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 »
Useful links
Trade Bodies and other sources of information
| Summit Skills | SummitSkills is the Sector Skills Council for the building services engineering sector, representing the electrotechnical, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration and plumbing industries | www.summitskills.org.uk Tel: 01908 303960 E: enquiries@summitskills.org.uk |
| Learning and Skills Council | The LSC is the Government department responsible for funding and planning education and training for over 16-year-olds in England. | www.lsc.gov.uk T: 0870 900 6800 E: info@lsc.gov.uk |
| British Plumbing Employers Council | BPEC is the main professional body responsible for training in the plumbing industry. | www.bpec.org.uk T: 0845 644 6558 E: info@bpec.org.uk |
| The Construction Industry Training Board / Construction Skills | The CITB is the national training organisation for construction in the UK. The site provides news, advice and information on careers, education and training. | www.citb.co.uk T: 01485 577577 E: information.centre@citb.co.uk |
| CORGI or Gas Safe Register | CORGI or Gas Safe Register is the National Watchdog for Gas Safety in the United Kingdom, overseeing the safety of gas installations. Providing some information about the law and a facility to check installers’ registrations | www.corgi-gas-safety.com T: 0870 401 2300 E: enquiries@corgi-gas.com |
| EMTA Awards Limited | EMTA Awards Limited (EAL) is the leading awarding body of engineering NVQs and Scottish Vocational Qualifications. | www.eal.org.uk T: 0870 240 6889 E: customercare@eal.org.uk |
| ELECSA | ELECSA is a joint venture between FENSA and the BBA to deliver an independent, no nonsense, certification scheme for tradesmen who under take domestic electrical installation work | www.elecsa.org.uk T: 0870 749 0080 E: enquiries@elecsa.org.uk |
| City & Guilds | City & Guilds is the UK’s leading vocational awarding body, offering more then 500 qualifications over 28 industry sectors | www.city-and-guilds.co.uk T: 020 7294 2800 |
| Logic Certification | Logic Certification is a UKAS accredited Certification Body offering certification services under the Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS) and the OFTEC Oil Scheme as well as other non-accredited schemes | www.logiccertification.com T: 020 8839 2439 E: enquiries@logic-cert.com |
| National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting | The NICEIC aims to protect everyone who uses electricity from unsafe electrical installations in homes, places of work and leisure time. In order to achieve this, they maintain a register of electrical contractors that have been assessed as complying with the Council’s rule | www.niceic.org.uk Tel: 020 7564 2323 |
| Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering | The IPHE is the UK’s professional voluntary body for plumbers and others in the plumbing industry | www.iphe.org.uk Tel: 01708 472791 |
| Office of Deputy Prime Minister | The ODPM is responsible for policy on housing, planning, regional and local government and the fire service. It is the government department responsible for Building Regulations and the introduction of the Home Information Pack in England and Wales | www.odpm.gov.uk Tel: 020 7944 4400 |
