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fred7
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5th Aug 11 at 07:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sure this has been asked before but cant find the post, just wondering if anyone has done 1 and what they thought or if anyone has heard good/bad things about them, iam looking into changing my career for the future, got a decent paying job at the min but there isnt anywhere for me to go so wanting something different and hopefully be my own boss in time
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Your better off doing an evening course IMO.

Employers don't tend to like the short courses too much
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Look at "Construction Skills College" - I think They're based both in Burslem, Staffs and Wolverhampton
fred7
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live lee thats who ive seen, been thinking about it, looked at an evening course and there twice as much around £1700!! plus exam fees and there 36 weeks long
John
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You won't do one of these courses then go out and get a job as a plumber.
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Ive done a two year course at college and worked part time for a plumber for over a year yet I cant get a job in plumbing (need an apprenticeship for about 6 months to qualify)


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You will be better off doing the proper day time course. Be aware there isnt much work about. Ive done my level 2 plumbing AND electrical installations but im struggling to find someone that i can work with.
fred7
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cant any of you go self employed but some ads out and go at it alone instead of working for some1?
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You cant just go self employed. You need to have serve an apprenticeship or something similar.
fred7
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these courses say you get a city and guilds level 2 at the end of it so surely thats what you need to go self employed?
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Nope there is 3 levels for plumbing. You cant do the level 3 without an apprenticeship.

http://www.cityandguilds.com/48182.html?s=2
John
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If you could just go and do a couple of exams then start up self employed do you think people would spend 4 years being paid a pittance to do the same thing?
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Whatever you do don't go with train4tradeskills...bunch of complete utter fuckers!
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Hi recently just finished a two year evening class in plumbing level 2. Done this at ystrad mynach college catch to the course is not fully quilifyed at the end have to do further tests on site at extra cost already paid 640 pound for first year and 480 for the secound year. To do the level 3 they now tell me that i have to be working with an employer so im bit stuck at the moment aswell as what to do next .
John
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Did you not find that out before you started?
fred7
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dave i heard a story about this, saying you pay this and when you get to the end they say oh no u have to do this now at x amount!
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They did say in the begaining that we would have to fit bathroom suite and hot water storage at the end to be fully qualified but i asked the one tutor and he said it was fine to do in my own house. But now they saying i cant do that now have to be working for someone insured and when the assessor comes out to sign work off got to pay him works out at nearly another 1000 pound and thats without the folder you have to buy aswell it wasnt explained very well.
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The bathroom suite and hot water system are for your city and guilds qualification.
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The bathroom and hot water cylinder you do on your level 2.
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quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
The bathroom and hot water cylinder you do on your level 2.


Only city and guilds level 2 it isnt your nvq.
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Level 2 is city and guilds. Level 3 is the NVQ
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So your saying exactly the same as I am then
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Yeah im getting confused now
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quote:
Originally posted by Eddx14xe
Level 2 is city and guilds. Level 3 is the NVQ
This is what I was doing, lost my placement about 2 months before I had to do my NVQ portfolio and have now been fucked out of tech as I can't complete it All I've got for 3 years of training is a technical certificate I think it is 3 years wasted!
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Dont give up thought jamie. Im 21 in december and started college when i was 16. I've only just found an electrician that wants me to work with him. I was doing all sorts but no one had anything until i rang this guy. There is places for people like us to work, just might take a while to find it.

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