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29-05-2008
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Location: Warrington
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Re: OLCI Courses
Try NTPS TRAINING LTD Plumbing, Electrical and Gas courses i got 6129, 6089, part L & water regs with them they rock, olci overpriced and under staffed!!!!
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03-07-2008
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Location: boston, lincolnshire
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Arran123, you can't get a proper NVQ 3 on one of these courses! To get a NVQ 2 OR 3 you have to be working in the industry. A level 2 or 3 certificate in plumbing is worth nothing to any employer! It just means you read some books answered some questions and done a little pipework work on a bench. Which does not make you a plumber!!!
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05-07-2008
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Re: OLCI Courses
A1 Tiler,
Stick with this plumber you are with, maybe do a short course that gives you a qualification just to keep you up to speed on current regs. Then go straight in for your NVQ2 after a few years with him. If its just domestic plumbing your doing and interested in, I wouldn't bother jumping through the hoops of the 6129 / 6089. Just go for a short course where you get a recognised qualification and stay at that  |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
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Re: OLCI Courses
I signed up for the olci course 3 years ago. I was working nightshift as an engineer in electronics factory so it suited me.
My brother in law was a plumber so I spent a couple of years working part time with him and working through the 6129 course at the same time. I didn't see the benefit of rushing through it in 6-8 weeks. I did the practical training and assessments in Livingston, scotland. the 2 trainers there were fantastic, very knowledgeable and helpful. I recently did the ACS gas training with them and that was a totally different story. They completely mis sold the course and are utterly disorganised in the teaching of it. I'm currently working self employed as a plumber and spending as much time as I can with 2 corgi guys I know to build a gas portfolio. |
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