James Bradfield

• I have recently decided to do general plumbing as it’s more in my interest and different tasks everyday, at the moment i’ve been learning drainage, rough in, and fit off but mainly the company consists of maintenance & commercial.

• My strong points are probably drainage as my other 3rd year co worker apprentice has taught me a lot and we usually do drainage me and him. I personally think it’s funnest part about plumbing but always motivated to learn something new everyday as i find it enjoyable being 1% better at my job everyday and putting in the work and hours to get the results i’m looking for in whatever i do.

• As an apprentice i was doing fascia and gutter, as well as screwing off and cutting the batons to the correct length to make it flush against the timber etc.

• I had just finished school and went straight into an apprenticeship doing roof plumbing, starting off they got me to cut the sheet to length, and learning how to cut a gutter so both gutters can line up well and apply with silicone and rivets. I picked up on it pretty quickly as it was repetitive and finally learnt how to cut a down pipe into an existing 100m pipe in the ground. Learnt the basics for about 6 months and moved onto a different company as i moved out of my parents house on the other side of the city.