Paving Expert

Thank you McCormacks, for your ‘hands on’ - not only when thumping the tiles to the mortar below, but also on the keyboard bringing this forward to a larger community.

The work is indeed commendable www.pavingexpert.com

Although the site is more applicable to the UK context, its comprehensiveness should be really useful to anyone inclined towards the art of paving.

Certification and interaction

Thanks for your comment to the previous post Pankaj, you are my first one. Thought a reply would suit better with a fresher post... so, this. And, I like your sublime statement - “… a bundle of intelligence and ignorance at the same time…”

On certification - I realise that about six years ago, the Gujarat Government had initiated a certification programme for masons in the state - the first ever in the country. I recall, if the mason would pass the certification exam, the government reimbursed the facilitating agency or the mason himself with 2000 rupees. This amount I assume was to cover for the costs incurred in preparation for the certification exam. Obviously this amount wasn’t enough because a significant higher number of masons were failing the tests therefore dropping out of the fray. Compounding this was the fact that the certification test required the masons to be literate! One knows how badly calculated some government programmes can be. Now, I don’t hear here much of this programme, and not sure what its status is now - so maybe somebody reading this can throw a light, or I will have to drive down sometime to Gandhinagar at the employment department’s daftar to figure out. Anyhow, there is a lesson already available.

These masons’ interacting sounds like a cool idea. Sure some interaction session can be worked out. Bundelhand to Madhepura is just an overnight sleep train journey away; perhaps an exchange of ten from each side ?