Plumbing + central heating courses
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NVQ 2 is the basic qualification for plumbing. You learn basic pipe fitting, hot and cold water supplies and a lot of sheet lead work.
However, it depends what you want to do. If you want to be a general jobbing plumber it'll teach you nothing about how to do the job efficiently. You need to find an experienced successful local plumber and learn from him, in fact the more good plumbers you work with the better.
If you want to work as an employee joint a large company.
most medium sized companies want all rounders so you might be better doing a plastering or carpentry course, most general plumbing can be done with pushfit these days.
However, it depends what you want to do. If you want to be a general jobbing plumber it'll teach you nothing about how to do the job efficiently. You need to find an experienced successful local plumber and learn from him, in fact the more good plumbers you work with the better.
If you want to work as an employee joint a large company.
most medium sized companies want all rounders so you might be better doing a plastering or carpentry course, most general plumbing can be done with pushfit these days.
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Depending on your aims check out the NVQ2 in heating and Ventilation. Its virtually the same as plumbing NVQ but has heating bits in place of drainage and probably more useful if Ch is going to be a major job activity.
I have a trainee doing that course and went to look at a boiler for the College work placement manager today. She thinks that course is more suitable for many students.
Tony Glazier
I have a trainee doing that course and went to look at a boiler for the College work placement manager today. She thinks that course is more suitable for many students.
Tony Glazier
already done years of plastering, bricklaying, flagging, pipelayer,
landscaper, now i`m bored.
Done a few plumbing jobs and have a rough idea how the systems work.
but i want to do it properly and get corgi reg in plumbing & central heating.
Just turned 40, middle age crisis.
PLEASE HELP ME
landscaper, now i`m bored.
Done a few plumbing jobs and have a rough idea how the systems work.
but i want to do it properly and get corgi reg in plumbing & central heating.
Just turned 40, middle age crisis.
PLEASE HELP ME
The many fly by nights who have stuck an add in the local paper are a nuisance but not the biggest problem. It's all the new regs and restrictions that are ruining the trade. The cowboys suvive these rules because they don't even know them.
As heating engineers we pick up a fair level of skill in all aspects of building work. A good mate of mine just does roof repairs and repointing. He has no rules to find a path through, doesn't have to notify any jobs, is not inspected routinely, doesn't have to pay for retraing examining every 5 years. I'm seriously considering similar work.
The only alternative, or the only way to survive the gas industry today is to hike up the prices so you get and do less work but the work you do is sufficient to pay for the inconvenience of pussy footing around everybody who wants to control us.
As heating engineers we pick up a fair level of skill in all aspects of building work. A good mate of mine just does roof repairs and repointing. He has no rules to find a path through, doesn't have to notify any jobs, is not inspected routinely, doesn't have to pay for retraing examining every 5 years. I'm seriously considering similar work.
The only alternative, or the only way to survive the gas industry today is to hike up the prices so you get and do less work but the work you do is sufficient to pay for the inconvenience of pussy footing around everybody who wants to control us.
and there must be tonnes of work fixing all the problems cowboys have done.
It seems you have been in the game to long & need a change like me or
your boss is catching you out using your plunger to unblock the hole or if you are into that sort , the waste.
It seems you have been in the game to long & need a change like me or
your boss is catching you out using your plunger to unblock the hole or if you are into that sort , the waste.
B
B.O.B DOLE
corgiman said:
And so does gas engineering all this cr.ap you hear about there is shortages is bull sh.t they dont call me b.o.b dole for nothing in and out of work all the time wish i could turn the clock back. when they say there is a shortage what they realy mean is there is a shortage of mugs paying course fee,s then acs fees then good old corgi whants is bone has well
do yourself a favfore and do something else.
I gave a telephone quote Sunday afternoon for converting a traditional system to a combi using a Vaillant Ecotec supplied by the client.
Someone quoted £1300
We quoted £1200
Another quoted £ 900
Another quoted £700
ONE of the cheapest two was working for a National Company. I pointed out working on the side he would not be insured or CORGI registered and would be unable to fill in the forms.
Quess who got the job?
Well I dont know, but I do know which two did NOT !
I was the only one to mention the need for TRVs in at least the bedrooms so what on earth were the others doing? A cowboy job?
How can the top two get jobs when the "jobs on the side" boys are involved?
Tony
Someone quoted £1300
We quoted £1200
Another quoted £ 900
Another quoted £700
ONE of the cheapest two was working for a National Company. I pointed out working on the side he would not be insured or CORGI registered and would be unable to fill in the forms.
Quess who got the job?
Well I dont know, but I do know which two did NOT !
I was the only one to mention the need for TRVs in at least the bedrooms so what on earth were the others doing? A cowboy job?
How can the top two get jobs when the "jobs on the side" boys are involved?
Tony
otoh a friend iunvolved me after he had been ripped off by a cowboy. Conversion of e type to combi (worcester, supplied by customer) with new 22mm gas pipe. It took him two weeks on and off, he charged 2 grand. I told my friend not to pay and make him sue, then put in a counter claim and bring his own experts to court. the worlmanship was OK you couldn't fault him, but he took far too long and charged the customer for time and travel expenses, and heavily inconvenienced them making a 2 day job go on and on and on. He was fresh from a local coach building company where he probably just piped up a drinks machine for 20 years, as part of a redundancy package was given corgi registration.
I very much doubt it in this case!
Once a Transco van hit the back of my vehicle! To check who he was I asked to see his CORGi card, while getting it out his "on the side" simple cards fell out.
Just Anatol and a mobile number of course.
Trouble is I had already seen his number and name on a non CORGI registered boiler installation a couple of weeks before!
No problem the insurance paid up without any argument and he was polite and apologetic. Even wiped his feet before entering!
Tony
Once a Transco van hit the back of my vehicle! To check who he was I asked to see his CORGi card, while getting it out his "on the side" simple cards fell out.
Just Anatol and a mobile number of course.
Trouble is I had already seen his number and name on a non CORGI registered boiler installation a couple of weeks before!
No problem the insurance paid up without any argument and he was polite and apologetic. Even wiped his feet before entering!
Tony
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