Letting unskilled tradespeople into your home can potentially put lives at risk, yet more than half of Brits hire a gas engineer without checking their legal qualifications.
Do you spend hours scrubbing at lime scale on your taps and shower heads? Are your appliances all scaled up with lime scale and need replacing because of it?
A report published by the BBC suggests that the problem of inadequate skills, qualifications or experience in the workforce is hitting some industries harder than others, with more skills shortages found in areas such as manufacturing, construction and plumbing.