New Career Skills offers a plumbing training program to help individuals start a new career as a plumber. The program provides both theoretical and hands-on practical training to obtain necessary certifications. Trainees receive help finding work or starting their own business after completing the program. New Career Skills boasts high success rates, with over 95% of students obtaining jobs or starting businesses in plumbing after training.
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The plumbing trade:
A great opportunity for you!
Plumbers are in demand
3,060 new plumbers are required every
year (according to Construction Skills, the
Government’s skills council for the industry).
In 2010 the average hourly rate charged
for general plumbing was £30 per hour,
the lowest rate was £24 per hour, while the
highest was over £70 per hour. There is great
opportunity for you to train now for a secure,
fulfilling and well paid career - whatever your
background.
We will train you in the theory and the
practical skills for plumbing, heating and
ventilating; we will help you achieve the
certificates you need to work safely; and most
importantly we will help you to find work
or start your own business as a domestic
plumber.
And once you are out working in your new
career our tutors are there should you need
support, and you will have access to our
exclusive NCS community of qualified trade
professionals.
We have trained 7,500 students for a new
career since we started in 1998. It’s an end-
to-end service to get you that new career and
we believe it is the best out there.
To find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9908
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Your career as a Plumber.
As a qualified domestic plumber you will enjoy working. You will find out how we do this as you
a fulfilling and varied career. It is a challenging, read on. And when you have completed your career
satisfying job which involves high amounts of individual change programme you will discover the wide range of
freedom and responsibility. As successful New Career potential areas in which you can work and some areas
Skills students will tell you, it is also financially very where you may want to specialise.
rewarding. If you haven’t already seen the testimonials
and videos from them on our web site - why not take Areas of work you can choose from include:
a look? • Boilers and other appliances
• Pipe fitting
We recognise that we need to deliver you first • Kitchen installation
class training and that we also need to support you • Sanitary systems
once you’ve graduated, unlocking the value of your • Central heating
training and your new skills. That is why we offer a • Bathroom design
staged training and support programme – theory • Rainwater, soil and drainage
and certification, practical training and hands-on • Hot and cold water systems
experience, help finding work or starting your own • Fault finding and diagnostics
business, and on going support once you are out
A complete career change programme
New Career Skills delivers a complete programme to give you (1) skills for your new career, (2) help
bridging the gap between training and working, (3) support finding work and (4) continued support while
you are in work. With our unique approach to re-training we can confidently deliver the results you want –
here’s how:
Blended Career Ongoing
Learning Development Support
• Flexible delivery • Work experience programme • Join the NCS community
• Hands on practical in centre • Support finding work • Exclusive access to jobs
• City & Guilds, EAL, BPEC • Help starting your own • Tutors available for advice
Accredited Training business • Career Search continues
• Pass rates over 95% • 73% of students start in their to support you in work
new career after training with us*
73% of students start in their new career after training with us*
* 2011 survey of 200 NCS graduates
To find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9908
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What makes New Career
Skills different?
New Career Skills was founded in 1998 as a specialist Excellent
training provider. Recent years have seen New Career • Our tutor to student ratio is typically 1 to 8
Skills expand and in 2008, we were named by the • We achieve pass rates of over 95%
Sunday Times as one of the 100 fastest growing • A first re-sit (should you ever need it) is free and
companies in the UK. We believe the secret to our you can even retake a week’s practical free
success is delivering a service that’s best in class. • Student satisfaction rates are consistently over
95% and we publish these rates on our website
Established every month
• We have trained thousands of successful students
• We own our training centres, and deliver all training End-to-end
ourselves, using an employed team of tutors, so we • Our fees include everything – there are no hidden
can be confident of quality charges (some other organisations do not include
• We are an accredited examination centre for City & exam fees or retakes or extra weeks training)
Guilds, EAL, BPEC and Logic • You receive the services of NCS Career Search –
help finding employment or starting your own
Expert business, plus offers and discounts on vital services
• All our course materials are written by experts and and free professional development courses
lead to industry standard qualifications, accredited • You can join the NCS Community - a free resource
by top awarding bodies centre and a place where you can source work or
• Our tutors are all qualified and also have real world work alongside other trained NCS graduates
industry experience already running businesses
• Students practise hands-on in specially constructed • A tutor is contactable even after you graduate to
training bays offer advice while you’re working
To find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9908
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How the New Career Skills
training programme works
for you.
We recognise that some people learn best from books, At the end of every week we ask our students to rate
some in a class and some by doing rather than reading. the quality of tuition they receive in centre. These
We try to offer what suits you best. You will train for results are published on our web site. Our tutors
your new career using our special blended consistently achieve satisfaction grades of 95% and
learning approach. above for training style and delivery, helpfulness and
friendliness.
The structure is very simple – you study a block of
theory at home and then you book in for a week of Even after you have finished your course, our tutors will
practical hands-on learning at one of our training be available to give you advice while you’re working.
facilities. We try to offer you maximum flexibility and So if you get stuck when you are out on a job, you can
break everything down into bite size chunks. call. Or if you have a big project and you need some
guidance, go and see your tutor for a chat first.
At the training sessions you will be guided by your
tutor and practise hands-on in a safe, controlled
environment the theory you have learnt in home study.
Because you do the theory at home you do not have to
spend days sitting in a classroom.
You can get started straight away. You are in control
of when you learn and the pace at which you learn.
This approach is taken so that you do not have to
give up your job until you are ready to become
a full-time plumber.
How you tutor will support you
You will have access to our team of tutors while you
learn your theory at home. Later, during your practical
weeks in centre, we have around 1 tutor for every 8
students. You will work in a specially designed bay
which is a replica of what you will find on a domestic
job. As you work through the different practicals each
week, your tutor will be at your side, supervising and
guiding you through. All tutors have many years hands-
on experience in their relevant industry and also a
number of years in education, which means you get the
best possible support available, and a lot of common
sense advice.
To find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9908
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Getting your first job; starting
your own business with NCS
Career Search.
NCS Career Search is a division of New Career estimating, renewable technologies and many other
Skills which supports you starting out and growing courses which may be of use to you.
your new career. Career Search will help you get a job
in the plumbing industry or start your own business The NCS Career Search web site also gives you access
and, once you are working, it can help you to succeed. to a range of products and services at exclusive
discounts which will be helpful to you in your new
NCS Career Search has a dedicated team in centre, career – services like web design, financial and legal
a web site www.ncscareersearch.co.uk, and also an advice, low cost van hire, insurance discounts, and
exclusive community, MyNCS, to serve you better. money off tools and workwear.
Help you will receive from NCS Career Search NCS Community - MyNCS
During your course you will be contacted by your Throughout your course and beyond you will be able
Career Search advisor and right from the start you to access the NCS community, called MyNCS. Through
will be offered advice on preparing your CV, interview this community you can keep in touch with the other
technique and creating a business plan (including sales, students you meet while training, and stay in contact
marketing, finance, staffing issues and legislation). even after you graduate, so you can share jobs with
them. New Career Skills trains people as electricians,
Work experience – NCS Access plumbers and in renewable technologies (like solar
As you progress through your course, subject to and heat pumps), so there are plenty of jobs which
availability and on recommendation by your tutor, you can be shared amongst the community. Early on if
may be eligible for the NCS Access programme. This is you have a large job you may wish to share it with a
an opportunity for you undertake work experience with more experienced NCS graduate, who can give you
an NCS graduate who is already running a business a few pointers as you start out. Job opportunities are
in your area, and provides a real world environment also posted on the community and there is a library of
for you to test out the skills and knowledge you have materials you can download for free and use in your
learnt in your practical sessions. Because we have business, including quote sheets, sample contracts,
trained thousands of trade professionals we are in a customer satisfaction forms, marketing materials and
position to offer this exclusive service to our students. financial planning templates.
Career Manuals NCS Career Search is an important part of your career
Towards the end of your course you will receive change programme. Its services are only possible
manuals on working as a plumber or setting up your because we have been delivering trades training for
own plumbing business. These manuals contain plans so many years and can draw upon the experience
and techniques for starting and growing your business of people who have successfully completed our
and some invaluable tricks of the trade. You will also programme and are now running new businesses. It is
be introduced to a range of other opportunities to a unique and vital ingredient in your success. Visit the
further your skills, with free workshops on pricing and web site www.ncscareersearch.co.uk to find out more.
To find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9908
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Successful students!
Sainsbury’s buyer to successful plumber
Charlie worked for seven years as a buyer for Sainsbury’s. “I found the course really
good with loads to learn, I got on really well with the tutors which helps as they give
you lots of hints and tips.” Charlie has now successfully set up his own company,
CAJ Plumbing and Property Maintenance.
Postman really delivers
Mark Henton was working as a postman in London. He had to find a course he
could fit around his work schedule, as he would need to remain a postman to fund
the course. The New Career Skills programme, offered Mark this flexibility. Almost
immediately Mark found contract work with Southampton City Council. Mark now
works for a large plumbing firm in Bournemouth.
From work stress to a brighter future
Previously a Mechanical Engineer, Mick found the New Career Skills’ course on the
internet. When selecting his course, it was extremely important to him that it should
lead to a nationally recognised qualification, such as City & Guilds or NVQ. With over
£10,000 worth of orders and work already secured, Mick says: “The qualification is an
integral part of the package; I would certainly recommend the course to others.”
Now you’re cooking
Gary Ribeck has been a plumber for over three years, having previously been a chef.
‘No two days are ever the same and I enjoy the challenges that my new career has
brought me. My course tutors were extremely knowledgeable and are happy to take
calls even after I qualified - they are very relaxed and helpful. In fact, I spoke to one
so often that we joked that he spoke to me more than to his own wife!’
Mum to plumber
Gillian Robert was made redundant as a teacher, but seized the opportunity to try
something new. She now runs her own business, The Lady Plumber, “My friends really
like the idea of me being a female plumber, they think that it’s a good business idea
because a lot of women feel more comfortable with a female plumber in their house,
especially if they’re on their own.”
Tapping into his talent
Jonathan Blaize turned his life around when he gave up getting into trouble,
became a dad and got a trade, “I used to be on street corners doing nothing, now
I’m going into shops and handing out my business cards and people are impressed.
That’s because of New Career Skills.”
To find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9908
8. What you need to do next...
The plumbing shortage provides an opportunity qualifications, others went to university - whatever your
for those who want a well-paid, secure and fulfilling age or background it does not matter. The single most
career. New Career Skills has helped many people important factor in making the break into the industry
like you into the plumbing industry who are now is your determination to succeed. Many people before
very successful. Remember, you don’t need any you have done it, and didn’t think they were capable.
previous experience or qualifications. Some successful See if a career change is for you by calling New Career
New Career Skills students left school at 16 with no Skills and speaking to a Course Advisor.
We can answer all your questions about the course, your new
career, qualifications, job prospects, work experience and support.
Call New Career Skills free on 0800 037 99 08
NCS worked for them: now make NCS work for you!
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