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Excited to announce our new partnership with British Gas

Last September, we received an email from the talent acquisition team at Centrica. Little did we know this email was going to turn into one of our biggest achievements so far.

The team contacted us regarding their ‘Newly Accredited Gas Engineer positions’, as they’d recruited several of our students into engineering roles at British Gas in the past. They asked if we had any current students who were ready to sit their ACS qualifications who would be suitable for their vacancies. Much to our advantage, we had a long list of candidates perfect for the positions available so we started to send them more and more candidates’ details- many of whom were offered full-time positions after completing their extensive interview process.

Following the succession of these numerous hires, we got back in touch with the team again in January 2022 to ask if we could arrange a site visit with one of their recruitment leads, to discuss the possibility of British Gas collaborating with us to make our current students aware of the employment opportunities at the company. Fortunately, this was successful and a meeting was arranged with recruitment lead Daniel Crossley.

All it took was one meeting. After attending our centre, Daniel was extremely impressed with our facilities and the lengths we go to, to ensure our candidates are not only safe but also competent and employable Gas Engineers. He also mentioned the setup of our gas bays reminded him a lot of the training he initially received at British Gas.

After we met with Daniel, it was clear that there was an excellent opportunity from which we would both benefit enormously. We established that Brookhouse could provide British Gas with the quality work placement candidates they need in their historically hard to recruit areas, and our students would get the chance to gain experience with a company of British Gas’ stature. Win-win!

In this exciting meeting, we figured the work placement would be viewed as a ‘working job interview’, and successful candidates would be offered either a full-time service and repair or installation position.

After a couple of months of management meetings, British Gas were finally able to get the liability/compliance measures in place and from April 21st, 2022, Brookhouse is proud to announce an exciting partnership with the largest energy and home services company in the UK.

Read more about our partnership here: https://www.brookhousetraining.com/british-gas/

kkk kkk

15:43 07 Jul 24

Stop thinking about doing the course and get it done.I was a hgv driver for over 15 years no experience in plumbing and gas and was threatening to do the course for a while just wish I had done it sooner.Please don't think u can just attend and pass coz u can't. If u put the work in and study u can pass and succeed. There was times on the course I was thinking how am I going to pass this and wish I hadn't of started it. But after the placement and studying it all sinks in trust. My tutor Chris is a top guy helped with anything I don't understand. Placement was very good I got took on straight away after passing my acs. It took me all in 6 months so it can be done. So it's been just over a year now that I've been employed, the company I work for have paid me to do cookes/fires/Lpg all qualified now. Also I have been doing some jobs of my own aswell. Get it done 5 STAR 100%

Michael Greenwood

11:03 26 Jun 24

I left the Royal Marines after 15 years, having only ever known one employment. The gulf between careers seemed massive.Brook house bridged that gap perfectly. The staff all have a genuine investment in your success.The training and facilities are excellent and leave you well prepared for what you will encounter on site.The work placement was brilliant and selected with care to put you in a strong position to complete your portfolio and ACS.Upon completion Brook house provided advice and support to help me find employment…. 3 days later I was employed.I can’t thank the team enough…well worth it !!

Daniel Croft

18:57 23 May 24

Can't fault this place at all. It was a great place to learn, the tutors were very knowledgeable and patient. It is a fast paced course especially if you have no previous plumbing/gas experience, but if you take their advice to revise and read the books provided it makes it a lot easier to take it all in.My placement was a bit up and down. My placement was cancelled at the last minute but BTC had set me up with another but this could only be for a month. During that month BTC had kept on it and arranged a permanent placement who I am now fully employed with. Cheers Tim. When on placement I needed to get in contact with my tutor for a couple of questions. He was easy to get hold of and was happy to help. Cheers John.All in all I am very happy that I chose Brookhouse and would recommend to anyone.Thank you all at BTC

Ben Andrew

11:41 18 May 24

Best decision I've made with my life.I qualified in around 7 months and got a job with British Gas immediately after passing. The instructors were great, really knew their stuff.Portfolio jobs were marked off by staff usually within a week. Guaranteed placement was good but there were a few issues such as not doing enough gas jobs but it was sorted by brookhouse.£7,000, leaving a job and 6 months unpaid training is a big decision to make. It paid off massively for me. I've now got a career I love, a large payrise and a job I enjoy.A few tips-Study hard, it's a fast paced course.-Have a plan of what you want too do after, I'd recommend employment after. 6 months isn't enough to go self employed I feel.-worth getting accommodation so you can focus on course.