The Guardian on plumbing courses

[fuzzy]

Interesting read, sorry if its been posted before

Are fast-track plumbing courses just money down the drain? | Money | The Guardian

 

[ecowarm]

The more that gets in the papers the better

 

[Barry98]

about time , if it helps one poor sole the better

 

[SimonG]

Cracking read and it's over a year old (May 2010).

 

[fuzzy]

yeh a year old surprised me too, just goes to show you this aint a recent thing

 

[SimonG]

Still a good read, even the comments regarding the article.

 

[Dannypipe]

You'll never read this in The Sun. You'll just see crap about millionaire plumbers. Good to read something more accurate.

 

[GQuigley67]

http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/plumbing-courses/19241-info-people-considering-fast-tracking.html

this is the same article I posted earlier this year from the CIPHE website

 

[fuzzy]

the Op link shows it in the national press

 

[GQuigley67]

I know but it is still the same article, good to see it posted in a newspaper although I don't know alot of people that read the guardian, and as said before you see the training centres advertising in the Sun which almost everyone buys

 

[fuzzy]

not round ere mate, most shops wont sell it in merseyside

 

[villa_tom]

Glad to see its in the press - we sound like moaning old men at times in this forum I'm glad to see its not just us who thinks these places are a joke!

And as far as the 27 days training these places say it take to be a plumber - I have been in plumbing/heating for nearly 5 years and still learn something everyday

 

[GQuigley67]

took me more than 27 days to get to grips with the names of fittings, sizes of pipe, different tools etc i used to get sent to go and get 1 1/2" pipe and come back with 1 1/4" and get hit with it haha.

any particular reason fuzz ???

 

[fuzzy]

off topic - the sun does not sell much on merseyside since Hillsborough disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia reead half way down

 

[GQuigley67]

ahh i see, with good reason then. I don't like the sun myself, but I always seem to find myself reading it

 

[billybobconnor]

funny you should mention the sun not selling in Merseyside, we was discussing it today in work, and the fact the damage the sun has done to its reputation in the area is beyond repair. dont know how we got on the subject as it was a strategic defence lecture???