19-02-2015, 08:58 AM
I didn't find plumber to be that well paid... ~600 a week and you always end up stuck lying with your face next to a bog with your arms bent bloody and numb trying to reach round the to the back of the taps of a bath at some ungodly hour.
gas engineer.... 1k easy 2k hard. but the overheads.... oh the overheads, and you better really love driving..
drainage.... can be /very/ well paid but you don't get much shitter jobs.
Not to sound like an echo chamber, but those intensive courses are treated with the disdain they deserve by plumbers and sparks. College with actual job experience under a decent plumber is the thing.
Nepotism tends to be the best training, as a lot of gas engineers are reticent to train the opposition as it were, so mate work can be tricky to get.
oh and top tip.. drink black coffee.
gas engineer.... 1k easy 2k hard. but the overheads.... oh the overheads, and you better really love driving..
drainage.... can be /very/ well paid but you don't get much shitter jobs.
Not to sound like an echo chamber, but those intensive courses are treated with the disdain they deserve by plumbers and sparks. College with actual job experience under a decent plumber is the thing.
Nepotism tends to be the best training, as a lot of gas engineers are reticent to train the opposition as it were, so mate work can be tricky to get.
oh and top tip.. drink black coffee.