During those 18 years lived in London I specialized mainly in painting decorating in construction, properties,offices,facades, woodwork and spraying, also I use to learn a bit of ground working as replacing pavement, jobs in large tall offices buildings, staircases to be paint and similar associated to painting decorating jobs.
painter decorator in London construction industry for more than 15 years, cscs card blue skilled worker, also I used to work as a site manager in logistics with clipfine looking after labourers, fit-out site manager as well but the SMSTS certificate expired so I just want to work as a painter.
Agencies in London especially those ones they needed construction personnel and qualified trades, a cscs card was a must without which you could not get a job.
In the same time I used to take contracts on my own in private properties as well doing the facades, the woodwork, etc.
Reading, Listening to music, Watching movies, socialising eventually with the work mates having a couple of pints in the pub, but the main focus was to get the job done.