Lately there has been a greater focus on young people to stay at school, finish their A levels and carry on to university. This has lead to more vocational routes being ignored. Young people, who maybe to well-suited to more ‘hands on work’, are being pushed to stay on a more academic career path.

The plumbing industry has seen the average age of working plumbers steadily rise over the years, showing that the avenues once open to young people to be trained vocationally are closing.

With upcoming policies to raise tuition fees, an high number of school leavers will be left wondering which job to choose . Where people once accused universities of making it simple to achieve a degree, the raise in fees will force schools to show more clearly which other paths are open to school leavers. This will encourage schools to show their pupils other ways in which they can carry on learning after school, and professions in Plumbing will be one of the avenues in which people can learn while earning.

There are a few of varying ways in which people can obtain a plumbing qualification. Firstly you could enroll on college courses, where there would be specific training in elements of pluming. Colleges have close ties with the industry, which could lead to employment upon finishing the qualification. Secondly, there are apprenticeship opportunities, working with an employer. There would still be some theoretical aspects to this, and most applicants would attend college either one day a week or in a block week of teaching every six weeks.

It is not only students who have been showing more of an interest in a career in Plumbing. People who have been made redundant from more office based jobs, have shown an interest in more 'hands on' profession.

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