Plumbing apprentice for level 2 & 3

[finley]

regards nvq2 and having an employer. I have recently started c&g 6189 (formerly 6128) NVQ2 and i am not in employment. We are doing hokme study and 5 weeks in centre to do the practical ellement. Apparently at the end, it will be down to us to then find an employer to get assessed for the NVQ2,does this seem right?

 

[fuzzy]

you need an employer to pass the 6089 nvq or the new 6189 nvq. I am surpirsed people are doing the 6189 if they dont have a job! you must know how hard it is for people to get employment and you are taking a course you are highly unlikely to succeed in

 

[finley]

you need an employer to pass the 6089 nvq or the new 6189 nvq. I am surpirsed people are doing the 6189 if they dont have a job! you must know how hard it is for people to get employment and you are taking a course you are highly unlikely to succeed in

Its all confuisng. I originally applied to do the 6128, which i think does not include the nvq2? I was then told that they had upgraded me free to the new 6189 nvq2. I then recieved, AFTER payimg me thousnads, a letter through explaining that to pass the nvq i would need to be asssessed on the job, at 300 pounds an assessment, and it would be donw to me to find the work. \i queried this as i had not been told this before, and was told that you can be NVQ qualified, doesnt mean you have to be assessed??and that nost employers would only be inbterested in the city and guilds qualification most??

 

[fuzzy]

the nvq is the city and guilds qual, read this and post any questions you have there and ill explain for you http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-courses/19487-c-g-tech-cert-nvq-eal-facts-you.html

 

[fuzzy]

the 6128 is not the plumbing tech cert its the heat and vent

 

[miguelchide]

cheers albert.. think good luck maybe drifting my way..i had a plumber say he might be able to let me come out with him for some experience on a few jobs so now i will definetely be able to get onto my college course now with a job so im happy about that!!

 

[fuzzy]

mmmm.... let you go out with him now and then,,,,, get on college course? not as an apprentice you wont

 

[miguelchide]

yes as an apprentice..said he will try me out to see how i get on!

 

[Albert]

Thats great news good luck with that im sure he take you on for the apprenticeship

 

[fuzzy]

try you out and apprenticeship are 2 different things. it may lead to an apprenticeship but it isnt one. You will not get a college apprenticeship framework place unless you are employed. odd weekend and evening is not employed.

I wish you luck and hope this does lead to an apprenticeship but beware that what you have currently based on what youve said is not an apprenticeship

 

[miguelchide]

thanks albert..@ fuzzy, thet said they will give me a trial and see how i am, there not gonna take me straight on as an apprentice without a work trial, so if all goes well i will have a job!