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Hi All, first post here so please be gentle :smiley2:
i have been thinking for a while now about re-training,after having to turn down a plumbing apprenticeship 8yr ago due to having my first daughter i have always regretted it and wanted to "try" being a plumber.
i work full time and have a family to support so a full time course was never a real option for me and being 28 im too old for an apprenticeship,i rang my local college and they dont offer a part time plumbing course..
this is when i started to look online and came across the NCS website i read it all over and everything looked good booked an appointment with the advisor and signed on to the course yesterday. after he left i had a quick look around online at what sort of stuff i would be doing and upon googling NCS reviews (something i really should have done before jumping in feet first) it bought me to a thread on this forum and quie a few people saying they have been ripped off and never ended up with the qualifications promised!
i have signed up to do the City & Guilds Level 2 NVQ Plumbing and Heating 6189-11. the course is 12-18 month depending how fast you progress, but will i actually finish the course with a qualification that could take me in to a job? they said they cant promise to find me work but 80% of the student do leave with a job from working with a fully qualified plumber for work experience as par of the course.
its costing me £6499 and i really hope im not being ripped off as with a young family its alot of money!
please help/advise if you can.
thanks
i have been thinking for a while now about re-training,after having to turn down a plumbing apprenticeship 8yr ago due to having my first daughter i have always regretted it and wanted to "try" being a plumber.
i work full time and have a family to support so a full time course was never a real option for me and being 28 im too old for an apprenticeship,i rang my local college and they dont offer a part time plumbing course..
this is when i started to look online and came across the NCS website i read it all over and everything looked good booked an appointment with the advisor and signed on to the course yesterday. after he left i had a quick look around online at what sort of stuff i would be doing and upon googling NCS reviews (something i really should have done before jumping in feet first) it bought me to a thread on this forum and quie a few people saying they have been ripped off and never ended up with the qualifications promised!
i have signed up to do the City & Guilds Level 2 NVQ Plumbing and Heating 6189-11. the course is 12-18 month depending how fast you progress, but will i actually finish the course with a qualification that could take me in to a job? they said they cant promise to find me work but 80% of the student do leave with a job from working with a fully qualified plumber for work experience as par of the course.
its costing me £6499 and i really hope im not being ripped off as with a young family its alot of money!
please help/advise if you can.
thanks