The adult trainee route
Retraining without an employer?
To complete a recognised training route and work as a plumber, you will need to find an employer or use a qualification as a caveat to finding employment.
It is worth chasing local employers or indeed agencies who, once they know you are studying, often offer plumbers mates rates or adult trainee rates. The usual trick of going through the Yellow Pages, local and national newspapers, internet job sites and even internet forums these days may find you work. If you choose to go to college, you may well make contact with students who do have employers looking for adult trainees or may be employers themselves. Being part of a social network and getting to know local employers is a definite advantage.
A lot of plumbing mature students choose to go to college on evening or day release to try to gain the following qualification:
This is the basic technical certificate and may well give you the foothold you need to enter the industry.