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WhittleCFC
Hello everyone,
I have joined this forum for some advice regarding my future career as a plumber, but first I'll do a small introduction.
I'm now 24 years old and for the past 4 years I've been working for an insurance brokers. In 2014 i decided that I'd had enough of sitting at the same desk day in day out feeling like nothing but a number making up a large company. I wanted to get out and about and earn some money for myself while feeling a sense of achievement after completing a job, which an office job severely lacks. Since completing my level 2 in plumbing i feel as though I've learned more valuable skills in the past year than i did over four years in insurance. I was lucky enough to be able to stay at my office job while completing my level 2 qualification, however i am now unemployed and want to improve my plumbing skills instead of plodding along in my office job.
This is where i need your help... I am interested more in domestic plumbing rather than on site work but with the level 3 course coming up in September I want to get as much experience as possible. My course runs 2 days a week so i will only be able to work 3 days a week. Firstly, do you think the skills I'll learn on an industrial or commercial site transfer easily to domestic plumbing? And secondly, do you think an employer would be happy to employ me on a 3 day a week basis or is that wishful thinking? I am trying my best to get as many small private jobs as possible through friends and family but before doing a larger job like a bathroom i want to be a more competent plumber and learn from someone with a lot more experience than myself.
Hope this first post isn't too long! And thank you in advance for any help.
Tony
I have joined this forum for some advice regarding my future career as a plumber, but first I'll do a small introduction.
I'm now 24 years old and for the past 4 years I've been working for an insurance brokers. In 2014 i decided that I'd had enough of sitting at the same desk day in day out feeling like nothing but a number making up a large company. I wanted to get out and about and earn some money for myself while feeling a sense of achievement after completing a job, which an office job severely lacks. Since completing my level 2 in plumbing i feel as though I've learned more valuable skills in the past year than i did over four years in insurance. I was lucky enough to be able to stay at my office job while completing my level 2 qualification, however i am now unemployed and want to improve my plumbing skills instead of plodding along in my office job.
This is where i need your help... I am interested more in domestic plumbing rather than on site work but with the level 3 course coming up in September I want to get as much experience as possible. My course runs 2 days a week so i will only be able to work 3 days a week. Firstly, do you think the skills I'll learn on an industrial or commercial site transfer easily to domestic plumbing? And secondly, do you think an employer would be happy to employ me on a 3 day a week basis or is that wishful thinking? I am trying my best to get as many small private jobs as possible through friends and family but before doing a larger job like a bathroom i want to be a more competent plumber and learn from someone with a lot more experience than myself.
Hope this first post isn't too long! And thank you in advance for any help.
Tony
