Potential new plumber

[bobby5156]

Hello Plumbers Forum,

My name is Bobby and I am currently serving in the Royal Engineers, after completing 22 years service i am due to leave in June 2013.

My aim at the moment is to qualify as a plumber/gas fitter and start my own business in Birmingham.

Obviously any advice is more than welcome, at the moment any advice on training would be most beneficial also if any ex service personnel have qualified and how they did it also.

Thanks Bobby

 

[Puddle]

Hi Bobby

Welcome to the forums,if you do a search of the forums ,you should be able to find lots of info about training,courses ect

After 22 years serving our country ....full respect

Hope retraining goes well

 

[Paulus]

Many thanks for all you have done for us in the past 22 years, I only hope that we can now help you out with a new career.

There is a forum member called armyash who I believe has done exactly what you are doing. I'm not too sure how you would make contact with him through the forum. I will check it out and get back to you unless someone with more experience of the forum can provide the info.

Best of luck

 

[Paulus]

If you type armyash into the search box you will come up with his posts, click on his name and you will be able to view his profile and perhaps make contact with him.


Cheers

Paul

 

[PlumbBobBob]

hi bobby welcome to the forums as paulus says contact armyash he has been doing exactly what you want to do and will i'm sure be able to steer you in the right direction. and i would like to mirror paulus in thanking you for what you have done for your country

 

[bobby5156]

Puddle, Paulus thanks for the comments about the service i have done, I have to admit I have loved my time in the Royal Engineers, the challenges and variety have helped make me who I am, so I have no complaints but I am really looking forward to doing something new and hopefully for myself.

Paulus, I have sent a message to armyash thanks for the tip, I think he will be able to give me some guidance.

Thanks for your replies

Bobby

 

[bobby5156]

Steve,

Again thanks for your sentiments, I was not ignoring your post lol, you must have wrote it as i was typing the last one

Bobby

 

[armyash]

I have replied to bobby5156 with some info, hopefully he will reply and I can offer more advice. If I don't hear back best of luck to him.

 

[REDSAW]

hi bobby,
is that prince of wales lichfield?

 

[AWheating]

hi bobby,
welcome to the forums mate. What help is available from the forces towards retraining and setting up, do they offer any help? My old firm did used to take on a number of non teenage trainees but thoses times are far gone today. There was a few ex forces guys, i think it was all government funded but most of this type of course has dissapeared from what i know.

stick around and keep posting mate.

 

[bobby5156]

AW,
In my case, because I have completed over 16 years service I am entitled to £534 resttlement towards retraining and 35 days to complete the training. I can also claim 3 times a max of £2000 (1 per year) towards a lvl 3 course or higher as long as I am contributing 20% or more from my own money.

So if I as planning go with RF Training and attend the plumbing cse I will get £2534 towards the cost, I believe there is more benefits and claims but until I complete my career resettlent course (CTW) at the end of Feb I dont know them yet.

I am estimating that I will have to pay £5/6000 to qualify.

Hopefully by going through the process I can keep all updated on here if they require info. I do understand I am not going to be an all singing all dancing plumber at the end of this and will continue to learn and get experience.

I must admit the help and advice from this forum on all topics is outstanding, a big thanks already to those who offer great advice.

Bobby

 

[NickHutch]

Hi Bobby,

I have recently retired from the Submarine Service, I served 23 years with the Royal Navy and am also looking to re-train as a Plumber/Gas Engineer. I too have contacted Armyash, great feedback from him. I commence my training March 12th, its going to be a bit of an eye opener but I am looking forward to it!

Nick