This starter course is designed to give you the basic knowledge and skills to complete small projects and repairs around your home.
Course Overview
This starter course is designed to give you the basic knowledge and skills to complete small projects and repairs around your home.
Course Requirements
Restricted to female applicants only
What you will Learn
You will learn how to bend and joint copper pipes, connect pipes and fittings to appliances, construct combined frames, and install rainwater goods. Additionally, you will gain skills in working with low carbon steel pipes and fittings.
Assessment
Assessments consist of a combination of practical and theory examinations.
Progression
Career opportunities are available upon completion of this qualification through the Multi-Skill Qualifications Level 1 and 2, or Plumbing Level 1.
Career Options
Career opportunities available uponcompleting this qualification within the domestic plumbing and heating sectors could include plumbing and heating engineer and specialised craftsperson. Other options are working within the DIY retail sector, Caretaker, Handyperson.
Mandatory Units
Bending and jointing copper pipes
Connecting pipes and fittings to appliances
Constructing combined frames
Installing rainwater goods
Working with low carbon steel pipes and fittings
Mission, Vision & Values
Unlocking Potential, Fostering Success.
We are proud to be a career focused, inclusive college guided by our values, vision and mission. This framework provides the direction for our strategic plan which sets out to achieve our purpose of unlocking the potential and fostering success of our learners, partners, stakeholders, and colleagues. You can find our full strategic plan here with the summary of our strategic priorities highlighted as:
Providing high quality, responsive education and training for all our students enabling their success and supporting their progression.
Establish The Cheadle College as a sector leading employer so that our colleagues thrive and deliver the highest quality of education and experience to all our students and stakeholders.
Driving business recovery, renewal and productivity through transformational relationships with employers.
Clearly defining and delivering our corporate social responsibility and civic duty as an anchor institution for our local communities.
Mission
To provide the highest quality of education and training to all our students and employers through an inclusive and career focused curriculum.
Vision
To be a leading provider of education and skills that supports community cohesion and drives local and regional productivity.
Our Values
Resilient
We believe that every challenge is an opportunity to learn, develop and become stronger.
Ambitious
We set high expectations and standards for students, colleagues, and our communities, striving for excellence in all that we do
Respectful
We allow ourselves and others to grow by treating each other with thoughtfulness and an open mind.
Collaborative
We work together, support one another, share ideas, and encourage success.
Inclusive
We value individual differences and creating an environment where everyone has the same opportunities.
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