Empoyees tools what should i supply

[simonland]

Hi i am an employer with 1 employee i was wandering what everyone else does with supplying power tools and hand tools i spoke to a few others who have told me to supply van and sundry items drill bits ect only they are responsible to bring own hand tools,drills that are used everyday ect anything not used everyday i supply, it seems i am forever buying new tools ect whats everyones thoughts

 

[Midwest]

What this one?

There's no sound track!

 

[Pete999]

There's no sound track!

I'll try and find a signing version, sorry you're blind and all

 

[Phil Thompson]

I always supplied my own hand tools as did everyone I went to college with and worked alongside, bosses supplied everything else.

I've a lad starting on Tuesday and that's how it will be with him.

 

[nunthe wiser]

Hand tools looked after and used properly last forever, I go through screwdrivers because I'll use them for prying and bashing. My choice my responsibility. Power tools have to pay for themselves over the course of their life, a certain amount on every job allocated for paying and replacing of power tools. Employers nowadays won't supply anything, i supply my own gear, like saws sds etc because I don't like begging off the next guy. But employers have come to expect the employee to supply without a suitable rise in wages to cover tooling. While taking profit from the work done. Not a rant, just how I see it nowadays.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Employer should provide van, SDS drill and PPE. Employee should provide combi drill, impact etc (Get a quality kit with jigsaw, grinder etc in for about £700), own hand tools, own rods, Hoover etc.

In my opinion and that's what I own/ was given

 

[Phil Thompson]

Aye, if you're a subby you'd supply all those power tools, not if PAYE, hand tools only for paye.

 

[Dave OCD]

I'm going to work for Westy

Good idea, you'll be supplied with copious amounts of 2mm earth sleeving as well.

 

[UKMeterman]

One solution might be if the employee is good in other respects is to get a list written down once of what she / he wants, buy it in and if it is breaks then has to be be demonstrated as duff to you. When the employee leaves at end of contract, deduct at list cost any company items not returned. All power tools issued to a named member of staff. You could ask why they are going missing and ask if he wants a new tool box with padlock.

 

[Leader]

Good idea, you'll be supplied with copious amounts of 2mm earth sleeving as well.

I already have 100m but you can never have too much

 

[davesparks]

I have only been cards in with the company where I served my apprenticeship, and they were a very old fashioned company. We bought our own basic hand tools, all power tools and specialist tools were supplied by the company.

 

[GlenTavener]

I trained with an electricity board in the early 60s, no tools were supplied. Power tools as such were a rare thing indeed, the first electric drill being shown off by another lad who of course had bought his own. Apart from obvious specialist tools I feel each person should provide their own tools, these are always cared for much better than those bought by an employer. We've come a long way from fibre rawlplugs a hammer and a rawlplug tool, or if the wall was soft enough a hand drill and masonary bit - thank goodness. We even had someone come in to demonstrate how good a new type of screw was, the posidrive, slotted up till then.