DIY Domestic Plumbing Course

Our DIY Plumbing Course covers the topics required for you to work safely and effectively on domestic plumbing systems and carry out basic tasks. To enrol on this course, you don’t need any previous experience of plumbing. The most important requirement is a desire to learn so you can carry out those jobs in your own home that you have been wanting to carry out but didn’t have the necessary understanding.

At any stage during the course you can discuss your domestic plumbing issues with one of our expert tutors, who will be guiding you through how to fix the leaky pipe or radiator for instance, or advise you as to whether you need to call in a qualified expert. This course is suitable for all and is designed to give you the confidence and the basic skills to work with copper pipes, sanitary ware and heating equipment and give you the basic knowledge and experience required to carry out domestic plumbing work using the correct plumbers' tools and fittings.

All the necessary tools will be provided for the duration of your training, you just need to come with an open mind and we guarantee you will enjoy your course. You will be amazed at the hints and tips you will pick up, with these elements will form the basis of your skills giving you the understanding and the skills to work effectively and safely on various plumbing problems. Access Training’s courses ensure that each student is trained to the high standards required to carry out the tasks in hand. We offer choice, customer focus and technical expertise in all areas of the construction industry and these courses form part of our specialist range of plumbing courses that cater for all in a friendly and warm environment. (DIY Domestic Plumbing Course)

• Working safely and effectively with water supplies by isolating water supplies.
• Working with copper pipe work and plastic push-fit components though correct soldering techniques and replacing faulty joints and pipe.
• Maintaining and troubleshooting domestic plumbing by identifying leaking pipes
• Installation and maintenance of bathrooms and sanitary equipment by fixing pipework, leaking sinks, taps, baths and showers.
• Learning health, safety and environmental considerations when plumbing.
• Maintaining heating systems by lagging correctly.
• Servicing and maintaining hot water supplies by bleeding radiators and heating systems and re-filling the system.
• Washing machine installation.

Guided Learning: 1 to 2 weeks After this course some students decide to undertake a formal qualification and go further with their training, with some establishing plumbing as a new career choice. If this is the case than we recommend that completing both an NVQ and VRQ ensures that the student has practical experience as well as theoretical knowledge of plumbing. This provides students who successfully complete the courses with a good grounding for a long and prosperous career in the plumbing sector.

Our plumbing courses provide a clear progression route, helping learners to achieve the career goals they aspire to. Successful candidates can progress to higher level of work during their career and can for example move on to work in the Building Services Industry in roles such as Project Management. This helps those who wish, to progress from skilled occupations into technical, supervisory or managerial posts. The Gas Systems pathway for instance that forms part of the Level 3 Domestic Plumbing NVQ also provides candidates with a route to becoming certified through the Accredited Certification Scheme (ACS) to work safely in the gas industry. Access Training is committed to the highest standards of customer focus and technical expertise, with a host of benefits including:

• Specialist, professionally qualified teaching staff with a wealth of industry experience.
• Enhanced Online Assessments, allowing students to sit exams with flexibility to fit around their speed of learning.
• 24hr online support for all student questions and queries when studying away from the training centre.

The main areas include:

• South Wales
  (Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Bridgend)
• South of England
  (Bristol, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon, Oxford, Reading, Slough, London)
• The Midlands
  (Birmingham, Hereford, Worcester, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester)
• The South West
  (Devon, Cornwall, Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton)

Information regarding careers in plumbing are available from our Course Advice Team. Please call for advice or leave your details and we’ll contact you!