what sort of course should i do to become a plumber??????

[mountainman]

Come on guys, give the lad a break. Why not tell the truth that plumbers can easily earn 50k a year profit and GSR's double that.
Might take slightly more than two months training though.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Sorry mountainman just trying to put him off ! dont want the competition , (yes GSR 100k easey) I am now running out of places to stash all the money can't get any more in the off shore accounts . LOL

 

[hammers4spanner]

You dont need to do a course to become a plumber you just walk into any plumbcenter and open an account

 

[David John]

just a bit of a different perspective here ive been in the building trade for the last 7 years although in a pricing/design capacity ive just finished my level 2 (2 Years in a proper college btw) and currently doing my NVQ and I would not dream going self employed and taking work on my own for paying customers let alone after 2 months! those "learning centres" are a disgrace! rant over

 

[Millsy 82]

I started an apprenticeship when I was 16 i'm now knocking on 30 and still learning now. How these courses think they can train you up in 2 months is unbelievable. Your better off doing a 2 year night course but there still the same no onsite experiance so your out working and everything takes more time.

As for money I went for a job a year or so ago and the pay was terrible £18000 for a qualified gas engineer as soon as I found that out I turned around and told them I wasnt interested for that money but they had 160 people go for it I know of a self employed bloke went for it and he was happy with the steady wage.

 

[ecowarm]

as a comparison in 2002 I went to work for Lord ?? on his estate, £20k+ Not much ?? well I got a free detached 3 bed cottage 1.5 acre garden, council tax paid, water rates paid...................

 

[Dannypipe]

How do I become a lord? Seems to be well paid.

 

[Mcgoo's]

I think these courses should be stopped or at least sanctioned a bit better, I've met several of these 12 week course plumbers straight out of the starting blocks, and it aint pretty. The courses fill their head full of (false) confidence by doing workshop exercises, which every trained plumber will know that the workshop is a little different to whats on the job, then the balls something up, and it's not their fault, it's these damn courses!! I think it should all be reverted back to 4 year apprenticeships, and if there isn't enough apprenticeships around, you'll just have to wait. All these courses do is make less jobs for the trained, less money for the trained and a damn-site less public confidence in the plumber of today.
Don't get me wrong if you do the course and you've made it, fair play and good luck but it's the blokes who don't make it I feel sorry for!!
You can make 50K+ a year, I do......but I also work 70hrs+ a week as a subby!!
Not the best industry atm!!

 

[ecowarm]

How do I become a lord? Seems to be well paid.

English Lordship Title

 

[mountainman]

Is Lord of the 'O' Rings still available?

 

[gornsgorns]

Seems as though this guy isn't really that interested in plumbing, but rather has heard that plumbers earn a fortune so fancies an easy route to making a good wage. The fact is, in any career to make 50k a year takes a lot of knowledge, hard work and dedication. You can't just do a 2 month half hearted course and suddenly become a skilled professional earning 50k a year. If it was that easy wouldn't everyone be doing the same and earning 50k year? People would laugh at other professions claiming you could be trained up in a matter of months. Yet for some reason, many people think you can become a plumber earning mega bucks just by handing over a couple of grand to a training centre and doing the 6 week course.

 

[Dannypipe]

I don't want to give it the large one, but it is possible to earn £50K a year in this game. You need to be dedicated to it though. Work a lot of hours, put up with a lot of crap and take the rough with the smooth (in spades).

It doesn't happen over night though. Takes years to build up to it.

 

[Guest123]

Fast track training course providers are the parasites of this industry. Why is it that plumbing, electrical and other highly skilled trades that take years to learn are targeted?

And would those office type workers who've sat at a desk all their career and consider doing a plumbing course because their bored, please stick to your own career and leave ours alone.

 

[Dannypipe]

I don't feel threatened by the fast tracker - ex accountant come plumber....they're normally no good at their job. They can talk a good job but when push comes to shove they don't know their backside from their elbow.

They mess stuff up and soon go back to their office.

I agree that these training centres making promises of high earnings to new plumbers should be shut down. Its ridiculous.

 

[Guest123]

Fast track plumbers should undergo a government backed probation scheme where they are vetted after completing their courses for at least two years before becoming fully qualified. There are no watchdogs in our industry and it's going to pot.

 

[Millsy 82]

I don't feel threatened by the fast tracker - ex accountant come plumber....they're normally no good at their job. They can talk a good job but when push comes to shove they don't know their backside from their elbow.

They mess stuff up and soon go back to their office.

I agree that these training centres making promises of high earnings to new plumbers should be shut down. Its ridiculous.

I agree that I dont feel threatened but when they talk a good job they get that job and the customers lose faith in all plumbers so when you have to go and put it right they moan like hell because of the price.

Went to 1 where the so called plumber re-piped the flow and return manifolds on a microbore system but put them all into 1 manifold and removed the 3 port head because the heating wouldnt work charged them a fortune and messed it up. I went out because 1 of the lads I work with new them and all I got was grief from start to finish (Probably because of rogue traders and other programmes were all the same)

 

[Millsy 82]

Fast track training course providers are the parasites of this industry. Why is it that plumbing, electrical and other highly skilled trades that take years to learn are targeted?

And would those office type workers who've sat at a desk all their career and consider doing a plumbing course because their bored, please stick to your own career and leave ours alone.

Be careful what you wish for. Didnt CORGI want to have a mandatory plumbing side. If Gas safe or somebody else did that it would cost more for proper plumbers and the cowboys would get more work.

 

[bob_tylor]

I started an apprenticeship when I was 15 i'm now knocking on 28 and still learning now. How these applications think they can exercise you up in 2 a few several weeks is amazing.