The Plumbing Academy is the UK’s first privately run training facility to be approved by City and Guilds to offer a full range of plumbing courses including intensive full time and part time plumbing training for career changers.
Since 2005 The Plumbing Academy has trained hundreds of students allowing them to forge a new career in the domestic plumbing and gas industry in as little as twelve weeks. Some of these are now the most professional, successful, highly paid plumbers and Gas Safe Registered engineers in the UK.
The success of The Plumbing Academy is based on the constant commitment to deliver a professional plumbing training environment in our 20,000 sqft custom built training centre at Edenbridge near the Kent, Sussex, Surrey border.
Become a General Domestic Plumber
Our intensive plumbing courses are for 
individuals who are looking to change career and have little if any real practical skills or technical knowledge about plumbing and need to start from the basics. The City & Guilds 6129 level 2 plumbing training course is the industry recognised course for this level and provides the wide technical and practical skills you will need to start working as a qualified General Domestic Plumber. With the options of our full time or flexible part time courses you could start your new career as a skilled domestic plumber in under 12 weeks.
Become a Professional Domestic Plumber
The Professional Domestic Plumbing Course provides you with a structured learning programme with full time and part time course programmes integrated into a complete plumbing and gas training package. You can start this course with little or no understanding of plumbing or gas and the Plumbing Academy's expert qualified trainers we will teach you to the highest level in plumbing and gas training. By using this intensive yet flexible learning programme you could be plumbing in as little time as 3 months and be fully gas qualified and approved in as little as 8 months
from starting the course. No other plumbing and gas training course in the UK comes close to the level of professional plumbing and gas training you will gain and you will be able to secure permanent employment or even start your own plumbing, heating and gas business and be your own boss! This course includes the General Domestic Plumbing training course above..
Existing Plumber - Need New Skills or Qualifications
At The Plumbing Academy we provide a full range of plumbing and electrical courses for existing trades people to advance their career including training courses for: City & Guilds qualifications, ACS Assessments (Gas Safe Register), Electrical Courses, Solar Courses, Water Regulations Course, Unvented Course and many more...
You will need your City & Guilds 6089 NVQ2 Plumbing Certificate by 2012
It is being reported that any plumber wishing to undertake work on a domestic building site or domestic premesis will be required to hold a minimum of an NVQ2 in Plumbing. With this in mind the Plumbing Academy has worked with City & Guilds and developed a FAST TRACK Course to gain an NVQ2 in plumbing in as little as four weeks with minimal disruption to your day to day business. To be able to enrol on the FAST TRACK NVQ2 Course programme you will have to provide proof you have a minimum of Five Years Plumbing experience. Train to Gain funding is available 'subject to status' which The Plumbing Academy can help you obtain.