Fast Track courses what's the truth? Ex Military, needs advice.

[Bibbs118]

There were a couple of ex amy lads on my training at BG, id defo consider applying to them.

I have a young installation fast tract out with me at the monent, course cost 9k with a 8 or 9 work placement, think he can add cookers and fires at the end of the course.


From what i can tell, work placement means passing the guy tools. Also be very aware, the course and placement will not make you a plumber/gas engineer, you have to do that for yourself, if you go self employed you will look incompetent infront of customers, you may also struggle to make a living for the first 4 or 5 years.

Youll not find any jobs advertised without min 3 years experience, 5 if its for a breakdown Enigneer.

Theres a firm in Manchester that will charge you £2100 for a months on the job training.

Its not impossible to break into the trade on your own, but i dont envy you fella.

Good luck.

 

[Stephen Legge]

Thanks everyone for your input, sods law I've been away this weekend and come back to a Rad fallen off the wall, the pipe is buried in the wall and a pinhole leak Soding out, must of only just happenned because the heating was on and there was pressure still in the boiler. Lucky I can still remember how to drain the rads and always have a Rad key around...FML

 

[OffshoreGas]

Hi everyone

I am leaving the forces after 23 years shortly and want to retrain as a gas engineer, growing up in a trades household I was pretty much dragged out with my old man regularly with the hope of earning a quid. However that was 20+ years ago.I joined the Navy not as an engineer but have enough nouse about me to grasp things quick.

Serious question though. I can't afford to go to college for 3 years doing an apprenticeship for obvious reasons being 37, kids and mortgage and every thread I read is old and bold tradies slamming the short courses.

I get it I really do, but what options do I have? have you done the fast track course? did you find a job? have you employed someone like me?Do I bite the bullet and take my degree, iosh quals and project manager quals and do a job for £40k that I'll ****ing hate until I die?

It depends what your military background is. If you were avionics tech in the RAF heating would be a fairly easy transition.

If however you don’t have any formal technical training I personally think you’ll struggle in just doing a short course or two.

 

[Harvest Fields]

It depends what your military background is. If you were avionics tech in the RAF heating would be a fairly easy transition.

If however you don’t have any formal technical training I personally think you’ll struggle in just doing a short course or two.

Last post is 9 months old mate.

 

[Stu-B]

Last post is 9 months old mate.

Yeah, hardly any come back to tell us how they got on

 

[Harvest Fields]

Bit it’s a nice feeling when they do.

 

[OffshoreGas]

Last post is 9 months old mate.

Sorry came up in new posts list for some reason.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Sorry came up in new posts list for some reason.

No worries mate. We’ve all been there