So you wanna be a Plumber? -

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Join Date: Oct 2008

Location: Bexleyheath, Kent

Posts: 127

Anyone looking to become a plumber should aim for these

Firstly (4 Years Day Release or Fast Track Company in about 24 weeks in total): -
6129 Plumbing Technical Certificate Plumbing Level 2
6089 City & Guilds NVQ Level 2 Plumbing
6129 Plumbing Technical Certificate Plumbing Level 3
6089 City & Guilds NVQ Level 3 Plumbing

Then (The Short Courses): -
Unvented Domestic Hot Water Storage Systems
Water Regulations Certification
PART L Energy Efficiency
PART P Electrical competence Scheme
Disinfection of Water Systems
Solar Domestic Hot Water Heating

Your Gas : -

Nationally Accredited Certification Scheme for Gas Fitting Operatives (Known as the ACS), which includes: -

-CCN1 Core Domestic Gas Safety Assessment, Natural Gas (Compulsory and first of all)
-CoNGLP1 Generic Fuel Change Over Core, Natural Gas to Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) (optional)
-CoLPNG1 Fuel Change Over Core, LPG to Natural Gas
-CKR1 Gas Cookers (optional)
-HTR1 Gas Fires and Heaters (optional)
-WAT1 Instantaneous Water Heaters (optional)
-LAU1 Laundry Appliances (optional)
-CEN1 Wet Central Heating (optional)
-DAH1 Ducted Air Heaters (optional)
-LEI1 Leisure Equipment (optional)
-MET1 Dometic Gas Meters (optional)
-CKHB1 Range - Cooker Boilers (optional)
-HWB1 Water Boilers (Swimming Pool) (optional)
-DFDA1 Forced Draught Gas Burners (optional)

Then register yourself with Corgi (or Capita from April 2009)

Thoughts for the Future: -

*NVQ Level 3 in: -

-Supervision
-Estimating
-Buying

*NVQ level 4 in: -

-Design
-Service and Maintenance Management
-Site Management
-Owner Management, Business management and Development

Building Services Engineer Career Path (Building Services are Water, Gas, Electric, Air Conditioning, etc)

*National Diploma in Building Services Engineering
*National Certificate in Building Services Engineering
*Higher National Diploma in Building Services Engineering
*Higher National Certificate in Building Services Engineering

 

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Join Date: Jun 2007

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Dan