Send us a text In this powerful episode of Off The Job: A Tradesman Podcast, Pete and Keiran sit down with Tony Smith — a former car mechanic and train signal engineer who rebuilt his life to become a Gas Safe engineer. Tom shares his journey from working underground with TFL to starting a building firm, facing personal tragedy, and finding a second chance through the gas trade. His story covers: 🔧 Changing careers after burnout and loss 🚂 Life working on the trains & London U...
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Send us a text In this powerful episode of Off The Job: A Tradesman Podcast, Pete and Keiran sit down with Tony Smith — a former car mechanic and train signal engineer who rebuilt his life to become a Gas Safe engineer. Tom shares his journey from working underground with TFL to starting a building firm, facing personal tragedy, and finding a second chance through the gas trade. His story covers: 🔧 Changing careers after burnout and loss 🚂 Life working on the trains & London U...
College vs Real-World Skills: Plumbing, Gas & “Silly Season” in the Trade Industry
Off The Job: A Tradesman Podcast
41 minutes
2 months ago
College vs Real-World Skills: Plumbing, Gas & “Silly Season” in the Trade Industry
Send us a text In this episode of Off The Job Podcast Overtime, hosts Pete Withers and Kieran Yates dive into the realities of the building trade versus what’s taught in college. From outdated training methods like lead work and pipe bending in vices, to real-world shortcuts and practical solutions, they explore what really happens on site. They also debate the start of “silly season” for plumbers and gas engineers, why boiler servicing should be done in summer, and whether trades should char...
Off The Job: A Tradesman Podcast
Send us a text In this powerful episode of Off The Job: A Tradesman Podcast, Pete and Keiran sit down with Tony Smith — a former car mechanic and train signal engineer who rebuilt his life to become a Gas Safe engineer. Tom shares his journey from working underground with TFL to starting a building firm, facing personal tragedy, and finding a second chance through the gas trade. His story covers: 🔧 Changing careers after burnout and loss 🚂 Life working on the trains & London U...