I have always called those that do odd jobs around ones house inside or out, who have no specialist work, but have trained in all sorts, "Jobbers".
Just down the road today was a young man working on a porch roof at some brickwork that had blown and he was replacing these blown bricks and also pointing as he went on. I had nodded the time of day to him over the past few days, and he seemed a friendly and competent young man.
Sadly and the first thing I knew this afternoon was when one and then two emergency ambulances appeared between the houses that I occupy and the other house.
The young man had taken a step back and fallen off the roof and landed on a raised wall flower bed onto his back.He was taken away on a spinal board with a neck brace also in place.
I ask this question being a bit of a worrier, who is responsible for his fall, both technically and for insurance purposes.
I would presume that he would have insurance because in our chat he told me he was going back home to Yorkshire to his family for Christmas, but if he wasn't who would be liable. Himself or the household who he was working for and on?
A very frightening prospect should the worst have happened to the poor lad.
Jim