Aug 19, 2026 · 25 min · 17 segments
Andy Cam and Todd Glister break down the strengths, weaknesses and personality traits that make someone great in the trade. From technical ability and physical strength to business skills, people…
Well, sometimes it's actually knowing which way to turn out of the drive when you get to the bottom of it, because there's that many jobs on some days, aren't there? You've told that many people you're going to be there.
So the main thing, I think, is getting organised, knowing what you're going to be doing.
having the stuff on your vehicle ready to do that job so you're not driving around all day.
Yeah.
Or if you're doing like an install or something like that, try and get yourself on the install and try to ignore your telephone because if you're on your phone all the time...
It's very difficult to remember where you are when you're installing a boiler or a bathroom or something like that.
So, yeah, I think that organisational skills are fantastic, and being able to ignore people, like we used to when we were at work, you just, if the phone rang, you just left it.
and it used to go beep beep and people go what's that i love that you're like as if you're like on space 1999 i
think another weakness we've got to address here is when you're at that part of the job and you're like right let me go and get that from the van just keep saying it out loud until you get to the van I don't assume you're going to remember it.
Well, sometimes it's actually knowing which way to turn out of the drive when you get to the bottom of it, because there's that many jobs on some days, aren't there? You've told that many people you're going to be there.
So the main thing, I think, is getting organised, knowing what you're going to be doing.
having the stuff on your vehicle ready to do that job so you're not driving around all day.
Yeah.
Or if you're doing like an install or something like that, try and get yourself on the install and try to ignore your telephone because if you're on your phone all the time...
It's very difficult to remember where you are when you're installing a boiler or a bathroom or something like that.
So, yeah, I think that organisational skills are fantastic, and being able to ignore people, like we used to when we were at work, you just, if the phone rang, you just left it.
and it used to go beep beep and people go what's that i love that you're like as if you're like on space 1999 i
think another weakness we've got to address here is when you're at that part of the job and you're like right let me go and get that from the van just keep saying it out loud until you get to the van I don't assume you're going to remember it.
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