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Re: Fast track questions and answers
I'm off to the track tomorrow. Kelso races to blow my weeks takings :smile:
I'm off to the track tomorrow. Kelso races to blow my weeks takings :smile:
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Got any tipsI'm off to the track tomorrow. Kelso races to blow my weeks takings :smile:
Got any tips
yeah it is 2 bathrooms, health and safety, prep work, and some other bits and pieces, can all be done at your 2/3 bathrooms. I think the college also ask for another job, like guttering/ 6 rads, i.e.Alright lads! I've just finished my 6129 lvl2 in plumbing and now looking to get my NVQ2 complete, I've been told I need to get assessed on site for 2 bathroom suites and 2 central heating circuits, is this correct? Or is there more involved?
Second piece of good advice, if your self employed, your a salesman first and a plumber second. If you don't follow these rules you'll fold.
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It sounds to me like you need the new Fast Fart Track Course I can offer you a really good rate only 2K instead of the normal 4K+ because it is only 4 weeks, is that sort enough (if not let me know & I will tell you about our very special fast fast fast one)Hi, I am looking at becoming a self employed plumber, I have fitted over 10 bathrooms for friends and familly and a few kitchens. I really enjoy the work and have been told by many that I should do it for a living, I have been offerd payment for my work but untill now have never concidered it. I work in London monday to friday and travel home for the weekend and this has now become to much for wife and kids. So thought of training to be a plumber. The business side of things doesnt phase me as I have been in business development for 14 years and have started my own company before.
The thing that gets me is that I want to train and start working for myself at the same time, all the so called fast track cources dont lead you to the SQV you need to be certified, (although they offer some good basic training.
I like studying and would happily spend a day a week and weekends studying for all the certificates for boilers, heating, electrics. I just need to work at the same time.
To get the SVQ I cant be self employed and I cant survive on Sub £20K trainee money. Is there no way my self employed work can be assessed and taken into account? Even though I could probably make a living not doing the courses Id rather do things properly.
The demand seems to be there, I was away and had a water leak and it was two weeks before a plumber could get to me! There are two local plumbers.
It sounds to me like you need the new Fast Fart Track Course I can offer you a really good rate only 2K instead of the normal 4K+ because it is only 4 weeks, is that sort enough (if not let me know & I will tell you about our very special fast fast fast one)
So as a you work in business development you will no doubt be aware that ever business depends of its success on the produce/s it sells & you think that after completing the plumbing work in a few bathrooms & kitchens plus a sort it of studying you will have a produce (skills) that anybody would be willing to pay for, to give you an income of +£20K? all that travelling is effecting your grey matter my old mate.
I am not being funny but I would just quit your job, don't bother about the training, buy some books & start up on your own as a self-employed bathroom & kitchen plumbing installer give it a go for a few months to see what is really like to work as a plumber.
Very funny Chris. I was sying that I didnt want to do a fast track cource Id rather do one that leads to a propper industry recognised one like the SVQ3, I was struggling to find a course that offered the flexibility. And do I think people would pay for the work I am capable of doing at the moment? Yes I do, and I do it very well. Im wise enough not to attempt anything Im not capable of doing, hence wishing to study alongside working. Would I replace a whole central heating system? no I wouldnt, would I replace a radiator yes I would. The work I have done to date is as good as ive seen anywhere else if not better. Granted I probably do not have the speed of an experienced plumber in fitting a bathroom, but It will come.
Evertone has to start somewhere (You did)
So nothing wrong with my grey matter my old chum. and thanks for your encouragement or lack of it!
Contact your local Business Gateway and they run free business start up courses, offer tax and accounting advice and info about available funding. If you're in the Falkirk area, their office is in the Falkirk Stadium and you could qualify for a £5,000 loan from the BP Loan Fund. East and West Lothian areas have their own offices, just Google for Business Gateway. Well worth it and it's all 100% free.West lothian, just out side falkirk
Contact your local Business Gateway and they run free business start up courses, offer tax and accounting advice and info about available funding. If you're in the Falkirk area, their office is in the Falkirk Stadium and you could qualify for a £5,000 loan from the BP Loan Fund. East and West Lothian areas have their own offices, just Google for Business Gateway. Well worth it and it's all 100% free.
Help is available for training courses too.
I hope he is not to close to you C, otherwise you may find you only have 5 booked in & no more to come. LOLScots Jay, if you feel confident enough in your abilities, then go for it! It's not all doom and gloom out there, I've got 7 bathrooms booked in and 2 more to come.
All this negativity on here is pure bull **** and if you work hard and do the very best work that you can, set yourself very high standards and be prepared to go out there and do everything possible to bring the work in, then you'll succeed. If you sit on your rse in front of a computer and moan like some of them on here about a lack of work when you should be out there chasing it then you'll crash and burn just like them.
Welcome to the forums.
Our water regs up here are different from yours and yes it does matter. The guy has a least got SOME practical experience unlike some who have read it all from a book, so good luck to him.Competition ? your right, just make it on a level'ish playing field, will he know the Water By-law 2000 or does that not matter?
I dont see why you have to be so negative chris... No I dont know every regulation, hence I would take advice on every job and look at regulations that pertain to the job i under take. What you should be saying is "make sure you look up xyz or ensure you work within abc. but no, you have to just snear and put down. Good job there are others more helpful and less threatened like system3.
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