Newbie from London. Advice required!

[brightspark]

Rumbled - whatever gave it away?

the price

 

[angellonewolf]

when was 20 had the same thing allbe it a window company after sitting through 45 mins of blowing it up big money yada yada they still had not said what we are selling

i stuck my hand up and asked the reply was we will get to that cant remenber my responce but asked firmly again the bloke was put on the spot and replyed double glasing i said paid on commission ? thr reply was you can earn loads from just one sale i stood up and walked out been there done that type of job before what a waste a few others followed at the same time

 

[slim_boy_fat]

So, while it might seem like a golden goose, most of the time it's a duck in a glittery frock.

 

[Shedendman]

I can understand courses for mig tig and mma but for a plasma cutter,if you can draw a line you can use a plasma

 

[Brad93]

Hi all,

I'm looking to change career and have been in touch with a provider that teaches welding over a 2 year period. Every aspect, as far as I'm aware!, is covered, including plasma and laser cutting. At the end of the two years I'll be fully qualified. I'm yet to find out what the actual qualification(s) are but I think they're City & Guilds (don't quote me on that though!).

Anyway, having spoken in depth with one of their advisors, they've suggested that experienced welders with a broad skill set can earn between £55-£70k a year. Without wanting to question his honesty, is this a realistic figure? Let's pretend I have good working experience and am actually very skilled at the many variations of welding/cutting - rather than working on me being a newbie with a fresh qualification. I fully appreciate that working experience counts for a lot.

The course comes in at a smidge over £7k for the two years, I'm fortunate enough to be in a position where paying for this isn't an issue - but I wanted to make sure I'm not being taken for a ride. They provide all training materials for the theory aspect and then provide practical training that is then monitored and signed off by a City & Guilds assessor.

£55-70k. You are having a laugh aernt you? With just a city and guilds?!

Welding Engineers, Metallurgists, Offshore Welders, would be in that bracket. Not guys with a 2 year city and guilds course.

Sorry to be blunt but your expectations are completely unrealistic

 

[danbrown89]

Look on Indeed - nothing above £40k for that level of exp/training

 

[Pete.]

Kirby?
I've been on the receiving end of one of those sales pitches, did get me living room carpet shampooed for free though before I threw them out.

LOL same here, except I threw them out after exactly one hour, before they even had a chance to do the shampooing. They claimed to be a 'new shop setting up to do carpet cleaning' in the area. I didn't want to let them come at all but my wife kept on about it.

Johnlondon - listen to the people here. That guy is selling you a pack of lies. All he cares about is HIS earnings, not your training or future prospects. He doesn't care if you might have spent 5 years saving up for the training for your 'dream' job. Think about that.

 

[Shedendman]

Noticed @johnlondon hasn't been back since he posted