Whether it's retraining, gaining qualifications or simply being a late starter, finding the correct route to becoming a qualified plumber can be quite daunting, especially if you don't know where or who to turn to. The traditional route to becoming a plumber has been through Further education colleges who offer recognised plumbing qualifications that you will need, but these days they are mostly over-subscribed and you might find it very difficult to successfully enrol on a recognised plumbing course with one. Private plumbing training providers like UK One Training Solutions are becoming increasingly busy with an ever growing demand for plumbing training courses. Whilst UK One Training benefit from the inevitable over-spill generated from further education colleges there are other reasons why adult learners choose to take the fast track route to becoming a qualified plumber. 1. speed 2. convenience 3. Tailored Courses The general perception of privately run centres is that the fast track route to become a plumber will cost a small fortune and to some extent that is probably true. Those that choose to enquire about plumbing course prices from the larger main stream plumbing training providers will soon find out that a City & Guilds 6129 Level 2 course can cost between £5,000 & £6,000 with essential qualifications like water Regulations and Part L Energy Efficiency offered as additional bolt-ons ramping up the steep prices even further. For the vast majority of people wanting to enroll on one of these courses would mean taking out some sort of finance package to cover the course fees. A few training providers do offer 0% interest with deferred payments for 12 months, but the majority will use 3rd party finance companies to do the lending with interest rates around 19.9% Apr. Signing up with a course provider with a business based on financing for sales can be risky. During the first part of 2010 there have been several well publicised closures of large plumbing & electrical training providers, such as Access 2 Trade Careers in Kidderminster who operated with a business model similar to this. Closures like this have struck a major blow to the new career hopes of hundreds of students before many of them had even opened a text book or picked up a spanner. UK One Training Solutions in Halesowen, Birmingham and the Midland Construction College in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire have picked up the pieces and lifted the hopes of many of Access 2 Trade Careers former students offering tailored training courses to keep their dreams alive whilst at the same time offering employment to some of the highly regarded training staff that was also affected by Access 2 Trade Careers closure. UK One Training Solutions are one of a small number of training providers that do not offer finance packages as a means to securing training course sales. Their unique selling point is simple. You will get more qualifications and practical experience but pay less. UK One Training solutions run the City & Guilds 6129 level 2 course and fees are generally £2995 + Vat and the course does includes the Water Regulations 1999 & Part L Certification at no extra cost. A free high quality toolkit is also included in the course price. Other incentives to enroll with them include discounted Part P Defined Scope Certification at £350. There are also other training providers that offer similarly priced course content and packages. |