45 and want to retrain as a plumber!!

[neebdike]

been thinking about retraining as a plumber, there are loads of coures, jus need advice to find the best place to train??

 

[Whn1]

Best place to learn mate is on site. Do you know anyone in the trade? That'd be your best bet, pay might be an issue though but im sure you're already aware of that.

 

[Deleted member 25704]

Best place to learn mate is on site.

This is the best advice you will get!

 

[SimonG]

been thinking about retraining as a plumber, there are loads of coures, jus need advice to find the best place to train??

Seriously!

Welcome to the forum

But you might want to think a bit harder, plenty of advice if you have a search for similar threads on the forum.

 

[Guest123]

Welcome to the forums. What other experience do you have and why plumbing?

 

[neebdike]

i have NONE, im a driving instructor by trade, and want another career path

 

[lame plumber]

traffic warden - gamekeeper turned poacher!

 

[Ray Stafford]

i have NONE, im a driving instructor by trade, and want another career path

Hi Neebdike

Have a browse through the forum, and you will find that this topic comes up almost every day.

Whatever the naysayers say, it isn't impossible, but the odds are stacked against you. It takes several years to become a decent plumber and probably 10 years or more to become a really good one. The older guys who have been doing it 40 years will tell you that they still learn something new every day.

To do it at your age, and without experience is going to take a hell of a lot of committment, and a degree of luck. If you are just casting around for something else to do without any understanding of the trade, plumbing is best avoided - there are lots of wannabe career changers drifting through courses and not making it.

On the other hand, there are some late entrants who do very well. Just not very many.

 

[neebdike]

thanks for the advice Ray!
that makes alot sense, i didnt want to sign up for a course withut all the facts before, im struggling with my instructing, and i thought plumbing isnt that hard a job to do, but i will think long and hard aout what you have said.. thanks

 

[Dotty]

To be honest I always fancied a go at teaching driving except I'd only have any patience with the pretty young things.

Especially the ones wearing short skirts........