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jerryytheberry
I am an employer. I loose track of C&G numbers and to tell you the truth i am not interested in them. C&G are a recognised certification body but they have split the quals up so much to offer meaningless foot in the door certificates that they are meaningless to me.
The only qual i require is (S)(N)VQ3 with a full apprenticeship and cv of prior experience. Anything else is irrelevant to me and i am not alone in my thinking.
Hence when you do a fast track you will struggle severely to be employed.
I'm just being honest but do what you feel is right for you.
I appreciate what you're saying, but how does a 30+ male with a wife, 2 kids and a mortgage give up his job and take an apprenticeship, this isn't realistic. The coarse provider has promised me a placement to get on site experience and sign off coarse modules. There are training workshops where i have to show my competancy and the coarse i'm taking is designed to run between 2-3 years, so naturally i'm sat here scratching my head trying to understand why the coarse i'm about to embark upon has been labeled 'fasttrack'?
To be honest if the truth is known i think many plumbers frown upon these coarses because middle aged men with a drive to succeed are retraining and entering there trade, i appreciate that there will be some muppets slip through the net, but why would i put myself through this and not want to make a go of it? It shouldn't be so cut and dry when it comes to employment no one will have a chance.