local college course .. sound good?

[owas]

Hey
Ive pretty much just picked up a welder and began building things up until this point and had pretty reasonable sucsess, nothing ive built has fallen apart on me haha.

But as I build gym equipment with some pretty decently thick sizes (3,4,5mm) I need to start making sure im doing things 'right'.


Could someone give me an opinion on how the following course sounds and if this is the right way of going about it? Dont mind spending the money just dont want to end up feeling like ive wasted my money (which my 8.5k a year sports coaching course feels like at the min -_-)

http://www.wolvcoll.ac.uk/courses2/we1aw.asp#entry

 

[Jan]

Their prices are quite a bit better than my local college, but others may advise you to save the money to invest in better equipment while posting your attempts on here for an honest critique of them. Certainly it's the way I'm going, but - as I put earlier - local courses are just too expensive as they're aimed at people looking for professional qualifications to go on to earning a living as a welder.

 

[Tiggy_dorset]

Looks like a genuine college, offering a genuine recognised C&G qualification. I started on a course like this 15 years ago, which became the beginning of my welding career.

I doubt it would feel like wasted money. I would say go for it.

 

[owas]

Sounds good then! Im going to take it.

Im actualy torn between two ideas for my future career, one hand I can open a gym with a large risk of not getting many customers and being left with 2000+sq ft of rent lol. or get a small unit with equipment I already have and start building crossfit/powerlifting/strongman style equipment. Would have much less of a risk as I wouldnt need as big a unit and I already have a s*** load of steel. (About 5/6 tonnes worth of 3" box)