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Plumbing Courses

Plumbing Courses

We run our Plumbing Training Courses in a number of locations around the UK. To view the Plumbing Training opportunities in your area, choose a location:

About our Plumbing Courses

At PPL we specialise in offering plumbing courses for people wishing to gain further DIY plumbing skills, enter into the plumbing industry and for qualified plumbers to gain further plumbing qualifications. We have trained over 3,000 new and existing plumbers.  After gaining many years of plumbing training experience, we believe we can offer you the best value for money, the best plumbing training and the best after plumbing course support in the UK.

Come and join our FREE Taster Days

Want to become a qualified plumber or renewable energy engineer?  Try before you buy and experience a day in the life of a PPL learner!  We run Saturday open days every month and they are completely FREE!  On the day you can chat with a tutor, do offset bending with some copper pipe, solder some joints, fit a toilet, the day is structured around your requirements but will give you an excellent idea of what to expect.  Open days are by appointment only typically with around 10 attendees, the day will include your lunch and of course all the tea you can drink!!  Call 0845 2600 966 to book your place.

If you are considering a career in plumbing by taking one of our plumbing training courses, then please take a moment to understand the route into plumbing:

In order to be classed as a QUALIFIED plumber to Level 2, you must have achieved a NVQ Level 2 in Plumbing. The NVQ is a combination of two qualifications, the City & Guilds 6129 Technical certificate in Plumbing (done at PPL) and the City & Guilds 6089 Plumbing NVQ (done onsite).

Here is just some of what to expect from PPL's Plumbing training courses:

  • Outstanding plumbing training facilities
  • Relaxed and friendly training staff
  • All equipment, plumbing tools and books provided
  • Post-course support free of charge  
  • Mixture of practical plumbing training and plumbing theory each week
  • Flexible payment by instalments
  • Up to £500 in bed & breakfast vouchers*

Many plumbing training centres in the UK do not offer the NVQ in plumbing (i.e. NOT offering the City & Guilds 6129 and City & Guilds 6089 or City & Guilds 6189) therefore you will never be classed as a qualified plumber to NVQ level 2 if you train at those centres. You also run the risk of having to repeat the training and assessment at an approved centre should Government regulations change in the future, requiring all plumbers be qualified to NVQ level 2 in plumbing. In fact, in order to work on a building site from 2010, you must have a NVQ in your chosen trade. We also offer a weekly combination of practical and theory training sessions, so you dont spend the first 4 weeks stuck in a classroom - plumbing is a 'hands on' subject.

If you are looking to get into the plumbing industry then please see our train to be a plumber page.

For mature students over 25 years with 5 or more years plumbing experience, we offer a direct entry City & Guilds NVQ Level 2 in Plumbing. Please see the City & Guilds NVQ 2 Plumbing course (Direct Entry) page.

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For existing plumbers and heating engineers:

At our plumbing school, we offer nationally recognised plumbing qualifications and plumbing courses from City & Guilds, Bpec and Logic Certification. These include Bpec Water Regulations, Bpec Unvented Hot Water systems and LOGIC Legionella Prevention Certificate.  Some plumbing training courses can also be run onsite at your companies premises, please see our onsite plumbing courses page.

We also offer electrical training courses specifically for plumbers such as Bpec Part P Defined Scope and Bpec Part P Full Scope, ACS Gas Qualifications, OFTEC Oil assessments together with City & Guilds 2382 17th Edition Wiring Regulations and City & Guilds 2391-10 Certificate in Inspection, Testing and Certification of Electrical Installations.

Please feel free to browse the rest of our site for plumbing courses, electrical training courses, renewable energy courses, gas training and oil courses.

We will also train for the City & Guilds 6189 Plumbing and Heating Diploma from September 2010.

* £500 accommodation offer is valid on the NVQ2 in Plumbing course only.

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