About LP

About the self-study course modules

All Learn Plumbing’s modules are well-written, up-to-date, and cover the subject in depth. They are easy to read and comprehensively illustrated with lots of diagrams. They all contain information that enables a systematic and methodical approach to facilitate efficient working too. They all contain a set of summary multi-choice questions and exercises for you to complete. Tutor support by email or telephone is available to students enrolled on courses and feedback is also provided. A personalised Record of Achievement is sent to all people who successfully complete their modules and courses.

How it all came about

In the 1980’s and 90’s, during the time Brian Curry was working as a plumbing lecturer at the Oldham College, he noticed that each year at enrolment time in September one or two mature people who wanted to change career would sign on for a college part-time or full time course to learn plumbing. Very few of these people continued with the course more than a few weeks, mainly because they became frustrated having to learn and progress generally at the pace that was set by the group they were a part of even though they were keen to learn and get on with their studies. This was mainly because the other class members were young people, many of whom were not really mature enough for the world of work and for whom a period of two or three or even four years in college gave them both the time to mature and learn their skills, and mature people, with perhaps a family and all the commitments that go with modern life, simply didn’t have that luxury of time. Talking to colleagues at other colleges showed that the same thing was happening there too.

Seeing these few mature new-entrants to the industry become so frustrated that they left the course and so were not able to reach their goal made Brian think that there had to be a better way! The result: seven years and many hours of development work lead to the creation of the Learn Plumbing Installation and Advanced Theory Courses.

Courses for mature people who wish to change their career, which enable them to work towards their gaol in a flexible way, meeting as far as possible their individual needs, learning at their own pace, with tutor support where necessary.
Flexibility in the way that the courses course that can be studied to fit in and around a person’s other commitments, courses that enable people to continue working and earning and make a gradual transition from one career to another if they so wish.
Course that explain the process of assessment (right at the start); so that the collection of evidence towards an NVQ can begin as soon as a person is able to do practical work.
Courses that offer suggestions for a variety of ways to gain practical skills (where these are needed) without having to sign up for a long college course, or give up work to take a full time course.
Flexible courses that cover a wide variety of qualifications in the field of mechanical engineering services – not only plumbing installation and maintenance, but heating and pipe installation as well as bathroom design and installation...
Comprehensive courses that go beyond the relatively narrow focus of the qualifications to cover in detail technical and aesthetic design, problem solving techniques, as well as the interpersonal skills needed to work effectively as an individual and as pert of a team, and the costing and technical planning skills that are needed to develop and run a business if desired...

Since the first student enrolled well over 13,000 people have studied our theory courses and their feedback has enabled the courses to be developed to the point where they are the most up-to-date and complete theory courses available anywhere. The courses have been described as “A Rolls Royce course for the price of a Ford”, and “This course is the daddy of them all!”

Student feedback and course development

Analysis of student feedback questionnaires proves that students find the study modules easy to read and understand. Students also feel that the study modules are both interesting, as well as relevant to the subject and cover it comprehensively too.

Perhaps most importantly, students agree that the study modules have helped them in their plumbing work. They regularly ‘come-back-for-more’ too, as their career progresses and their need for further knowledge grows... Students also feel that the summary questions are easy to understand, and at about the right level of difficulty as far as answering is concerned to give a fair test of their knowledge and understanding!

Learn Plumbing Ethical Policy

Learn Plumbing pledges to maintain the highest standard of integrity in all their dealings with students and prospective students and, in particular, they undertake:

To ensure that any information they provide shall be accurate to the best of their knowledge, and that any advice they give to students and prospective students will be given in good faith and in the best interests of the person to whom the advice is given;
To take every reasonable care to enrol students only for courses suited to the individual’s needs;
To inform students of the conditions on which they are enrolled and to include only statements which accurately reflect such conditions;
To treat all students fairly and equitably;
To provide an efficient tutorial service, with adequate and appropriately qualified staff and to issue to their students without undue delay adequate and up to date tutorial literature and instruction suitable to each student's needs;
To encourage students to complete their courses of study and to do everything reasonably possible to enable the students to derive full benefit from the courses;
To issue only Records of Achievement that fairly represent the learning achieved;
To maintain the highest ethical standards by making no statement that is knowingly untrue or wilfully misleading;
To ensure that Learn Plumbing staff are acquainted and comply with this code, and honour it in the spirit as well as the letter.