Courses

City & Guilds Weekend Plumbing Level 1 Course 4 Days

City & Guilds Level 1 (unit accreditation) weekend course (4 days)

£450 inc vat

This course is run over two weekends (4 days)

Course times 9.00am to 4.00pm

This course runs most weekends. (Just pick the two weekends that are conveiniant)

Upcoming weekend dates:

Wk end - Sat 19th Nov & Sun 20th Nov

Wk end - Sat 26th Nov & Sun 27th Nov

Wk end - Sat 3rd Dec & Sun 4th Nov

Wk end - Sat 8th Jan & Sun 9th Jan

Wk end - Sat 14th & Sun 15th Jan

Accredited Plumbing course resulting in the below City & Guilds qualification.

C&G - Developing Pipework Skills level 1 (unit accreditation)

This plumbing course is aimed to give you enough skills to develop your expertise to a career in plumbing as many of our former plumbing candidates have or just to give you the confidence to take on everyday DIY projects around the house

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Our 5 day plumbing course will provide you with a great insight and understanding of the plumbing trade whether you are a total beginner or have some previous plumbing experience.

Please feel free to arrange a visit prior to booking. Take the tour and have a chat to students actually on the plumbing course.

Course Content

Plumbing Course

Working with and using 15mm and 22mm copper pipe and fixings - Fitting isolation valves - Pipe bending

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Fitting of tap connectors including flexi - WC assembly including all internal fittings - Fault finding and repair - Bathroom taps and wastes fitted and explained.

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Plumbing in a complete bathroom and water testing under pressure !!

Fitting of Kitchen taps and waste - Strip down a kitchen tap, repair washer and re-test - Plumbing in a kitchen sink with hot and cold outlets for a washing machine, then water test everything under pressure.

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Fitting of radiators - Fault finding and repair - Working with plastic pipe and copper together - Plumbing up and filling up until under full pressure -

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THEN.... under pressure and full of water, change a radiator and valve !!

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Showers, talk on fitting various models of showers and the correct fitting procedure. If time allows (with some of the quicker students) we may even fit a shower like on the 5 day course.

Extra content covered on every YTA plumbing course

Tricks of the trade throughout the plumbing course
Full Measuring and In-Depth Quoting based on your full size kitchens and bathrooms.
Marketing Techniques
Business cards, logo design and how to advertise
Insurance, TAX, CIS scheme and CSCS cards
Plumbing Business Start Up
Course progression and NVQ's