Hey all,
Im 20, got a tech cert in plumbing at level 2 and its as good as impossible gettin in with a plumber around my town (Clacton on sea, Essex), Everyone is a 1 man band and cant afford to take on a plumbers mate, so im thinking about going all out doing a plastering course with able skills and going off on my own as a plasterer. Im good with my hands and im a really quick learner but with plumbing the money is in the faultfinding + gas and to learn the faultfinding and get the gas certs, you need experiance which I cant get, and as theres no faultfinding in plastering (as far as im aware).
Im not sure wether this is a good idea or not, its just only thing I can think I might enjoy doing other than plumbing. Its the same for 90% of the blokes that were in my plumbing class at college, no plumbers will take you on unless you have an NVQ but you cant get the NVQ unless they take you on its catch 22.
Ive also done sales and customer service jobs but I love gettin messy and gettin stuck in, the day goes quicker and its a different scenary everyday.
So basically im asking everyone on here as they know what they are talking about.... is it worth me forking out the £2K for the plastering course and setting up on my own or not? ive got a van etc so it will literally just be gettin my name about and gettin the work in?
Thanks
Sean
Im 20, got a tech cert in plumbing at level 2 and its as good as impossible gettin in with a plumber around my town (Clacton on sea, Essex), Everyone is a 1 man band and cant afford to take on a plumbers mate, so im thinking about going all out doing a plastering course with able skills and going off on my own as a plasterer. Im good with my hands and im a really quick learner but with plumbing the money is in the faultfinding + gas and to learn the faultfinding and get the gas certs, you need experiance which I cant get, and as theres no faultfinding in plastering (as far as im aware).
Im not sure wether this is a good idea or not, its just only thing I can think I might enjoy doing other than plumbing. Its the same for 90% of the blokes that were in my plumbing class at college, no plumbers will take you on unless you have an NVQ but you cant get the NVQ unless they take you on its catch 22.
Ive also done sales and customer service jobs but I love gettin messy and gettin stuck in, the day goes quicker and its a different scenary everyday.
So basically im asking everyone on here as they know what they are talking about.... is it worth me forking out the £2K for the plastering course and setting up on my own or not? ive got a van etc so it will literally just be gettin my name about and gettin the work in?
Thanks
Sean