Plumber To Be hints and tips (help)

[Liamsmith]

Hi my names liam
new to this forum iam 17 from bolton north west

ive nearly finished my level 2 in plumbing and have been looking for an apprenticeship
for just under a year and a half but still had no look

is there anything i can do to get plumbers to give me a second look
or just hints on tips on how what to do in the future
or recommendations on how might take me on

Thank you
Liam

 

[WHPES]

Does your college not give you help and support for this?

 

[albatross]

Some drip rang me yesterday asking for an apprenticeship, he sounded lazy and unprofessional on the phone so had no chance.

You need to be keen and proactive. Offer to do free trials for guys. Ask local merchants if they know of anyone looking or if they will let you put a sign up.

Write a professional letter to local plumbers asking for a trial, follow it up with a phone call a few days later.

 

[SimonG]

Tbh a lot of it will you being in the right place at the right time. Some good advice from Albatross. I get letters all the time, badly written, poor handwriting etc etc. Gives a poor impression. You need to stand out from the crowd and have a back up plan.

 

[Ermintrude]

Put a voucher in letter for mcdonalds ! I'll give you a fulltime job and a van!

 

[wetdrip]

Type an introduction up, print off as many copies as you think are necessary;then purchase zip lock bags.
Place the intro inside the zip lock bags: go to all your local plumbing merchants and leave zip lock bag, with intro inside, under the window wipers on all visiting plumbers vans.

Do this on a daily basis keeping note of the plumbers business details as and when you do so, just so you're not doubling up.
Ask the merchants if you can place your intro on their outlet desk, much easier for plumbers to find as they may not necessarily peruse the wholesalers notice board.
My nipper will be doing much the same.
Best of British to you.

P.S. Stay on the forum.
As there's so much you can learn from the way different forum members approach a problem and its solution.

 

[wetdrip]

Some drip rang me yesterday asking for an apprenticeship, he sounded lazy and unprofessional on the phone so had no chance.

You need to be keen and proactive. Offer to do free trials for guys. Ask local merchants if they know of anyone looking or if they will let you put a sign up.

Write a professional letter to local plumbers asking for a trial, follow it up with a phone call a few days later.

Alba, the drip was most probably as nervous as hell, adrenalin up, and brain freeze.
They're just kids, which we all were once, looking for work, and desperate too.
A heart rate of two hundred plus don't help you hear or think straight

 

[dazsl]

Try your local council or the company that has the contract for their housing most have it in there contract to take on apprentices if you don't get an answer first time keep at them to show you are keen

 

[kay-jay]

Like I said on the other thread. Try forest on dodd lane Westhoughton they have bolton at home contracts for next few years

 

[wetdrip]

Liam your thread title is:Plumber To Be hints and tips

So here's a tip: If a pretty looking female customer asks you "If you'd like extra cream with your coffee?"
She might mean just that, " extra cream".
So don't go waxing your moustache.