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Hi all. I've registered to ask your advise on a few things. I'm looking at a career change at 33 and I'm looking at the City and Guilds Diploma in Plumbing Level 2 (the 6035 I think). I contacted a few colleges and they all told me the same thing. And that is that after completing the Level 2 course you can work as a self-employed plumber and you can sign off your own work. Is this true?
I installed domestic gas lines in South Africa so I know my way around copper pipes, soldering, pressure testing and so on. I wouldn't dream about fiddling with gas lines in the UK until I'm qualified. I'm comfortable with building a name/brand as that is what I did previously. I'm thinking of starting off in the evenings and weekends wherever I can find work and keeping my day job in the beginning.
The colleges I contacted are as follows and I will outline the time to complete and so on:
Able Skills in Dartford - 2 weekend off, 2 weekends on for 30 weeks - £2999
Alpha Building Services and Engineering in Stratford - 2 evenings per week plus every Saturday for 16 weeks - £2930
Career Studies College of Building Services in Edgware - Every Saturday for 27 weeks - around £3000(I think)
Do any of you know these colleges and are they any good? I have to do the course part time because of my full time job. I've been warned about intensive 6 week courses so I've tried to stay clear of them.
Can anyone give me some advise?
I installed domestic gas lines in South Africa so I know my way around copper pipes, soldering, pressure testing and so on. I wouldn't dream about fiddling with gas lines in the UK until I'm qualified. I'm comfortable with building a name/brand as that is what I did previously. I'm thinking of starting off in the evenings and weekends wherever I can find work and keeping my day job in the beginning.
The colleges I contacted are as follows and I will outline the time to complete and so on:
Able Skills in Dartford - 2 weekend off, 2 weekends on for 30 weeks - £2999
Alpha Building Services and Engineering in Stratford - 2 evenings per week plus every Saturday for 16 weeks - £2930
Career Studies College of Building Services in Edgware - Every Saturday for 27 weeks - around £3000(I think)
Do any of you know these colleges and are they any good? I have to do the course part time because of my full time job. I've been warned about intensive 6 week courses so I've tried to stay clear of them.
Can anyone give me some advise?