Giff

thanks v much for the advice - I think I will stay with my current employer in the UK for the moment as I can work online. If I can't get a token wage - what if I work for free? - it would be worth my while to volunteer for a couple of days a week just to get the experience?

hi thanks fopr ther reply - thats rather gutting but I thought it was probably the case - that being so I was thinking of contacting every builder / tradesman in the limoges area and offering to work for them for 3 months or so for a token wage [say 50 per week] to get some experience and then hopefully one of the them might take me on - or I could then set up doing basic plumbing jobs - What would you suggest or do you think the idea in general is bad.   thanks again Gf

Hi I wonder if anyone could help me, I am moving to france next year [near limoges] and I was intending to try and start a business working as a plumber - I am not qualified as a plumber but have done alot of plumbing work for myself and was intending to do a basic course NVQ2 or Diploma to formalize the knowledge. Having spoken to a builder when I was in France recently I was given the stroing impression that this would be possible and that the process of registering was fairly easy and there is alot of work. What I really need to know is 1-what is the minimum qualification I would need to register as a plumber in france, and 2- any advice about how i do this whether this is a feasible/sensible thing to do. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Many thanks Gf