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Level 2 Diploma Plumbing Foundation BPEC
Year two, and where plumbing gets serious. You'll build on your Level 1 with cold and hot water systems, central heating, sanitation, drainage, and the electrical and scientific principles behind building services engineering. This is the skills and knowledge that get you ready for employment or an apprenticeship in the plumbing sector. The trade in demand, done properly.
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How you’ll learn
Systems, Heating, and Building Services.
Year two takes you from the fundamentals into the real systems a plumber installs and maintains: cold water systems, domestic hot water systems, central heating, sanitation and drainage. You’ll also cover the electrical and scientific principles behind building services engineering, and the common plumbing processes that tie it all together.
Like year one, it is 50% theory, 50% practical, with a portfolio of evidence assessed by your tutor. Health and safety in building services engineering runs throughout. By the end of this year you’ll have the skills and knowledge for employment or an apprenticeship in the plumbing sector, and a real foundation for a long career in the trade.
Core Knowledge
- Health and safety in building services engineering
- Electrical principles and processes for building services engineering
- Scientific principles for domestic, industrial and commercial plumbing
- Common plumbing processes
- Understand how to communicate with others within building services engineering
Systems
- Cold water systems
- Domestic hot water systems
- Sanitation
- Central heating systems
- Drainage systems
Entry and progression
What you need and where it leads
- Entry requirements
- This course Level 2
- Further study
Entry requirements
- Completion of the Level 1 Plumbing Foundation BPEC
- A genuine commitment to a plumbing career
- Successful interview with our team
If you're still working on your Maths or English, you can keep building those alongside the course.
Not sure you meet these? Talk to us and we will help you find the right starting point.
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Careers it can lead to
- Elementary Construction Occupations £26,300 a year
- Plumbers and Heating and Ventilating Installers and Repairers £34,500 a year
- Pipe Fitters £38,400 a year
- Construction Operatives £30,800 a year
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- Groundworkers £33,800 a year
- Security System Installers and Repairers £29,000 a year
With further study or experience
- Construction Project Managers and Related Professionals £41,100 a year
Typical pay is the UK median for each job (Lightcast, October 2026).
Life on the course
See what it’s really like
Our facilities
Spacious, Well-Equipped Workshops
You'll train in dedicated plumbing workshops built for hands-on work with real systems, led by tutors who've worked in the trade.
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Plumbing Workshops
Spacious, well-equipped plumbing workspaces for real systems work.
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Expert Tutors
Every session led by tutors with real plumbing industry experience.
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Links With Local Companies
Real experience on live projects, plus national competitions.
Real Workshops · Real Systems
Student Voice
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I’ve gained loads of skills that’ll help me in life and in starting my career as a full-time painter and decorator. College has been a great experience—everyone’s treated equally, and the staff are really friendly and supportive. I’d definitely recommend it.
For parents and carers
Supporting your child’s journey
A Friendly, Welcoming Place
Students are often surprised by how friendly and welcoming college is. It's a supportive community where they'll build genuine friendships and feel part of something.
About student lifeQualifications That Count
These are nationally recognised qualifications with real academic weight. Your child will develop practical skills and knowledge that employers and universities genuinely value.
See the full unit listGCSE Support Built In
If your child needs to resit GCSE English or Maths, it's built into the timetable, not bolted on as an extra. They'll get structured support alongside their main course.
About student supportLearning Support
If your child has additional learning needs, our support team works with them from day one. Adjustments are put in place early so they can get the most out of their course.
About learning supportYour next step
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What happens after you apply
1
You apply
Apply online and you’ll get a confirmation email.
2
You meet your tutor
We’ll invite you to an interview to talk through the course and your plans, and make sure it’s right for you.
3
You get an offer
We’ll email you a conditional or unconditional offer.
4
You get ready to start
Come to a taster session in the summer, then enrol in August, bringing your results.