Plumbing books nvq or city and guilds

[Dougie2019]

hi i am looking to buy some plumbing books and was womdering what books would be best for a new person starting plumbing city and guilds book or nvq level two book

 

[Rob876]

They are the same really, buy the city and guilds level 2 6035 in plumbing, great book which contains almost more valuable info than the level 3 book.
There are plenty of good general plumbing books available too, here's a good one
Master Basic Plumbing And Central Heating: A quick guide to plumbing and heating jobs, including basic emergency repairs (Teach Yourself) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1473611628/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_.nRwCbWRDWY6C

 

[chris watkins]

hi i am looking to buy some plumbing books and was womdering what books would be best for a new person starting plumbing city and guilds book or nvq level two book

Can we ask for what reason you want them i.e. are they to be use along side a plumbing course ?
As what you intend to do with them will change the selection.

 

[Dougie2019]

Can we ask for what reason you want them i.e. are they to be use along side a plumbing course ?
As what you intend to do with them will change the selection.

Am looking to go in and do a gas foundation gas and want to onow the basic before i sign my self up

 

[chris watkins]

Save yourself some money, don't worry about the plumbing books just go waste your money on the gas foundation.

 

[Dougie2019]

Save yourself some money, don't worry about the plumbing books just go waste your money on the gas foundation.

Is the gas foundation course a waste of money ?

 

[chris watkins]

Is the gas foundation course a waste of money ?

Do you believe that after completing it you will be able to get work as a gas engineer ?
How are you going to get the practical experience to allow you to complete the foundation portfolio?

 

[Dougie2019]

Do you believe that after completing it you will be able to get work as a gas engineer ?
How are you going to get the practical experience to allow you to complete the foundation portfolio?

The training company gets you 7 weeks work placement to complete the portfolio

 

[Rob876]

There's plenty of people keen to put you off, if you want to do gas, you will be taken more seriously if you do basic plumbing first. Starting with the city and guilds plumbing 6035, buy it

 

[chris watkins]

The training company gets you 7 weeks work placement to complete the portfolio

Doing what - Fires, cookers, meters, pipework installations not just putting a boilers on a wall, I hope?
Do you honestly think this will provide you with enough practical experience to be able to work as a gas engineer, we don't just do the gas on a boiler as you seem to understand, so I would start the other way round like most do, learn the plumbing / heating side first before moving onto gas.
It is not the training centre you are paying that you have to convince but GasSafe or more importantly the people you will be expecting to part with their hard cash!!

You might also want to take a look at some more posts relating to gas on here, there was a guy on here posting this very morning, he is doing 10 jobs a day, 5 to 6 days aweek for £20K a year, it might not quite be the job you have been lead to believe it is ??