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bishbosh77 · 10-02-2008

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Originally Posted by littlecookie

alot of courses say they will go towards nvq 2 or point you in the right direction there is loads of courses and after looking a bit more the olci is just the basic learn at home stuff unless you can get to their centres which are too far,what is the legal word on whats needed to be able to call your self a plumber and go out and charge people for the work done and not be breaking any laws also any views on VIY Plumbing in leeds

Hi
Doing the VIY route at the moment, get along on the thursday to look around ask the lads doing the course what they think... we have 5 weeks to go in the workshops and any one of the 30 guys on the course will give you an honest answer to any questions. The qualifications that it says you get in the 10 weeks YOU DO NOT GET ALL OF THEM, SOME YOU HAVE TO GO BACK FOR IN SIX MONTHS TIME. Plus to do the other exams you need to spend £144 on books to do the extra courses. We are 5 weeks in so in 5 weeks ask me what i think as i have invested a lot of money and the above course for some reason has gone up in price. Do not want to put you of but as with any course check and do not be afraid to ask questions as you are investing in your future.

littlecookie · 10-02-2008

thanks for the info you are right its hell of a lot of money, im looking at doing it in the near future viy or ppl maybe but leeds is closer to me ill keep checking to see how you get on ,it sounds like they have been a bit crafty with the small print. they should make it easy to understand

**ProffesorPlumb** · 11-02-2008

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Originally Posted by littlecookie

thanks for the info you are right its hell of a lot of money, im looking at doing it in the near future viy or ppl maybe but leeds is closer to me ill keep checking to see how you get on ,it sounds like they have been a bit crafty with the small print. they should make it easy to understand

If its domestic plumbing your after for the bathroom re furbs, then a good 2 week course is all you need. Be careful of the small print at these '6129 in 3 months' centres. They charge the earth and yes, they don't remind you to read the small print until you have possibly found out you have been flashed