This week students start on the path to professional plumbing!

This week at Able Skills is like any other, students continuing to develop their skills as well as new students making a start with the fundamentals through our plumbing courses. This week we have students starting their City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course - This course is the perfect starting point for somebody looking to start a successful career in the plumbing industry. When studying at our facility you will have the best instructors and facilities around, gaining a City & Guilds qualification has never been more accessible!

Plumbing courses at Able Skills.

Benefits of training with us:

  • Training with us means hands-on learning in our workshops giving you the best chance to go on to achieve success in your chosen career path
  • Our instructors are experts in the trade and will provide timely feedback, which helps students improve
  • Our students are given everything they could need from course materials to tools and the entire course is supported by the tuition and guidance of our dedicated Plumbing Instructors.  
  • Industry recognised qualifications
  • Dedicated exam room
  • Pay in installments

What will I learn?

Our City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course will start with the absolute basics and progress on as the weeks pass to more advanced aspects of plumbing. This program of learning will teach you to become a plumber starting from scratch! Covering a range of topics such as; Electrical principles and processes, Common plumbing processes, Cold water systems, Domestic hot water systems, Sanitation, Central heating systems Drainage systems and more! The course is a mix of both classroom-based theory and hands-on practical work so that you understand the concepts behind the trade itself. This is an industry recognised, formal trade qualification and is required in order for candidates to progress further in their plumbing training to something like an NVQ.

Can't find the time?

We often hear people say that they would love to start training with us and eventually switch careers thanks to our plumbing courses but can't find the time...Whether that is down to an existing job or simply prior arrangements that you cannot escape, we have some alternative training methods that can hopefully see you training with us in no time!  Here are two alternative training methods that we offer...

Weekend Training:

That's right you can complete the entire City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course over a series of weekends instead of the traditional Monday - Friday. This will be on a 2-weekends a month basis and you will learn the exact same skills and theory as you would normally as well as achieving the exact same qualification. The difference is simply that the course will take you much longer to complete but may be the only option when working an existing job, hopefully this option is useful to some of you!

Home-Study:

Home-study? How does that work? Well, we do not expect you to learn the entire trade at home, however, you can reduce the amount of time you need to attend our centre by learning the theory in your own time! Learn all of the theory from our very comprehensive Plumbing manual and then when you are ready and at your leisure, arrange to come to Able Skills for required On-line exams and practical training and assessments. Our Home Study Level 2 Plumbing Course could be exactly what you need to kick start you new career in plumbing!

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Plumbing demonstration by Jim at Able Skills.

Current Availability:

Current Availability for our City & Guilds Level 2 Plumbing Course

Contact Us:

If you would like some more information about our range of Plumbing courses then feel free to give us a call on 01322 280 202. Alternatively, you can come and pay us a visit in person if you would prefer to discuss Plumbing courses or any other training that we provide...We are open 7-days a week between the hours of 8:30 -16:30 - We will help you in any way that we can, whether that be helping you to understand a certain course, getting you enrolled or resolving an issue. We will even show you around our training centre so that you can see for yourself the great work that we do here and see our workstations where you will gain practical skills during our Plumbing courses.

If you live a considerable distance from us here in Dartford, Kent then please be aware that we have accommodation available exclusively to our students for just £20 per night! - Please contact us ahead of your course's starting date as for availability as spaces are limited.

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Able Skills Construction Training