colour blindness ?

[clayton13]

Hi there, I just want to run a question past you guys, i want to start training as an electrician but i'm concerned about the rules regarding colour blindness, i am colour blind but i feel this shouldnt be a problem ( Should it ? )

Will i be asked to pass a colour blindness test at any point ?

Are there any colour blind electricians on this forum ?

Regards

Steve

 

[fuel]

( edit: should have read more into this first, didnt realise what was possible.)

 

[Simonslimline]

When I did an electrical PEO course at college they tested for colour blindness.

I am now doing the 2357 level 3 C&G course and nobody had a colour blind test.

 

[trev]

I suppose it would depend on what colours you can't see or have a problem with. If it's brown, grey, black, blue then I'd say you'll have a fairly major problem

 

[fuel]

Oh and yes, im through ETT in NI and the colour blind test was cumplsory...

Any colour problems and you were not allowed to proceed. I would imagine it would make your job really difficult?

 

[trev]

I mate of mine has pretty much monochrome vision, when he left school his dad set him up with an apprenticeship as a spark. Luckily he managed to swap it for wood butchery.

 

[clayton13]

i've never had any problems in general everyday life, i can see all colours fine, i can grap a pill of wires and pick any colour out but ifi try the colourblindness test i can't see all the numbers mixed up in the group of dots.

i guess i'll see when i find a course local.

 

[snowhead]

I suppose it would depend on what colours you can't see or have a problem with. If it's brown, grey, black, blue then I'd say you'll have a fairly major problem

Not forgetting Red and Green and a host of others.

 

[NickD]

Hi there, I just want to run a question past you guys, i want to start training as an electrician but i'm concerned about the rules regarding colour blindness, i am colour blind but i feel this shouldnt be a problem ( Should it ? )

Will i be asked to pass a colour blindness test at any point ?

Are there any colour blind electricians on this forum ?

Regards

Steve

http://www.------.org/factfiles/health/colourdefects-page.cfm?type=pdf

 

[fuel]

i guess i'll see when i find a course local.

Looking for apprenticeship or one of the 5-6 week courses?

 

[uksparks]

I'm colour blind, brown looks green, but it's usually obvious as there's either a blue with it or black and grey, it's only red if it's got a single black. Blue purple and pink a look the same.

i manage fine, even though hedgehogs look green and the grass looks orange.

 

[uksparks]

So long as you can identify if it's brown or red that's fine even if they look the same as by a process of ilimination, if you don't know if it's brown or red, if it's got a black with it on its own it's going to be red and if it's got a blue one it's going to be brown.

But it it's got a solid yellow too then it's going to be red and old colors.

 

[Silly Sausage]

This is a good test for your colour vision...
Color Test - Online Color Challenge | X-Rite

You should be able to differentiate the colours unless you've got a seriously bad screen.

 

[NickD]

i've never had any problems in general everyday life

How much things have to be accommodated can often depend on whether it's formally classed as a disability or not. What you've said there more or less defines the fact that your level of colour blindness wouldn't be counted as a disability. I think.

 

[clayton13]

Looking for apprenticeship or one of the 5-6 week courses?

I've found 2 local courses that do the c&g 2365 course i want, but i want to try and get some work while i'm studying.