plumbdumb

Hi there, as probably many before I have found myself scouring forums to find some sound advice regarding a 7 week plumbing course with reactfast in Birmingham. I am informed it will not give me all of the required knowledge just "the basics" to get going in the plumbing industry doing small jobs, only will it be enough? I would intend on continuing my skill development and gaining recognised qualifications. Has anyone done one of these courses? or know of Reactfast as a training facility? the course is 5k offering 6022,6032, BPEC water regs & part p defined scope electrical will these open any doors? I hope this isn't too many questions but my only info so far is the sales rep at reactfast.

uug197h

Hi the courses you will be taking are great if you want to start in bathroom installations but thats the best way to start, I don't do gas and 95% of my work is bathroom installations the rest is outside taps, and kitchen taps / washers and the odd radiator change, if you do these courses the best advice i can give you is team up with a tiler. you may be thinking you can do it all yourself but you are best working with someone else
1) to do it all your self takes to long and most customers want it done in a week
2) some jobs take two people (whirlpool baths, fiting wire from lofts to the fuse box (on your own you are up and down with two one can feed the wire the other can pull through) )
3 ) you can help the tiler this helps you by not paying for another course and its on the job training,
4) more customers are just wanting the one bill so if your team can do every thing and your cheaper than the bathroom installation companys you get the job
EG: we did an en-suite last month the customer got all the items (bathroom suite, shower, tiles, undertile heating) in total the customer paid £5800 this including our installation costs, a company the do bathroom installations quoted him £12000 to supply and fit, we are now going back to do the main bathroom

hope this helps

plumbdumb

Thanks for the good advice uug its greatly appreciated.

Hi uug, i was reading another thread and you say that the part p will changing next year do you know when? as the course im doing starts in dec finishes end of jan.

uug197h

17th edition comes out mid Jan and there is a 6 month change over period, so if your course starts december ask if it is the 16th edition or the 17th edition if its the 16th try to put it off untill the new courses start as the bigest change is in bathroom installations.

plumbdumb

great stuff thanks again

John t

What are these changes uug? can you tell me a web page?

vmini

The 6022 and 6032 are not really worth anything, I would only do a course where you get the 6129 and 6089 as these are the recognised qualifications for being a plumber. And for £5000 I would want to be a qualified plumber at the end of the course and on the job assesments for the 6089. A lot of it is to do with confidence, will you be confident enough with only basic training to go into someone else's house and do a job which technically your not fully qualified to do. I personally would want to know I was fully qualified first.

ProffesorPlumb

If you are looking at going into bathroom fitting alone, then these courses cover what you need to know.

Thats the type of training we offer at our plumbing training centre along with your water regs card for less than a grand. You will get a level 2 qualification from it that can be used towards your NVQ assessment. Why pay all that cash for something that you can learn in 2 weeks?

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