An honest advertisement
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This page is deliberately unflattering. Restoration recruitment advertising is full of families and journeys and award-winning teams, and none of that tells somebody what the Tuesday is like.
What the work actually is
You will be woken up. The on-call telephone is shared and it goes off at three in the morning, in February, when it is raining, and the job at the other end of it is somebody's flooded basement rather than an interesting technical problem.
Some of it is unpleasant in ways that are worth stating before you apply rather than after. Sewage backups are a normal part of this work. So is a crawlspace you have to lie down in. So is a house that has had a fire in it, which smells of a fire for a long time afterwards and gets into your clothes. Full protective equipment is provided, worn properly, and not optional.
And a good deal of it is emotional labour that nobody warns you about. You will spend a lot of time with people on the worst day of their year, and a fair amount of that time explaining, kindly and more than once, that something they care about is not going to be saved. Being decent at that matters here at least as much as being quick with a wand.
What is good about it
It is genuinely useful work and the difference you make is visible on the same day. You will be trusted with your own judgement early, because a crew of six cannot supervise anybody. Nobody is measured on conversion, so you will never be asked to sell somebody a service they do not need, and if you tell a customer their floor will probably flatten on its own, you will be backed rather than corrected.
The training is paid for and the time is paid for. If you want to go down the mould remediation route or into the contents side, say so and it will get organised.
What we look for
No experience is required for a general technician role, and several of the best people in this trade came out of removals, groundwork or catering. What is required: a driving licence, the ability to lift awkward things carefully, turning up when you said you would, and being able to say “I do not know” out loud to a customer instead of guessing at them.
For lead roles we want somebody who can read a moisture log and argue with it.
Terms, stated up front
What we will not do to you
- Unpaid on-callThe rota is shared and the hours are paid. Being woken up is work.
- Commission on conversionThere is none, for anybody, at any level. It is the reason the advice on this site can be honest.
- Kit you have to buyProtective equipment, respirators and boots are provided and replaced when they are worn out.
- Training you pay forCourse fees and the time are covered.
- Being asked to cut a pre-1987 ceilingNobody here will ever ask you to skip an asbestos investigation to save a programme day.
This is a demonstration website for a business that does not exist, so there is no job here to apply for and no message sent through this site reaches an employer.
Not a real vacancy
A fictional firm cannot hire you
This page exists to show what an honest job advertisement in this trade would look like. Everything on it describes a company that was invented for a website demonstration.