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I am currently looking for work as a plumber mate / tiler. I have recently passed basic plumbing and also my diploma in Wall and floor tiling. I have a CSCS card also. I would like to gain experience in plumbing and continue to carry out completing my NVQ plumbing but want to work to...
Hi I am 33 years old and from the Stockport area and I would like to become a plumber. Can anyone tell me which would be the best way of doing this.I have been looking at fast track courses but they seem to have negative press and there are very long waiting lists at collages in and around my...
Got pulled up by a manager the other day as on a job i diagnosed a glowworm ultimate 50bf with a faulty gas valve.
Now the room the boiler was installed in had a wc and a basin in and it never crossed my mind that this room was a compartment and my manager is calling me in as he says i shouldve...
Hi everyone,
My name is Shaun, I am 19 years old from south London,
I currently work in a local Medical warehouse but I feel like I am getting nowhere & I have no opportunity to progress there.
As I am still young & fit I would love to learn a profession before it is too late,
I am having...
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I am a qualified electrician with 4 year apprenticiship NVQ L3, city & guilds been in the industry for 11 years. I have been self employed since 2007 my company is MCS registered as I carry out Solar PV installs.
I am looking at going back to college to train as a plumber as I want to...
I would like to retrain to become a Gas fitter and also install bathrooms and Kitchens.
What's the best route to follow?
At present i work as an Electrical fitter repairing domestic appliances which has given me some transferable skills
I know employment is probably the best route but hard too...
First things first; I'm not Oftec, but I was looking at both Oftec and Hetas for the future possibilities and then thought I'd type this up... Mainly so in future, I will be able to find it for myself, but also to help others.
BACKGROUND
Oftec is the body that governs those working in the oil...
recentley laid off work decided to visit local jobbie looking at there in house entertainment job website when seeing plasterers job advertisment 12 to 15 pound per hour rendering work cards in became interested in looking for heating engineer plumbers jobs low and behold one appeared...
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I'm 24 yo and this is my first time in uk, in Italy I was a heating engeneer (maintenance and repair of various boilers). Now I want to become a plumber here!..
My question is this:
is better start a plumbing course (NVQ1) or trying to find a job and than start a course?
sorry for my...
I need some advise, i was thinking of becoming a plumber. how hard is it to become fully qualified, can i get into any apprenticeships schemes at my age, apart from apprenticeships are there any other ways i can gain practical experience? How many years would it take me to become self employed...
i was looking at a 2 month course and they say i can obtain a NVQ level 2 after the 2 months of intense training,is that any good?
Also how safe is plumbing?im nerves putting the gas fire on in the house so how safe is it dealing with boliers and gas all the time
Thanks guys
Peter
Hi, The regs are quite clear when a boiler and gas meter become commercial. But what about cookers? I can't see anything and obviuosly need to know when my domestic qual doesn't cover me!
Cheers
Would appreciate some professional advice from you guys please. I'm leaving the Air Force and would like to get a trade qualification, as part of a redundancy package I have numerous construction courses i can go on but what is best to work towards becoming a qualified plumber. I have looked...
hi there i'm looking at a carer change and want to do plumbing i have looked at a few training centres and courses and am not shore as to which way to go i have been to able skills, plumbing academy and OLCI looking at doing an intensive 8 week coarse can anyone recommend a good centre to me i...
As the title suggests, my system does not have any hot water at the moment, although my heating is working fine. I have bled the system a few times now with no avail, and have discovered that one of the pipes has a double check valve. The pipe is warm beneath the unit but cold above.
Could...
For all you newbies out there sitting in nice warm classrooms dreaming about shiny new pipework, boiler services, and all the nice things that you've got to look forward to when you become qualified as plumbers........
Well today, I had the "nice" task of servicing 6 urinals in a Town Hall...
Hi all,
I've recently completed my level 2 NVQ and 6189 Tech Cert and have been busy fitting bathrooms etc but want to further my plumbing knowledge and start getting into the heating side of things. As I live in an area with little gas (cornwall) Ive decided to concentrate on the oil side of...
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I have recently began the search for an employer to take me on as an apprentice. I graduated from my degree but the work in my degree subject is severely drying up as there have been thousands of lay offs in the sector this year. So I have decided to try and become an apprentice...
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