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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    Thanks and thanks for telling me how you got qualifed. I just want to get my NVQ sorted as I've done levels 2 and 3 of the diploma and got the water regulations cert sorted too! Do you need to get the NVQ level 2 before going for the level 3 or can you just jump straight into the level 3 (seeing...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    @Ric2013 Thanks for sharing your experience. I have complete the 6035 diploma (levels 2 and 3) and I’m now looking to gain my NVQ but I’m having trouble finding work as a plumbers mate (with a qualified plumber) maybe I’ll look into the self employed route and find somebody to sign off my work...
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    The UK's Most Used Plumbing Suppliers - 2017

    Amazon, Screwfix or Toolstation. Amazon is really good for tools and when I compare prices I find Amazon usually comes out on top.
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    @chris watkins I agree with you. I think you’re looking at it as a plumber and you see these people coming into your trade after short courses and do bad jobs and drive down prices (as well as damaging the reputation of tradesman) whereas I’m focusing more on the training companies who are...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    @chris watkins absolutely correct, the 6035 certificate does not make you a qualified plumber (even says so itself) but you need it in order to gain your NVQ. An apprentice would be doing both courses together in order to gain the full level 2 qualification (6189) The 6035 certificate is...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    @Ric2013 Yeah, the 6035 is where you learn what you need to know in order to gain your NVQ. The 6189 is just proof that you’ve proven you can do what you’ve learnt in the real world. Did you have to be working alongside a qualified a plumber when the assessments were done or was it just a case...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    In fairness to C&G, they make it quite clear that obtaining the 6035 certificate doesn’t make you a fully qualified plumber and any real college will tell you that as well. It’s these training academies that are trying to pass off that qualification as something that will make you a plumber...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    This particular training centre was giving BPEC certificates and not C&G. From what I researched they seem to be the same (?) I did the C&G 6035 level 2 diploma in a real college (not a training academy) and like you said, it was two days per week for one academic year.
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    I’m not trying to learn a trade in two week and I never said that it was possible to become a plumber in two weeks? I didn’t use this company in the end (thankfully) I think it takes a minimum of two years, one year learning in a classroom and workshop followed by another year of full time...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    Nobody is learning the trade in two weeks, that two week course was just for the NVQ. You’d need the 6035 certificate before that which is a classroom and workshop based qualification. In four years I assume you learnt gas or at least gained your level 3? If you spent four years doing your...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    This particular company were offering people NVQ qualifications (6189 certificates) because they were actually a plumbing company as well as a training centre. They would place learners who had completed their 6035 certificate in work for two weeks so they could complete their portfolio and get...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    I made an inquiry with them and then sent me two emails and called me four times! I even said on the first call that I’d think about it and call them back but they were very Persistent. A real college would never do that, feel bad for the people that lost money trying to better themselves.
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    I had one guy lie directly to my face. He told me that NVQ’s weren’t a thing anymore and that C&G certificates were now the new standard. He tried selling me a 6035-03 certificate for £6500! What’s worse is he said if was ‘pay as you learn’ so as long as you paid back the full amount eventually...
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    Mr Plumber Horror Story

    Damn, I almost went with these guys... Customers locked out after firm goes bust Feel bad for anyone who lost money There’s so many dodgy training centres out there.
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    Course programm for Plumber level 1

    Level 1 is for people who have just left school so don’t waste your time with it. Just do levels 2 and 3. Most employers only ask for NVQ level 2 Anyway so you might want to get that and then look into gas if that’s the road you want to go down. Either way forget level 1 it shouldn’t even exist.
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