram (Ant Middleton) Page.
'2009' was a good year for myself and my Gurkha brother
Get Chris thrall on here ant, would be really interesting 👍🏻
I remember leaving school at 16 going straight into the working environment at 17 and i struggled sometimes with the banter to the point some of it made me leave jobs i wasn't prepared for it and i took things to personal and i hated it so literally quit the work after 2 months and i did give it back sometimes but i was the youngest there so had to show respect to these guys but the piss taking was something almost like i just had to put up with it! And i did but yeah it got to a point where i physically wanted to hurt these guy's so to avoid that i walked away from the job! But also then when i went straight back into my next job it kind of prepared me for the bullshit that may come my way and to just give it back and not to give a shit! Hence why now literally i don't give a shit what i say to someone if it offends you AND 🤷♂️ go cry to your mum and its wrong in some situations but the life I've lived has turned me into a person who cares very little for others outside of my mrs and kids! My family i don't even speak to any of them and haven't done so for years because they crossed me and with me you get one chance you mess me around were done no questions asked and tbh imo toxic people who screw you over are like a cancer and sometimes its best to just cut them out! And in terms of my mental health i to have suffered with this and still do now but i manage to deal with it better it never fully goes but i manage it better however at my worst time i did try and take my own life and thank fuck i failed because i wouldn't have what i do now but people forget that MH is an illness and pills talking etc do not cure this you just have to learn to deal with it in better ways and imo thing's that make you genuinely happy definitely help you deal with your own demons.
Great episode Ant 👊🏻
Been in construction working at height for 40 years , I have witnessed a lot of mental health issues over the years ,talk to your mates don’t bottle it up
Apart from seeing Ant screaming at people on SAS Show he seems like the type of guy you could shake hands with and share stories.
Awesome bud bro 🐸,x pig boy
Only questions I get asked is what's the mix for the slurry,boom into it!
Our Government doesn’t take responsibility for mental health and that is shown by everyone being directed to a variety of charities. Many of us will go to work to get away from the true stresses of life. Its not the construction industry that is the issue. Its just that its the biggest industry in the UK.
So so many courses made to make it look like things are being done. CSCS cards is one of them. Colleges are also part of the problem as they have student pass targets. Nothing less demoralising and depressing watching people getting a pass in life when you yourself have worked hard to get where you are.
In todays world though with health evaluations, there would be no one working. There are 1000s being signed off as present far less doing it on a regular basis. It would be horrendous also if there was a benefit to fall back on. We need to remember also, what works for one construction sector, might not work or even be experienced in another sector, so we can’t have a blanket system either.
How can the government take responsibility for MH of workers when employers are those driving the folk into the ground. If the government were to intervene it would be spun that the government are stopping you earning money.
@@will2574 what’s the first thing you are advised to do if you think you should go speak to someone. You might think your doctor, but our own governments like on here tell you to have a word with organisations such as the Samaritans. As someone who was rushed to hospital and resuscitated then after being sent home later that evening to awaken in my own bed again not known what’s just gone on in the last 24 hours after taking my life, to then fight with doctors and beg for a place in a specialist hospital, I know some of the struggles we all may have to go through. Where was the support any where through it apart from resuscitation that at the point I was raging that they had done. But to then kick you back out on to the streets basically with no further support but to go speak to the Samaritans, I can understand why we have an issue. My problem wasn’t on the construction sites, but my home life. Like thousands of others that are happy and willing to work, and mainly are happier at work rather than going home. Every area has that suicide spot. The closest one at the time where I was, is approx 1.5 miles away from the hospital. The bridge that goes over the Tay River. The one the ambulances cross each day to get you to that hospital. The Hospital that cannot cope with you. One of the major hospitals in Scotland. Like most things, its an outer government organisation that will seek funding from both government as well as charity donations. And unfortunately being out of the NHS system there is no links with it. Its bad enough that within the NHS departments don’t speak to each other, far less those outside the NHS. When I initially went to see my doctor, she couldn’t do anything to help me apart from give me the medication I used to kill myself with. She had nowhere that she could send me, but give me a leaflet so I could go speak to someone else. Then afterwards when I was going to do it all over again but instead pleaded with a doctor to help, they still couldn’t help, even with phone calls. I had to go down and sit outside a separate hospital hoping by the end of the day a bed would be available for me. It is a fight.
@@will2574 I shall add. If I hadn’t been helped by my friend when he had helped me, I would have been pronounced dead at my Joinery Workshop. My suicide wasn’t down to the construction industry though. But I am sure it would have been associated with it.
The hse are there to uphold the health and safety law. Employers are to stop the deaths.. You can put that at the door of the hse who have no control over people!
They can bring in better systems and legislation
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In the government is more believable
construction H&S is full of ass covering and manipulating risk assessments to satisfy business.
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I did a degree in construction, and can't get a job..
I have now secured a position in another line of work.
But my point being I often think did I waste 4 to 7 years of my life, trying to chace a dream...??
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