is a city & guilds 6217 in plastering enough to start your own plastering business?

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mohammed

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i was thinking of doing this course and will have to pay alot of money for it. has any one done it? does it provide enough experience to start a self emoplyed business? it is a 4 week course.
 
It is impossible to learn a trade in 4 weeks these courses are a scam and should be made illegal. It will take at least 4 years to be competent in any trade
 
Yes you can be self employed but it's not that simple a four week course will teach you the basics of how to do the job but then you need experience to be able to quote and carry out work.With the downturn of the building industry at the moment there will be hundreds of plasterers chasing the remaining contracts and believe me it is who you know rather than what you know that gets jobs.A 6217 piece of paper might get you a job but it's unlikely to win you many contracts.Walk before you start running .Being a self employed plasterer is a lot different to being the owner of a plastering firm.
 
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