From BT to Gas safe in 5 months.

[rpm]

Was talking to one of my private customers tonight and she told me the story of how her nephew was sacked for doing private work and now he is in Leicester doing a 5 month course with BG, does that sound about right guy`s? From telephones to boilers in 5 months.

 

[Dotty]

I used to work for BT on the Power and BES group.

Dealt with boilers, heating, vent, air conditioning, chillers, diesel generators and lifts.


Ain't got a clue how a strowger exchange works. Know what they look like though.

 

[rpm]

He was doing telephone side of things so I`m told.

 

[Rickster123]

With the speedy courses anything is possible. Qualified on paper but in reality they'll be lost on most heating installs. Plus they'll struggle to gain employment with no experience.

Having said that isn't Masood a six week course man? And now he's a millionaire!

 

[rpm]

Told that he is employed by BG.

 

[Rickster123]

He'll be the best powerflusher on the firm!

 

[macackau]

I was on a water regs course at a place that ran several other plumbing and gas courses, got chatting to the lads there on a coffee break and they were 11 weeks in to a 12 week ACS course and 2 of them had never done any form of pipe work or soldering in there lives. Frightening how you don't even need the basics to become a GSR engineer.

 

[snowhead]

Ain't got a clue how a strowger exchange works. Know what they look like though.

I was GPO EL & P, did basic Telephone training before electrical and mechanical etc.
When it split I went Royal Mail.

I did know how Strowger works, all I can remember was Click, click, click, wurr, Repeat many times.
Same with Uniselectors.

Re B.G Training, sounds right, but as above he'll be doing more selling than repairing.
And he'll be banned from doing private work.
And will be Supervised /Monitored I would imagine after Training.

 

[drip-dry]

Bg maybe thought he will be good for being ''on call''

 

[1Steven]

I remember a landscape gardener on a course some years back.

 

[Aquazone]

More than likely be installing meters. They have been advertising loads of apprentice smart meter installers round here.

 

[rocketmanbkk]

If they don't know what to do they look on their laptop, failing that they call their fellow engineer for guidance

Happened to me about 11 years ago, guy had no clue, 2nd guy was excellent & replaced my boiler for cash on a Saturday.

 

[zzzjim]

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Ain't got a clue how a strowger exchange works. Know what they look like though.

I remember noise as a kid !

( Trace that call .. before computers ! )

 

[tomplumb83]

The course might only be so many weeks long but you still have to go out and do afew months getting the relevant gas experience.
Gas Safe means exactly that. If you can prove youre gas safe, I cant see the problem.
Whether you've been doing the job 1 year or 20, if you can prove your safe to work with it, why does it matter?
Or should they make it harder to become gas safe?
I tried to qualify quickly for my gas safe about 6/7 years ago. Id been a plumber for ten years already, rolled up to the Reactfast HQ to see how long it would take (thinking that would be the easiest and quickest way of getting it) No chance! It wasn't that easy, there were no short cuts.

Im all for raising the standard but im sure there are plenty of short course veterans who do a really good job.
I did 4years at college. I struggle to use the cooker....

 

[Pssst]

They are not Engineers..

 

[London Gas]

You could pass it in that amount of time if you have the right mind set, if you can learn fast and get a clear understanding then its possible just depends on if he can pass his exams or not, is it a full time course?