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  Topic: Plumber/Gas Safe Register? HELP!
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 1
Views: 270

PostForum: Services   Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 2:09 pm   Subject: Plumber/Gas Safe Register? HELP!
Gas safe register will most likely let your mate on, even if he fails to answer the questions they ask. Gas safe are owned by capita and it is in their interest to sign up as many people as possible. ...
  Topic: Combi Boiler Installation Recommendation
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 2
Views: 211

PostForum: Services   Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 11:18 am   Subject: Combi Boiler Installation Recommendation
You can put a postecode search into the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) and this will assure you of a quality installer. Look for those with higher memberships for bet ...
  Topic: Has anybody tried leaf letting for their plumbing business?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 4
Views: 260

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:23 am   Subject: Has anybody tried leaf letting for their plumbing business?
As a master plumber it is a relief to me that 'leaflet drops', and advertising in general gives a poor response. I would expect anyone wanting to find a decent plumber to go to the Chartered Institut ...
  Topic: IS THIS THE END 4 THE UKs PLUMBING INDUSTRY?? ANGRY PLUMBER
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 8
Views: 625

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:02 pm   Subject: IS THIS THE END 4 THE UKs PLUMBING INDUSTRY?? ANGRY PLUMBER
Johhny

Your words are the truth as I see it.

I have been plumbing for 27 years and if you read some of my posts on this forum, then you will get the gist of my feeling.

As well as being a plu ...
  Topic: Australian Electrician in London
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 17
Views: 5490

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:22 pm   Subject: Australian Electrician in London
Darryl

Just a point on your comment about 'engineers', the over use of this word in endemic in Britain. In the Gas industry we have licence to practice, but this is just a scam, it does not improv ...
  Topic: Australian Electrician in London
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 17
Views: 5490

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:03 pm   Subject: Australian Electrician in London
Darryl

Just a point on your comment about 'engineers', the over use of this word in endemic in Britain. In the Gas industry we have licence to practice, but this is just a scam, it does not improv ...
  Topic: Feeling Creative? I need a new company name...
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 8
Views: 2849

PostForum: Services   Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:33 pm   Subject: Feeling Creative? I need a new company name...
Missserendipity

Read Paulo Freire:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Freire

Pedagogy of the oppressed will educate you on the theory of empowerment. I would look for oppressive culture and ...
  Topic: Feeling Creative? I need a new company name...
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 8
Views: 2849

PostForum: Services   Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:22 pm   Subject: Feeling Creative? I need a new company name...
Innovation Actuations
  Topic: How can you get any old plumbing?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 1
Views: 443

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:21 pm   Subject: How can you get any old plumbing?
Read some of the posts on this forum regarding plumbing - I would chose something else, unless you really do want to waste your time.

Try carpentry or bricklaying, now they are jobs that require sk ...
  Topic: work as a Plumber??i dont no anymore!!
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 8
Views: 2017

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:58 pm   Subject: work as a Plumber??i dont no anymore!!
Increase

Good luck in teaching, its a job that will change your life. Very Happy
  Topic: Mechanic apperanitce
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 17
Views: 1957

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:42 pm   Subject: Mechanic apperanitce
f... england

You will find that in England access to good education, or perhaps should I say good schooling, is based around middle class culture in the main. Working class people have been dumbed ...
  Topic: Mechanic apperanitce
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 17
Views: 1957

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:26 pm   Subject: Mechanic apperanitce
Sean

You are using your initiative and don't worry about spelling ever - access and opportunity to quality education in this country is unequally distributed. The middle classes think they are smar ...
  Topic: teacher training
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 3
Views: 544

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:36 am   Subject: teacher training
Try here first, published every Friday:

http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6015348

Other news papers like the Guardian have further ed articles on Tuesday. Try the Institute for Learni ...
  Topic: teacher training
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 3
Views: 544

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:06 am   Subject: teacher training
Have you tried the post compulsory teaching sector? If you have a degree already there may be openings here.
  Topic: Plumbers still required!!?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 11
Views: 1528

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 7:15 pm   Subject: Plumbers still required!!?
Canada is provincial in terms of approaches to plumbing and what can and cant be done. I went out there to research a few years ago and found that in Ottawa the standard is very high - our NVQ3 would ...
  Topic: Plumbers still required!!?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 11
Views: 1528

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:56 am   Subject: Plumbers still required!!?
City Plumber

You are not far out there - a few years ago City and Guilds external verifiers had to go around to all the colleges and tell the assessors its alright to fail people - this was on the ...
  Topic: Plumbers still required!!?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 11
Views: 1528

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:24 pm   Subject: Plumbers still required!!?
City Plumber

You will see from the gas engineer magazine page 42, a senior director of a college (ex gas installer) ends his 'how I go here' piece by commenting:

"Interest in gas careers ha ...
  Topic: Plumbers still required!!?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 11
Views: 1528

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:47 pm   Subject: Plumbers still required!!?
Bluey is right

I am a Master Plumber with 25 years experience, gas safe registered, part p, wras, unvented etc etc - no work!

I would look into using your engineering qualifications to do some s ...
  Topic: How can I get work asa plumbers mate?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 63
Views: 21691

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:39 pm   Subject: How can I get work asa plumbers mate?
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Why do you think this, what is your experience, please tell us.

By the way, the policies for vocational education were conservative and so were the policies to end restrictions ...
  Topic: How can I get work asa plumbers mate?
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 63
Views: 21691

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 1:09 pm   Subject: How can I get work asa plumbers mate?
Paul

I can understand how logical these reps make plumbing sound - I have also met guys who set up two years ago and have been flying - met one of them in the electrical corner shop the other day - ...
  Topic: LOOKING FOR WORK AS A PLUMBERS OR SPARKYS MATE IN THE SOUTH
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 1
Views: 574

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:26 pm   Subject: LOOKING FOR WORK AS A PLUMBERS OR SPARKYS MATE IN THE SOUTH
I would first read some of the posts on this forum regarding plumbing training. I do not wish to discourage you but there are tens of thousands of students who have been sold a pup up and down Englan ...
  Topic: Lets all now watch this profession go tits up!
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 5
Views: 1559

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:26 am   Subject: Lets all now watch this profession go tits up!
FurQ

If your post is an example of how higher education graduates are educated to debate, then things are worse than I thought. I am a plumber and I managed to produce a better post than you.

I ...
  Topic: work as a Plumber??i dont no anymore!!
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 8
Views: 2017

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:21 pm   Subject: work as a Plumber??i dont no anymore!!
Increase,

You have a good attitude to this and have started to make hay already. Idealy you want NVQ level 4 or foundation degree level - I agree that the contents of the Btec national diploma, ar ...
  Topic: work as a Plumber??i dont no anymore!!
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 8
Views: 2017

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:54 pm   Subject: work as a Plumber??i dont no anymore!!
Increase

The Chartered institute of plumbing and heating engineering has information on colleges that are doing the level 4 NVQ or the foundation degree in Building Services - you will be surprised ...
  Topic: UK ruined
plumbing philosopher

Replies: 4
Views: 981

PostForum: Jobs   Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:30 pm   Subject: UK ruined
David

The people you describe in your post of having ruined Britain, are the very people that made our country great - I stood under India Gate arch in Delhi and was brought to tears by the numbers ...
 
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