There’s a massive demand for qualified plumbers and electricians in the UK. With the demand comes the potential to earn high salaries – which makes now the ideal time to gain the skills and qualifications you need for a rewarding new career.

As a qualified plumber or electrician, you can choose to work for a contractor or start your own business. Just think, you could be your own boss enjoying a flexible lifestyle with a secure and satisfying new career, a guaranteed income and a job for life.

With extra workers required to fuel demand in the booming construction industry, the need to acquire workers with additional construction skills is vital to the development and completion of major UK construction projects over the coming years.
 
 
What's on offer

With OLCI, you enjoy a highly effective and flexible blend of theory and practical training that enables you to achieve the success you want.

Learn the theory from home – around your current commitments

Perhaps you can’t get on a college course. Maybe you don’t even have the time to study at college. If so, you’ll find OLCI's courses ideal. With ‘open learning’ you learn direct from home, your workplace or anywhere else that’s convenient – in your own time and at your own pace.

Well recognised in education circles, OLCI's courses give you the flexibility to fit your course around your existing job or family commitments. What’s more, there are no completion dates or assignment deadlines for you to keep.

Start your course as soon as you want

Unlike most colleges, you can start your course straight away, or whenever you’re ready. There are no waiting lists or term start dates, so you can begin as soon as you enrol – enabling you to start earning sooner.

Develop your practical skills – at OLCI's nationwide training centres

OLCI's practical training workshops and City & Guilds assessments are available at dates and times to suit you, including weekends. There’s a choice of locations, with state-of-the-art City & Guilds accredited training centres in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Devon, Essex, Leeds, Livingston, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Newcastle and Nottinghamshire. OLCI's centres enable you to develop the practical skills you need, and help you prepare for valuable qualifications.

Gain industry-recognised qualifications

It’s the OLCI blend of theory and practical training that prepares you so well for your assessments. Successful completion brings you your qualification – City & Guilds and NVQ for plumbing courses, City & Guilds and EAL for electrical courses.

OLCI's plumbing courses are accepted by the CIPHE (Chartered Institute of Plumbing & Heating Engineering) and trainees of OLCI are eligible for Trainee Membership of the CIPHE.

Additionally, to compliment their plumbing and electrical courses, OLCI has also launched a range of construction courses including bricklaying, plastering, tiling, painting and decorating, and joinery. These courses are ideal if you want to retrain for a new career or if you want to compliment your plumbing or electrical skills.