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[TimSanderson]

Hello everyone,

I am sure you have heard a similar story to mine before but here goes. I am 28yrs old and am in full time employment looking to retrain as a plumber whilst keeping my current job, this is for financial reasons.
I have been looking at the OLCI site an Filton college courses. An ideal course would involve the course running in the evenings or weekends. I do have money saved up to pay for the course and am really keen to learn a trade and do something i enjoy. I am a realist and know this will not happen overnight but i have reached a point on my life where i want to change my profession.
Any advice on courses, training or practical tips i could do to start me on this journey to hopefully one day becoming a fulltime plumber / gas engineer would be most appreciated.

Cheers

 

[PlumbBobBob]

hi timsanderson welcome to the forums

steveb

 

[darrenbea]

stay away from filton i've just done a level 3 there cost me £3000, part of this was for the nvq side of this. now finished the level 3 and wanted to go on and do my level 3 nvq only for them to tell 6 of us there was'nt enough numbers. so we now have to pay some other college to get this.

 

[Puddle]

Hi Tim

Welcome to the forums,hope you find interesting and feel able to get involved