Our Guarantee
In all our courses, our pass rates are over 95% - first time! So you can be very confident you’ll achieve. But in the unlikely event you do fail a course, as long as you have completed the theory and practical training parts to your tutor's satisfaction, you can retake the course free of charge. Click here to see our pass rates for 2007/8.
Help with paying
We offer easy payment terms on all our courses and assessments and we can help you find competitive loans too. Some training also qualifies for government funded grants and subsidies. Read more »
Heating, Ventilation & Plumbing Courses
Since 1992 we have specialised in offering plumbing courses for people wanting to enter the industry and for plumbers wanting to expand their range of skills and gain additional qualifications.
We are firmly established as one of Britain’s leading training providers in Building Services and are highly regarded by the industry bodies for the quality of our training and for a dynamic and stimulating environment for our teaching.
Because of our size (over 5,000 people train and qualify with us each year) we offer unprecedented value for money and we’re able to offer you a no quibble guarantee. In the unlikely event you fail a course, as long as you have completed the theory and practical training parts to your tutor's satisfaction, you can retake the course free of charge.
As an LSC provider we can also offer free training for new entrants (subject to meeting LSC eligibility) and we offer easy payment ‘buy-now-pay-later’ plans and loans to everyone else. Help with paying is available to everyone with monthly payment plans and subject to status we can offer loans of up to £8000, some of which are interest free and/or deferred until the end of your training.
We also offer
- Outstanding facilities – over 40,000 sqft of training space in specialised workshops.
- Highly experienced tutors, who care about you and your achievement.
- All the equipment, tools and books you will need.
- Free telephone technical support while you train.
- After-training support free of charge.
Considering a career in plumbing?
Please beware training companies offering you careers courses that do not offer the NVQ and Technical Certificate. You will never be classed as a qualified plumber, it will be very difficult to progress to become a gas engineer, and you run the risk of having to repeat your training and assessment should Government regulations change – which they may. In fact, from 2010 you must have an NVQ in your chosen trade in order to work on a building site.
If you are considering a career in plumbing then please note: In order to be recognised by the industry as a qualified plumber, you must achieve a minimum NVQ Level 2 in Plumbing. The NVQ comprises two qualifications: the City & Guilds 6129 Plumbing Technical Certificate (done with ATL) and the City & Guilds 6089 Plumbing NVQ (done in the workplace and assessed by ATL). Once you’ve got your NVQ in Plumbing you can move onto a level 3 NVQ or undertake additional training at ATL to become a Gas Engineer.
For existing plumbers and heating engineers:
We only offer nationally recognised plumbing qualifications and plumbing courses. We are accredited by all the leading awarding bodies so you can choose form CITB, BPEC, City & Guilds and Logic certification. Plumbing training courses can also be run onsite at your company premises – just ask!
We also offer electrical training courses specifically for plumbers such as the Part P Defined Scope (and Full Scope) and the full suite of domestic and commercial natural gas and LPG ACS Gas Qualifications.
Please browse our website for our full range of plumbing courses, electrical training courses, renewable energy courses and gas training courses, download our prospectus and brochures, or phone 0800 783 7073 for printed copies and/or a consultation with our technical team.
