I was considering training with VIY this coming summer (2008) but am seriously re-considering
after reading bishbosh77 and joebaxi's posts that the first 5-weeks of the 10-week course are classroom based. I was dubious
before about being able to pick up plumbing skills in just 10-weeks, and now that I know that it is actually just 5-weeks I am left wondering if somebody could actually pick up competent plumbing skills in such a short space of time?
Its all vey well leaving the centre at the end of 10-weeks qualified, but the qualification is useless on its own unless it is re-enforced with good quality training (and impartial too - if I've done a bad job i want to be told that). Is anybody able to verify the quality of VIY's 5-week training? Afterall, I wouldn't want to spend best part of £7000 to find that at the end of the course I could give a lecture of Water Regulations but not be able to plumb a bathroom and such like.