Class room work is capped at 6 students, portfolio work would be one on one.I would want to speak to the person or company you will be placed with before paying the money.
Will it be one on one with you being walked through the process or will 10 guys be stood in a room watching someone service a boiler.
You also have to think about how you will get a job doing gas work once you have qualified by the fast track route.
Current plan is to start working in my spare time with tradesmen so I can understand the business. Current contacts are builders, electricians, a kitchen fitter and one gas engineer. If I offer to do some unpaid work and am happy to do the more basic jobs and not be a burden I figure that's the best approach.
Long term, it contributes to making contacts and I'd look to be capable of securing a job working for another gas engineer on the provision I pass all my exams.
One question: Do most gas engineers train up as apprentices or is it common for people to change careers later in life?