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Earn Great Money With Plumber Training

Begin A Profitable New Career As A Plumber

If you retrain and become certified as a plumber your skills will always be in demand. Construction sites may offer fewer opportunities, but domestic work is as buoyant as ever. How often do we hear about the trouble someone had finding a plumber to mend their heating system? And as fewer people are moving house, more and more choose to upgrade their existing homes with new kitchens and bathrooms. So training to become a plumber might just be the best career move you could make!

Comprehensive Free E-Book

Once you've learned the necessary skills and understand the systems you'll be working on, the sky's the limit! We've put together a very comprehensive free E-Book that will tell you everything you need to know about the different training routes into industry. You'll find it helpful when trying to differentiate between the various courses that training companies offer. We'd suggest you give yourself some time to read and digest the contents.

Then come back to this site and take a look at a number of the training colleges featured on the page. If you Bookmark this website (press Ctrl D) you'll be able to retrieve it instantly.

Become Your Own Boss

A lot of people decide to get into plumbing so they can become self-employed and control their own destiny. In reality the bulk of new career plumbers enter the domestic market working predominantly by and for themselves. This is hardly surprising when you realise how much work is out there, and the kind of money that decent plumbers can make.

A lot of work will come from friends of people you've done a good job for. People like to recommend great service.

Your technical skills will be gained through study and practical application, but you might also need to polish up your people skills. Business sometimes comes in from the most unlikely people. When you're in someone's home, try not to invade their privacy too much.

As a rule, those working for commercial plumbers will put in around 37-40 hours, Mon-Fri only. You'd be wise to open that up a little though if you plan to work for yourself in private housing. It can be quite difficult for some people to stay at home during the day waiting for a plumber, which means they're sometimes prepared to pay more for evening call-outs.

Varied and Satisfying Work

Skilled plumbers with the right certifications are set for life - people will always need your services. It's fair to say that your days are filled with solving people's problems - if someone's had a burst pipe, or no water for hours, they'll welcome you like a long lost son!

The fact that you're moving around working in different properties all the time makes the work really interesting as well.

Plumbers who work for themselves must get to grips with doing quotations that win contracts at the right price. Which means covering all your overheads so you don't lose money. You'll get into the swing of things once you've done a few. Look for training companies that help out with this.

The Best Training For You

You can take City & Guilds training for various plumbing courses in both further education colleges and commercial colleges. Teenagers straight out of school usually aim to combine a technical college course with commercial employment to complete NVQ certifications. But more mature career changers like to hang onto their old jobs whilst they study part-time. So the more flexible courses offered by specialist companies tend to be more geared towards adult re-trainers. Mature students then will generally pay more up front for commercial training courses, but fine-tune their training to suit the work they'll get into.

Extra Skill-Sets to Consider

With a basic qualification you'll be able to work on a range of plumbing jobs. You might also consider some ancillary extras so that when you're doing domestic jobs you can cover most things yourself without having to sub certain jobs out. Some plumbers can also do tiling, plastering and some electrical work. If you have a broad ranging skill-set you'll be more in demand. Everything you take on will be more lucrative. Customers will be happier if they only have you to deal with - it's much more straightforward than trying to juggle several trades.

To summarise, the most profitable and efficient way to get into the domestic plumbing market is to train with a reputable private training company.