i am thinking about starting an electrician course

[ektoras]

i am thinking about starting an electrician course i live i plymouth
need some advise please... which places have got a good reputation
for people with no experience etc thanks luca

 

[telectrix]

all depends on yor age, whether you can get an apprenticeship and do a proper course to become a proper time served spark, or pay out for a short course to be a domestic installer.

 

[GStueyXR]

Not to be rude, but if you want a rewarding career, then electrical work is not for you.

Under-appreciated, underpaid, and cutting eachothers throats to get work.

 

[telectrix]

Not to be rude, but if you want a rewarding career, then electrical work is not for you.

Under-appreciated, underpaid, and cutting eachothers throats to get work.

summed up in a nutshell.

 

[Steve_P]

If you head out of England, over the bridge into Piskieland, there's an industrial estate round the back of the petrol station at the top of the hill (opposite side to Carkeel) and in that industrial is a training centre that is run through Cornwall College or something. Worth trying there mate.

 

[BillyH]

i am thinking about starting an electrician course i live i plymouth
need some advise please... which places have got a good reputation
for people with no experience etc thanks luca

I'd consider another trade if I was you.

 

[ektoras]

Hi telectrix, i don't mind paying out for a course and hopefully become a domestic installer
the thing is after i finish the course don't want to end up working for big companies just for pocket money
for years to come just to gain work experience

 

[ektoras]

thanks for your msg Billyhas but i will give it a try
as the old saying goes " he who dares wins" any advice would be appreciated
many thanks

 

[ektoras]

i am working in one like that to be honest
but i will give it a try and see what happens
thanks

 

[ektoras]

thanks Steve P I'LL consider it cheers

 

[ipf]

thanks for your msg Billyhas but i will give it a try
as the old saying goes " he who dares wins" any advice would be appreciated
many thanks

Just remember, without proper training and experience, 'he who dares tends to **** things up', with danger resulting.

 

[Johnny-G]

thanks for your msg Billyhas but i will give it a try
as the old saying goes " he who dares wins" any advice would be appreciated
many thanks

Good luck, there's 1000's like you've who've dared recently, I can't recall many if any winners though.

 

[sjhall]

Hi telectrix, i don't mind paying out for a course and hopefully become a domestic installer
the thing is after i finish the course don't want to end up working for big companies just for pocket money
for years to come just to gain work experience

The thing is, this is what you have to do to make money, otherwise no company will take you on, so you will be just another DI with no experience scraping about for domestic work up against a load of other DI's and real sparks who also do domestics.... Experience and word of mouth built up over years is worth it's weight in gold.

It's not all doom and gloom, but short courses to become a DI are nothing more than a scam.

Apprentice / adult trainee collage and work based is the way to go.

HTH

 

[Engineer54]

It's not all doom and gloom, but short courses to become a DI are nothing more than a scam.



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Sounds like yet another Lamb to the slaughter!!


Make you wonder what sort of mentality these people have, if they honestly think they can become an electrician in 17 days/5 weeks!!! God help us all!!!

 

[ipf]

Rolling Stones latest must be all about our industry.....'Doom and Gloom'

 

[markc123]

Sounds like yet another Lamb to the slaughter!!


Make you wonder what sort of mentality these people have, if they honestly think they can become an electrician in 17 days/5 weeks!!! God help us all!!!

Course you can become a fully competent and qualified sparks in 17days....i just chose the 3 and half year apprentice route because im a massive mug :dots:

 

[ektoras]

Hi engineer54 i don't mean to take a course in 17 days/5 weeks and become DI. I know it does not work like this. i intend to do a course over 2 year period and gain some experience as well

 

[ektoras]

yeah i know ipf i am well aware of that you don't become an electrician overnight.

 

[Knobhead]

Hi engineer54 i don't mean to take a course in 17 days/5 weeks and become DI. I know it does not work like this. i intend to do a course over 2 year period and gain some experience as well

So what is you're goal?
How do you intend to gain experience?

 

[n9wo83]

PGL in Exeter are excellent. They do the short courses and the 2 year diploma. Can't recommend them enough.

 

[ektoras]

hi n9wo83 in the 2 year diploma is it included any apprenticeship in in or do they send you on sites to gain work experience

 

[Engineer54]

PGL in Exeter are excellent. They do the short courses and the 2 year diploma. Can't recommend them enough.

So what course did you do with them, ...one of the short courses presumably?? I'd hate to even think about how much the fee's are with PGL mob, for this so called 2 year diploma!! lol!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Hi engineer54 i don't mean to take a course in 17 days/5 weeks and become DI. I know it does not work like this. i intend to do a course over 2 year period and gain some experience as well

well it`l be 3 years at college...not 2 and then finish your time with your employer...
anyway how old are you?.....theres money available for employers to take on (i think)....upto the age of 24 that is.....

 

[n9wo83]

hi n9wo83 in the 2 year diploma is it included any apprenticeship in in or do they send you on sites to gain work experience

There's more info on it here Electrotechnical 2357 Diploma Level 3 - Electrical Training Courses. You'll need to get work with someone to build your portfolio and you need to go to the centre one night a week, similar to what I believe you have to do at college.

 

[ipf]

There's more info on it here Electrotechnical 2357 Diploma Level 3 - Electrical Training Courses. You'll need to get work with someone to build your portfolio and you need to go to the centre one night a week, similar to what I believe you have to do at college.

If a lecturer had mentioned Portfolio when I was at college he'd have been asked what time the ship departed.

 

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[LlandrilloSpark]

I would get used to a lot more posts like this, it's new year....new start and all that, every year without fail come 1st week in January there will be another new Electricians van(s) in the area, yet more competition ect, nothing wrong in this I suppose, I wonder if the plumbing trade have this

 

[Spark2be]

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Like many others I thought that being a spark was a quick thing to do - its not, it takes time and dedication. I started thinking a year or two in college and I would be away to go, I was really wrong. After level 2 comes level 3 and then the level 3 NVQ and then the 17th ed regs course (you need a level 3 qualification and the 17th ed regs course to join an approved scheme for a start - you cant do DI work without those quals) and the inspection and testing not to mention the AM2!!!! Thats not even if you decide to go down the HNC route or get an apprenticeship. The only reason I am carrying on with it is because I find it really interesting - if it makes me some money in the future then great. Then when you have all that you need a good rep and real world experience. If I had known what it was going to take to become a spark then I would have done plumbing ha ha.

 

[Des 56]

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Like many others I thought that being a spark was a quick thing to do - its not, it takes time and dedication. I started thinking a year or two in college and I would be away to go, I was really wrong. After level 2 comes level 3 and then the level 3 NVQ and then the 17th ed regs course (you need a level 3 qualification and the 17th ed regs course to join an approved scheme for a start - you cant do DI work without those quals) and the inspection and testing not to mention the AM2!!!! Thats not even if you decide to go down the HNC route or get an apprenticeship. The only reason I am carrying on with it is because I find it really interesting - if it makes me some money in the future then great. Then when you have all that you need a good rep and real world experience. If I had known what it was going to take to become a spark then I would have done plumbing ha ha.

Pretty soon angry hoards of them will descend on this forum blowlamps primed and lit
It could be water torture for you Spark2be

 

[Engineer54]

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Like many others I thought that being a spark was a quick thing to do - its not, it takes time and dedication. I started thinking a year or two in college and I would be away to go, I was really wrong. After level 2 comes level 3 and then the level 3 NVQ and then the 17th ed regs course (you need a level 3 qualification and the 17th ed regs course to join an approved scheme for a start - you cant do DI work without those quals) and the inspection and testing not to mention the AM2!!!! Thats not even if you decide to go down the HNC route or get an apprenticeship. The only reason I am carrying on with it is because I find it really interesting - if it makes me some money in the future then great. Then when you have all that you need a good rep and real world experience. If I had known what it was going to take to become a spark then I would have done plumbing ha ha.

If only that was TRUE!!
Unfortunately it's NOT, all these 17 day whizzers and Electrical Trainee's need to join a scam provider and practice electrical work in someone home is the 17th ed open book qualification.

You are correct however, if you are talking about being a JIB graded electrician...