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Plumbing and Heating

Course Code: MPA
  • Level: 2
  • Qualification: Diploma
  • Awarding body: City & Guilds (C&G)
  • Duration: One year
  • Course type: FREE (Eligibility Applies), Part-time
  • Time of day: Daytime
  • When you'll study: Various days and times (blended learning)

What's it all about?

Are you a plumber in Plymouth, Devon or Cornwall? City College Plymouth offers this plumbing course, which is designed to allow anyone with the level 2 6035 Plumbing Studies Diploma or the 6129 Technical Certificate in Plumbing to upgrade your qualification to the full NVQ level 2 Plumbing and Heating qualification.

Course information

In order to be successful on this course you will need to have a level 2 qualification in plumbing (6035-02), an employer, and be able to evidence work carried out on the following systems types: cold water; hot water; essential heating; sanitation and gravity rain water.

There is a multiple choice exam on environmental awareness.

Our on-site plumbing assessor will arrange to visit you in your workplace and assess you against industry standards.

Please note fees are quoted for one year only.

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Future careers

What you could earn:

Plumbers and Heating and Ventilating Engineers

£48,241.48

Potential salary

£20,023.17

Entry level salary

£33,893.96

Average salary

22

Annual openings in Plymouth

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