C
C1403
Hello All
I am writing on behalf of my husband who hates anything online. so I will try and explain things best I can.
He completed the level two in plumbing 10years ago and has been working in the industry for this time, working alongside more 'qualified' plumbers and dealing with many complex installs. He has never done the gas side obviously but has witnessed most of what goes on so has quite a lot of experience on site.
We have two little ones and we are trying to work out a nice balance that doesn't see him working 40+ hours per week. He has been self employed the last four years doing simple wet plumbing and unfortunately the work just isn't coming in as we would like.
We are now thinking about furthering his qualifications on paper (like I have said he has plenty experience on site but could do with more qualifications listed on paper to find the right work. He hasn't done level three but is pretty clued up on that so doesn't feel that is necessary so we are thinking about him doing gas training in order to become ACS qualified and gas safe. The number of clients he has had to turn down for silly jobs because he doesn't have gas safe (most of them didn't even require any gas work). He could set asside time to do the course and get his portfolio completed along side his old colleague who is a gas safe engineer.
So my question is this would is be our most sensible route and would this allow him to work on most domestic propeties installing boilers, cookers etc etc or should he be looking at something else. We basically want him to be able to do most things a plumber can do with all the right paperwork to back it up.
We are also thinking about part p.
Thing is is we do not mind spending a little bit of money if it will open up more job opportunities but don't want to spend a few thousand and he still doesn't get much and is better off staying doing what he is doing now.
Our second plan is getting the gas safe then going and working for a local company full time on a higher salary etc. It seems everywhere wants to see the paperwork before actually listening to what you can do and how long you have done it for.
Thaks for reading, I'm not plumbing minded so am trying to help him as much as I can with research and then he can decide what is best to do.
c
I am writing on behalf of my husband who hates anything online. so I will try and explain things best I can.
He completed the level two in plumbing 10years ago and has been working in the industry for this time, working alongside more 'qualified' plumbers and dealing with many complex installs. He has never done the gas side obviously but has witnessed most of what goes on so has quite a lot of experience on site.
We have two little ones and we are trying to work out a nice balance that doesn't see him working 40+ hours per week. He has been self employed the last four years doing simple wet plumbing and unfortunately the work just isn't coming in as we would like.
We are now thinking about furthering his qualifications on paper (like I have said he has plenty experience on site but could do with more qualifications listed on paper to find the right work. He hasn't done level three but is pretty clued up on that so doesn't feel that is necessary so we are thinking about him doing gas training in order to become ACS qualified and gas safe. The number of clients he has had to turn down for silly jobs because he doesn't have gas safe (most of them didn't even require any gas work). He could set asside time to do the course and get his portfolio completed along side his old colleague who is a gas safe engineer.
So my question is this would is be our most sensible route and would this allow him to work on most domestic propeties installing boilers, cookers etc etc or should he be looking at something else. We basically want him to be able to do most things a plumber can do with all the right paperwork to back it up.
We are also thinking about part p.
Thing is is we do not mind spending a little bit of money if it will open up more job opportunities but don't want to spend a few thousand and he still doesn't get much and is better off staying doing what he is doing now.
Our second plan is getting the gas safe then going and working for a local company full time on a higher salary etc. It seems everywhere wants to see the paperwork before actually listening to what you can do and how long you have done it for.
Thaks for reading, I'm not plumbing minded so am trying to help him as much as I can with research and then he can decide what is best to do.
c