As there’s so much gift-giving at this time of year, we thought current OLCI students could enjoy £500 off future training and know that they’ve helped a friend!

To receive your £500 voucher, simply recommend a friend to train with us and when they enrol on one of our main courses¹, you can claim your discount vouchers². It’s that simple! Please speak to our Advisors on 020 7430 8447.

¹ Available for friends who enrol on our ‘Become a Qualified Plumber’, ’Become a Qualified Plumber – Advanced’, ‘Become a Gas Engineer’, ‘Become a Fully Qualified Electrician’ and ‘Become a Domestic Electrical Installer’ courses. ² Conditions apply. Vouchers can be claimed after friends have been enrolled for 14 days.

At OLCI, our industry contacts often ask us to find suitable candidates to join them. We then aim to match students to these vacancies using our Job Support Service*. As this is such a popular service, we decided to ask one of our contacts who recently used us to recruit from our students, what they look for in a new member of the team.

Their recruitment process

‘Alexander Plumbing’ is a growing plumbing and drainage business, based in Merton, London. After learning about the type of person they wanted to recruit, we sent them a selection of student CV’s. They firstly short-listed candidates who had clear information on their CV. Suitable applicants then met Greg Alexander on-site for an interview. Greg was looking for someone who was clear, concise, quickly adaptable and keen to get stuck in. Read more »

Do you want discounted bathroom, heating, plumbing, renewable energy products and genuine spares? OLCI students can get an exclusive discount with PTS, one of the UK’s largest plumbing and heating suppliers. PTS have over 300 branches throughout the UK. Call PTS on 01455 551 210.

Name: David Roughead

Centre: Newcastle

Years with OLCI: 2

What did you do prior to becoming an electrical tutor?

I’ve 43 years experience in the electrical/electronic engineering field. During that time, I spent 23 years working as a lecturer. Since 2000 I’ve had several jobs in industry; the last being as an electrical tester working on the new Royal Victoria Infirmary hospital extension in Newcastle upon Tyne.

What do you like most about being an electrical tutor?

Passing on my knowledge and seeing students progress from novice to experienced and giving them an opportunity to become qualified electricians. The personal reward comes from seeing a student that I’ve been training successfully set up their own business or get a job with a company. Read more »

Here are some examples of companies who offer our students work placements/experience, some of which could lead to full time employment. Successful students get a first class opportunity to showcase their skills and personality, whilst gaining valuable work experience with a top company. If any of these roles are of interest, please email your CV to annette@olci.info, indicating which opportunity you would prefer.

EPS Maintenance
EPS specialise in maintenance, refurbishments and new installations and require plumbers, electricians and gas engineers to work on contracts across North London. Students interested should have a minimum City & Guilds Level 2 in either plumbing (6129) or electrical (2330), or be working towards their gas qualification. It would also be preferable if you had some practical experience too.

Those interested are required to email their CV to annette@olci.info.

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