Recent Student Case Studies

Below you will find some recent case studies from New Career Skills students. Please check back regularly as these are updated monthly.

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Gary The Plumber

Barry the Electrician

Gillian the Plumber

Matt the Electrician

Debbie the Plumber

Sven the Green Engineer

Gary The Property Marketer

		Gary Ribeck From the kitchen sink to hands down the sink - a radical change of career. Read His Story Here >

		Charmaine Warman She is proving that you can do it all as she looks after her sons, works and trains. Read Her Story Here >

		Natasha Chambers Natasha from Cambridge is now a Sparky Girl! Read Her Story Here >

		Jonathan Blaize From trouble to taps thanks to New Career Skills. Read His Story Here >

		Darren Binns A FORMER RAF movements controller has found a stable career since his resettlement, by retraining as a plumber. Read His Story Here >

		Huw James A procurement manager for a company in Wallingford has made a major career change from buying to plumbing. Read His Story Here >

		Gillian Roberts The Greater Manchester mum is proving that you’re never too old to learn as she has retrained for a new career at the age of 53 Read Her Story Here >

		Steve Hinds Being made redundant didn't stop this positive-thinking IT worker from turning redundancy into an opportunity and completely change his career. Read His Story Here >

		William Kay What does a professional sportsman do when faced with the possibility of his sporting career coming to an end? Read His Story Here >

		Nigel Crossman After working in retail for 30 years, at the age of 46 Nigel was unexpectedly made redundant. He now runs a business. Read His Story Here >

		Amanda A 25 year old university educated former office assistant, now employed full-time. Read Her Story Here >

		Ben A 27 year old former business owner. He is now a full-time electrician. Read His Story Here >

		Brian A 42 year old former fisherman. He is now running his own successful plumbing business. Read His Story Here >

		Brian 38 year old Brian left the printing industry to train as a plumber. Read His Story Here >

		Charlie Formally a pharmacy buyer, took redundancy as is now a fully fledged plumber. Read His Story Here >

		Clare A mum of two and a full-time credit controller, now Clare is training as a plumber. Read Her Story Here >

		Gary A former aircraft engineer for 30 years, now he is running his own plumbing business. Read His Story Here >

		Ian A chef for 20 years, now Ian is working as a full-time plumber, and loving it. Read His Story Here >

		Jane Another former chef, now Jane is working full-time in the plumbing industry. Read Her Story Here >

		Ivan Former advertising executive, now a full-time electrician building up his skills. Read His Story Here >

		John Previously a postman, now he has started up his own plumbing business. Read His Story Here >

		Lorraine At 49 she decided she had enough of Computers and is now running her own plumbing business. Read Her Story Here >

		Mark This 31 year old former postman, is now a full-time plumber. Read Here Story Here >

		Mark At 40 Mark decided to get out of the gardening business and retrain as a plumber. Read His Story Here >

		Michael Being made redundant at 50 lead Michael into retraining as a plumber. Read His Story Here >

		Mick Previously a mechanical engineer, Mick is now running his own plumbing business. Read His Story Here >

		Rachel Rachel got tied of traveling and moved back to the UK. Now she is a lady plumber. Read Her Story Here >

		Barry He has come back from the very brink to starting his own electrical business. Read His Story Here >

		Sven After completing the DGE course now runs his own company. Read His Story Here >

		Debbie From telecoms to taps thanks to New Career Skills. She now runs a plumbing business. Read Her Story Here >

		Matt After starting an electrician course with NCS owns his own business. Read His Story Here >