What do plumbers earn after completing their plumbing course and gaining practical experience?
The average plumber employed by a business will earn in the region of £25,000 after a couple of years experience. If you are self employed a lot of what you earn depends on how much time and effort you put in. The typical self-employed plumber earns between £30,000 – £40,000 a year. If you are working 12 hour shifts six or seven days a week of course you will earn a lot more. According to the Sunday Times on 22nd February 2004: “Self-employed plumbers can charge £90 per hour + VAT, some make £100,000 a year” According to Plumbing Course provider Plumbing Career Skills, some of the people earning these amounts have done so by taking intensive plumbing courses, rather than training through the more traditional route. Plumbing Courses & Plumbing Qualifications To be a plumber you can follow the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) route ( SNVQ – in Scotland). These plumbing qualifications are made up of theory and practical work in the classroom/training facility and work based experie
