no chance tamz pal - either hes lying about his qualifications or the qualfications i have got are worth nothing.
Sorry Tamz but I feel exactly the same way as q plumb.
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no chance tamz pal - either hes lying about his qualifications or the qualfications i have got are worth nothing.
Safety safety safety......
By my own admission I need to do a good few years learning the job PROPERLY... that is what I have said...I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP NOT TO WORK IN YOUR HOUSE.....READ MY POSTS .... I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did work on site studying, I have a portfolio of work, I do not think they just changed things for me. The site experience gained is enough for you to pass your exams and work safely. The main thing that you are taught 'in my opinion' is SAFETY and that should be paramount for everybody. I have passed my ACS and I am able to work SAFELY and I have since worked with plumbers / gas engineers for free and cheap to gain experience.
IT IS YOU GUYS WHO ATTACKED ME AND CALL ME A LIAR, YOU SO CALLED TIMESERVED TRADESMEN. MAYBE YOU NEED TO GET YOUR THUMB OUT OF YOU AZZ AND GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK WHO WANT TO LEARN A TRADE AND DO THE BEST THEY CAN. I HOPE I AM NEVER AS BITTER AS YOU AFTER 10 YEARS MATEY.
Is this your approach to all 18 yr olds looking to do something with their life???
Ok guys same old same old....
Some very good and encouraging replies and I thank you guys for your help.
As for the rest, the knockers do me a favour and get a life.....
dannyboy it is hardly my fault if it took you 10 years to get the quals now is it???
Guys do 6 weeks courses and call themselves plumbers...I have done 2 FULL TIME courses a year each an dpassed them then I have paid for my ACS exams and passed them in total about 2 years amnd 2 months...hardly my fault now is it????
Now I am looking for a apprenticeship for gods sake to learn the job PROPERLY and become a COMPETENT plumber and you membersw want to knock me for gods sake get a life......I do not have the ability to call myself a plumber and do profess to, I have the qualifications that eventually everyone will need and I have done it through college while I could nothing else, just wnat to do the job properly.
Yes I am 18 and yes I am going back to college in a few weeks as I am enrolled on NVQ 3 and eventually I will get a break from somewhere.
As for you two members I hope to god one day you need an apprentice and when you advertise you get exactly what you deserve, one of the drug riddled drunken scumbags that hang around the streets all day and night and apply for any job because the job centre tell them to because with your attitude it is all you deserve.....
Safety safety safety......
By my own admission I need to do a good few years learning the job PROPERLY... that is what I have said...I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP NOT TO WORK IN YOUR HOUSE.....READ MY POSTS .... I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did work on site studying, I have a portfolio of work, I do not think they just changed things for me. The site experience gained is enough for you to pass your exams and work safely. The main thing that you are taught 'in my opinion' is SAFETY and that should be paramount for everybody. I have passed my ACS and I am able to work SAFELY and I have since worked with plumbers / gas engineers for free and cheap to gain experience.
IT IS YOU GUYS WHO ATTACKED ME AND CALL ME A LIAR, YOU SO CALLED TIMESERVED TRADESMEN. MAYBE YOU NEED TOGIVE PEOPLE A BREAK WHO WANT TO LEARN A TRADE AND DO THE BEST THEY CAN. I HOPE I AM NEVER AS BITTER AS YOU AFTER 10 YEARS MATEY.
Is this your approach to all 18 yr olds looking to do something with their life???
Safety safety safety......
By my own admission I need to do a good few years learning the job PROPERLY... that is what I have said...I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP NOT TO WORK IN YOUR HOUSE.....READ MY POSTS .... I AM LOOKING FOR AN APPRENTICESHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are people out there gas safe registered with very little experience, and it is wrong, but at least konimitsu realises that he needs experience and isn't going to to just go out there and possibly cause harm to property or persons. The system is wrong and something will definatly go t*ts up and then they will do something.
Bring back proper aprenticeships and do away with all the fast track routes.
I was trained in the day when it was not mandatory to be CORGI REG. but there wasn't the cowboys out there then.
I agree fully, anyone can pass the acs with a weeks training at a GAS college ,thats all they teach for gods safe HOW TO PASS ACS nothing more , its rubbish but its legal nothing anyone can do about it. This lad at least accepts that and is willing to learn properly , why is everyone getting so het up over it. I remember back in the day when they had TOPS courses , glut of newly qualified cowboys on the streets , after a six week course .
I'm with you on this Eco. The system as it is now, is totally wrong.
The rot set in around the 2000's when the fast track stuff started. Everybody thought they could be a plumber/gas fitter in a few weeks or months. Spend a few thousand and reap the rewards
A few years back Corgi were quite happy?? to collect registration fees from joiners, builders and electricians who didn't know the difference between a gas meter and a parking meter. No knowledge or experiance was necessary. Just pass the exam and you were in!
Then someone realised!! that wasn't right! and that evidence of doing gas work had to had to be provided. But it is still far too easy. There are lots of places where "sufficient training" to build a portfolio is provided.
Anyone with half a brain, a bit dedication and a few quid to spare could do their plumbing and gas quals quite quickly. It is not hard to do or learn and once completed only proves you are competent (in reading at least). Although their training provides the basics, it in no way provides anywhere near enough knowledge. No one who is new to the industry can come out of an ACS centre and think they now know the job.
The real learning begins when you are out actually doing the work and if you are going self employed, how will you know if what you are doing is correct? You have no one to tell you otherwise and as you have no real life experience you just don't know until they are audited by a Gas Safe inspector, who by the nature of the work, can't check everything. Safe? Perhaps.
I wonder how many who have retrained in plumbing/gas are still at it after a few years as they realise they do not have the necessary skills and knowledge to do the job properly or to even make a living. Possibly 2 in 10??
I can't knock the lad for realising although he has the qualifications, he doesn't have enough skills knowledge and experience to do the job properly.
Hope he finds someone willing to give him a break.
Someone open a PRV!
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