Wow joebaxi, what an amazing and most importantly reassuring review of VIY
. By nature, I am a very cautious person so thinking about parting with the best part of £7000 has had me in a frenzy
! Your response has certainly put my faith in fast track training centres such as VIY. With this in mind, I will now start to make positive steps enrolling on the next available course with VIY (sorry to disappoint you 'oldplumbers'). Will keep you all posted on my progress
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A word of caution though everyone...I am reliably informed that the City & Guilds 6089 (NVQ 2) through VIY comes at an extra cost i.e. the visiting costs of the assessor. This will be around £150 a visit (more if they have to stay overnight) 
, with around 3 visits to be able to gain the C&G (NVQ 2) 6089.