JIB Do not recognise City & Guilds without NVQ

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Totally fast track the NVQ.. the rest is basically up to whoever after that. Well I found it means the c&g is spent doing a whole lot more theory. You must read about everything and Anything To do with the modules. I enjoyed that. But for me there's the foot in the door. Qualified and the rest is infinity.. good enough for me. At the time it was the 6129 or 6035 which never covered lead and has a lot lesser modules at level 2&3. I'm HAPPY

 

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I've got the info from the jib.. you CAN change to the NVQ but practical assess attendant and adjustment are another £1200.. I'll ff to you inna bit as I'm at work at the mojo.. brb

 

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In the colleges I work in fitting a sink unit is one of the assessments, you get 3.5hrs to do it, waste boss is already there and two blanked/valves supplies, they have to work from a drawing with specific measurements for 1st leg off offsets, but not size of offset, if that makes sense, so they are assessed on pipe bending as well, rather than letting them put any size of tail on the offset etc
If a guy says he gets 8hrs I can't say he's lying, more likely he said a day, but remember a college day is only 6.5hrs and it depends how accurate they need to be

I agree, you start plumbing out in the field as I've found out!! It's a different world out there.

 

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Hi all just a heads up that JIB will not issue a blue or gold skills card without a NVQ. They say the City & Guilds is just the classroom side to the qualification. To which i do not agree, on a city & guilds course you will have a practical portfolio as well as written exams. You also complete a final assessment which is exactly the same as a NVQ.

Just a heads up to all on a City & Guilds course make sure you get the NVQ.

Its because JIB/ cscs certifies you as safe on site, how can they certify you if you haven't been on site ? Its where you get the best experience of putting all that classroom study into practice and also it will teach you site methods from the guys who have been at it years... A good thing!

On the bright side if you have the level 2 6035 you can now APL that against level 2 nvq 6189, start an apprenticeship now and by this time next year you could ( If with the right employer) have the full qualification that JIB wants to issue you a card 😉
Good luck