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iluvit

Hi

Does anyone know how I complete my NVQ level 2 for plumbing I have just completed the Technical Certificate level 2.

Is there a Training centre/college I can do this through?

Thanks
 
Hi

Does anyone know how I complete my NVQ level 2 for plumbing I have just completed the Technical Certificate level 2.

Is there a Training centre/college I can do this through?

Thanks


what about the one you did your tech cert with. I presume since youve done a tech cert they told u how to get an NVQ? You probably know u need an employer, do you have one?
 
The college I did the tec cert at doesnt do the NVQ side of it, they have advised to get this whilst working but no jobs out there, so was hoping some college/training centre provided this.

Thanks
 
there maybe centres wich take you to do your nvq side, but your going to have to pay a lot of money to do so £2000-£5000, and theres no gurantee.

wich area do you live in??

have you googled the nvq 2??
 
I live in Manchester, 2k-5k is way out of reach, I guess this is why so many people are doing the Tec certificate and not completeing the NVQ???
I guess I will have to keep job hunting thanks for your help.
 
could you not contact another college within your area, there will be a college that does it somewhere near you.

but the big and most important thing is getting someone to take you on who can sign your work off for you.

good luck cause it aint easy.
 
The college I did the tec cert at doesnt do the NVQ side of it, they have advised to get this whilst working but no jobs out there, so was hoping some college/training centre provided this.

Thanks


i didnt think colleges were allowed to offer only Tec cert? thought they could only offer it with the possibility to upgrade? maybe this is different for private centres, was it a private centre u trained at? what was the place called?
 
this is where you need to be asking, or self employed route. alas, the college route!.

SEPTEMBER 2008
Training Organisations which provide Experienced Workers Profiling / Assessment Services for the H&V Domestic Qualification
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Please do not be disheartened if there does not appear to be a centre near where you live. After an initial visit to your chosen centre, the majority of the work will be assessed on-site. Liverpool Community College [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]139 Vauxhall Road [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Liverpool, L3 6BN [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 0151 252 4727 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Robert Blackmore
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Leeds College of Building [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]North Street [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Leeds. LS2 7QT [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 0113 222 6074 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Tony Hall
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Manchester College of Arts & Technology [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Welcomb Street [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Manchester [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]M11 2NP [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 0161 920 2611 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Graham Beswick [/FONT]
[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Southampton City College [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]St Mary Street [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Southampton [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Hants, SO14 1AR [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 023 8057 7279 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Matt Hollis
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Blackpool & The Fylde College [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Ashfield Road [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Bispham [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Blackpool [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Lancashire [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]FT2 0HB [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 01253 504095 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Shaun O’Malley
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Optimus Training [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]3 Bramley Drive [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Offord D’Arcy [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]St Neots [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Cambs, PE19 5SF [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 01480 810619 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Jonathan Clarke
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Tullos Training Centre [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Craigshaw Drive [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]West Tullos [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Aberdeen [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]AB12 3AL [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 01224 872316 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Jim Martin
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Deeside College [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Kelsterton Road [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Connah’s Quay [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Deeside, Flintshire [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]CH5 4BR [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 01244 831531 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Gwyn Hughes
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Oaklands College [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Acrewood Way Campus [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Unit 1 Security House [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Acrewood Way [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]St Albans [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Herts, AL4 0HY [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 01727 899680 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Ronald Edwards
[FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]North West London College [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Dundden Hill Lane [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]London [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]NW10 2XD [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial]Tel: 0208 208 5130 [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Arial][email protected] [/FONT]
[/FONT]Graham Price

dont forget, you cannot get an nvq without working!.
 
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directed to iluvit. regardless what people tell you, you do not have to be employed to do nvq 2. i completed mine earlier this year and im in building maintenance and self employed. everyone keeps going on about workplace recorder, when you find a job that involves ie decom and or commission hot or cold or both, you apply to your nvq supplier for an assessment, the assessor will be your workplace recorder. of course there are several different tasks that need doing but what i have mentioned is a good example, as far as your nvq supplier goes you say you are in manchester, OLCI at heywood, tuition excellent facilities not brill but do the job. need anymore help give me a shout. same goes out to liam-trainee. oh and while i remember, all jobs you do whether for friend or family take picture of your progress and do a write up, show these to your assessor on his first visit and he will tell you if they can be included. good luck.
 
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directed to iluvit. regardless what people tell you, you do not have to be employed to do nvq 2. i completed mine earlier this year and im in building maintenance and self employed. everyone keeps going on about workplace recorder, when you find a job that involves ie decom and or commission hot or cold or both, you apply to your nvq supplier for an assessment, the assessor will be your workplace recorder. of course there are several different tasks that need doing but what i have mentioned is a good example, as far as your nvq supplier goes you say you are in manchester, OLCI at heywood, tuition excellent facilities not brill but do the job. need anymore help give me a shout. same goes out to liam-trainee. oh and while i remember, all jobs you do whether for friend or family take picture of your progress and do a write up, show these to your assessor on his first visit and he will tell you if they can be included. good luck.

You have just admitted you have to be employed, what you have sugegsted is 'self employed' which is still employed!
 
to be self employed you need a certain standard of skills to carry out the work. Difficult to justify charging somebody for work when your first starting out and have no exoperience
 
Thanks for the info guys am trying to do exactly the same as above - am self employed - have jobs lined up to fullfill the criteria - just need a decent college to do them in north wales - any help please
 
The thing i find strange about this "self employed status" is that in the NVQ folder it states that the Work Based Recorder must be employed by the same company as the apprentice !and needs to have at least 5 years trade experiance,. Or am i reading it wrong ?
Coltheplumb x
 
Thanks for the info guys am trying to do exactly the same as above - am self employed - have jobs lined up to fullfill the criteria - just need a decent college to do them in north wales - any help please
try dudley college birmingham.
ps. i know where you live.

The thing i find strange about this "self employed status" is that in the NVQ folder it states that the Work Based Recorder must be employed by the same company as the apprentice !and needs to have at least 5 years trade experiance,. Or am i reading it wrong ?
Coltheplumb x
no it dosn't, yours may be.
the 5 years i think is right tho.
 
5 years is right, must be either fully qualified or have at kleast 5 years experience. they should be working with the traineee and therefore be able to sign to say its all their work supervised by them
 
Have just spoke to a tutor about an NVQ only way is when you are in the industry so the tech cert alone is not much good. Thanks T4TS, where do we go now?????
 
jamie, you are talking about whats known as a direct access nvq. this is for experienced plumbers, prob is there alot more onsite work with this than there is if you already have a tec cert and you still have to do all the tech cert exams, so its hardley the short cut people thought it would be
 
Getting the 6129 is the easy bit, I had alot of trouble finding a company that would take me on to complete my NVQ as no-one wanted to commit to employment. In the end I worked for pretty much nothing to get an employer to take me on. I dont regret it but it was hard to get by this way.

When your self-employed 2 problems I can think of is who's going to hold the camera to take pictures of you? The customer?
"Can you just take a picture of me fitting your basin as I need it to become qualified you see" Im sure you'll get some nervous looking customers.

And another one; your not getting experienced on the job advice from someone who's been doing the job for years. Your going to miss out on alot of teaching and advice which is the point of an NVQ isnt it?

Stu
 
as ive sid stu its not desinged for self employed becasue there needs to be a qualified engineer/plumber signing off the work having verified it is your work, ie saw you do it
 

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