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Skills are basically a sum of the ranks in the skill, the modifier given by the associated ability score, a +3 bonus if the skill is a class skill (listed as such in the class/archetype writeup), and any other bonuses or penalties that apply, such as gnomes' and elves' keen senses.
Questions of legality for any portions of a character can usually be found in the Guide to Organized Play, and the Additional Resources which tells you if material from books other than the Core Rulebook (CRB) are used in Organized Play or not.
There are several sources for finding games. Around here, most organizers use Warhorn.net to coordinate their games.
Hope this helps!
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Major issues:
For Pathfinder Society play, you need to own the sourcebook for any character feature beyond the core rules (Core Rulebook and Advanced Player's Guide) you use. It looks like Foehammer comes from the Advanced Race Guide, so you need to own a copy of that book (either physical or official PDF) in order to use that archetype.
All characters get a Feat every odd character level (1, 3, 5, etc.).
Fighters get a bonus 'combat' feat at Fighter 1, and again every 'even' level of fighter (so 1, 2, 4, 6, etc.).
As such, a Fighter 1 would have TWO feats instead of just one: One has to be a 'Combat' feat (which Power Attack is) and the other can be any feat you are qualified for.
PFS characters need to pick a Society faction as well: These are detailed in the free 'Guide to Organized Play' download.
All PFS characters also get a pair of Traits at character creation as well. I'm not familiar with the beginner box, but hopefully it will have a few decent choices for you. There are also a few faction based options in the 'guide to organized play.'
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Finding games:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety/events
In my opinion, it is best to begin with face-to-face games. I think you will pick things up fastest that way.
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For Pathfinder Society play, you need to own the sourcebook for any character feature beyond the core rules (Core Rulebook and Advanced Player's Guide) you use.
A few things to note:
(1) The Advanced Players Guide is not part of the Core Assumption (Core Rulebook plus the free Guide to PFS).(2) You actually need to own any book that you use material out of, including the Core Rulebook. (PDF copies are okay if they have your watermark; the Core Rulebook PDF is $10, and a good way to get started on the cheap).
(3) The Beginner Box is not a legal source.
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Download the free Guide to Pathfinder Society. In the back are all of the Venture Officers. There are four listed for England. One of them will be able to find you a game.
Also, you might find games listed at
http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/pathfinderS ociety/grandLodge
You won't regret the Beginners Box. It is a slightly different (slimmed-down) game than the regular game. But it is high quality, and has components (map, dice, pawns) that are useful in the regular game. It is also great for introducing friends and family to the game.
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my problem with face to face events is the location, I'm from England and it seems like nobody has anything going on at all on the events page in the UK.
It would be helpful to know roughly where you are.
While there's nothing on the events page (because the 'core' PFS players are in a long-term campaign), I know someone is going to start running PFS sessions at our games club (Chester) imminently.