Ex army plumber looking for a chance

[Niallmat]

Hi all,

I have seen alot of people asking the same question but thought I would give it ago.

Recently just left the army Level 2 plumber basically looking for someone around south west Scotland, or ***bria that could take me on to further my plumbing experience. Willing to do work experience.

If anyone has any advice it would be very helpful.

Thanks

Niall

 

[JCplumb]

Hi, good luck in your search pal.
Out of interest, were you a plumber in the army, or did you take a course when you left the army?
A cousin of mine left the army and they offered him a training course as a kind of civvy kick start thing.

 

[Niallmat]

Well I did the course 6129 level2 when I was straight out of school before I joined. I joined the Royal Engineers as plumber. But Had to do the course again due to the fact I wasn't Level 3 NVQ. Waste of time!!!

The problem I have is I have knowledge but no experiance!!

Those courses are basically a waste of time I think.

 

[REDSAW]

knowledge is a dangerous thing.lol

 

[Niallmat]

Yeah I know!! Haha! Would love some experiance, I would be willing to relocate if anyone has any thing! I was thinking of writing to local plumbers with a copy of my c.v and a copy of my army report. Would you recomend this, or are they more likely to chuck it in the bin???

 

[Paulus]

Give it a go. That's how I got my practical experience although it took nearly 100 letters before I found someone to give me a try and was paid expenses only. Having said that, the experience was invaluable and I can't thank the guy enough.

I would recommend that you get liability insurance in place first and include details in your letter/cv.

 

[Niallmat]

Would having the liability insurance make it more appeling to someone?? How much would it be ruffley?

 

[dontknowitall]

£350 ish. Might be able to find it for under £300 - depends on cover.

Best of luck with finding something.

 

[Niallmat]

Looked into it, found it cheapest around 300, the only thing is I dont really want to buy it incase I dont get anything. Should I mention in a letter that if they would take me on I would be willing to take out my own liability insuance?

 

[Paulus]

A plumber who is a sole trader will probably only have cover for himself and probably wouldn't want the extra expense of adding you to his policy. I have £2M cover and it costs me £225.

 

[Niallmat]

Thanks for the advice.