SXI - Matt
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Hi, im looking at going into a trade as im currently working in retail and dont feel ill get any were i wont to, im intrested in going into either plumbing or a sparky, basically just wont to see who are qualified and how you went about it, i.e coarse's ect?
[Edited on 26-03-2008 by SXI - Matt]
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Matt L
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matt k is iirc (plumber)
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Shelly
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my dad is a spark
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SXI - Matt
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Did he go through another company to get trained up?
[Edited on 26-03-2008 by SXI - Matt]
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pow
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mattk is a plumber 
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SXI - Matt
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Ill drop him a u2u cheers 
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sand-eel
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quote:
Originally posted by Shelly
my dad is a spark
he must be quite hot
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mattk
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yeah im a plumber, I enrolled at my local technology collegeon a sunny summers day in 2003, I was in my last year at school and needed to decide what I wanted to do, my dad is a plumber and suggested I do that, I rang around a few plumbing companys round here and finnally ended up at the company my dad was with
basic pay was shit, it was £40 a week, now its gone up to £80 a week for new starters, it then increases as you progress, I currently earn £300 a week, and I have 8 weeks to wait till I do my final week of exams, I have already agreed to a site in chester for when I pass those exams and will be earning then £650 - £800 a week
im gonna say plumbing is the most graft out the 2, but as a spark you will earn marginally if at all less than a plumber and you will spend most of your time clean, however there is a demand for plumbers and you are NEVER short of work, I have jacked a job in the morning and been starting a new job the next morning it really is that easy
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Shelly
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I need to become a plumber.
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MikeE
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matt k is that on day work or price
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Colin
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I worked for a plumbing & heating company as a contracts surveyor, basically from what ive seen the apprentices all came from family members that already worked for the company. Faither, uncle, Bro etc worked for the company. mattk backs this up.
I once wrote to around 50 local companies asking about becoming an apprentice, around 4 replied saying no thanks.
College courses (ones worth doing) are almost non existant.
Thats what I found anyway!
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S@M
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im a sparky
done 4 years at college. ONC and HNC in Electrical Engineering. And also did a NVQ level 2 and Level 3 as part of an apprentaship with my company. I do industrial wiring though and not house wiring. To do house wiring you need someing called a 'part p' and 17th edition inspection and testing certificate. i only have bog standard 17th edition
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mattk
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thats Price work, we dont really do day work
Colin out of a course of 125 lad ( split into 3 groups ) there are 4 of us who got the job through family members, age is the most important, if your 16 you will have no problem, the older you get your chances drop greatly
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Eddie.2k
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Im half way through my first year as an apprentice Electrical Engineer.
Was working for WoodGroup at an oil terminal as a labourer then i heard they were looking for two apprentice sparks and i got offered the job
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scottyp1989
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im training to be a sparky at the min. done my level 2 2 years ago so have found an aprentaship now and am doing level 3 from september
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Tiger
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Im a spark - 10 years now. Got C&G2360 part A & B and NVQ Level 2 as well as my C&G2391 Test and Inspection. Started out with Industrial Maint. now doing Electrical Engineering and Commercial / Ind. Maint.
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little_duke
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im in the same boat as you matt,done retail all my life since leaving school in 2002.not getting nowhere with it so hoping to do college for 3 years this september.
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dan_c4rsa
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im a builder/builder's labourer. Instead of an apprentiship my dad was sneaky and did on-the-job training that way and pays me properly
but from everyone i've been talking to, most started out as labourers etc and loved it when they didnt know what to do
i.e sparky, plumber or joiner? hmmmm
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Ash_sx125
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Im training to be a sparky at college..
Coming to the end of my course (only a year long) City and guilds 2330.. level 2.
Looking for an apprenticeship now, but can't find anything at all 
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Jules S
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quote:
Originally posted by mattk
thats Price work, we dont really do day work
If thats price work I would suggest you are a lucky man indeed....I would expect to pay £200 a day for your services if you had 10+ years in the trade....what are you working on?
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by dan_c4rsa
im a builder/builder's labourer. Instead of an apprentiship my dad was sneaky and did on-the-job training that way and pays me properly
but from everyone i've been talking to, most started out as labourers etc and loved it when they didnt know what to do
i.e sparky, plumber or joiner? hmmmm
most brickys start as laboourers. thats why most brickys are shit 
my dads "gang" hbefore he packed it in, had 50+ year olds and 1 labourer. they were faster than all the gangs that were like 20-30 and work 1on1 brickys to labourers. bloody youth of today
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Jules S
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Originally posted by Russ
Most brickys start as laboourers. thats why most brickys are shit
Nah, most brickies are shite because they are Polish and they are blocklayers 
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harrisp
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Im going for a full time course at college which is up to level 2 I think but to go any further you have to be an apprentice.
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scottyp1989
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Originally posted by harrisp
Im going for a full time course at college which is up to level 2 I think but to go any further you have to be an apprentice.
this is what i did origionally an am now doing an aprentaship. if you can just go straight into an aprentaship is sooo much easier
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SXI - Matt
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Hi guys cheers for advice, havent been able to get on the net for a while, mattk how old were you when you started if you dont mind me asking? so between the two sparky and plumber there's plenty of work and pay is about the same? little_duke sorry dont no your name, your college coarse your going o be doing is it a pay as you go and how easy was it for you to find the coarse am struggeling at my end to dind any at the moment, and retail does suck am bike specialist got the job when was 17 and there not much more for me to aim for apart from store manager and thats it and money isnt great either to be honest especailly as you get older
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