Courses (newbie help)

[Englishman]

No worries mate, I know how hard it can be getting started as I done it myself when I was doing another job. Done the 2330 and 2391 and got decent enough work, worked for a few who took advantage of my lack of experience but I was using them anyway, but now doing decent, well paid work. It can pay off mate, just gotta plug away and sometimes be lucky.

As for 2365, wasn't aware it existed tbh and was under the impression that the 2357 had replaced the 2330. I would personally go 2365 in same position as you, the nvq will help if you want decent money but is by no means crucial, depending on the work you want to do.

 

[Baker1988]

whoa!......see colleges hate me!!!....many thanks Baker1988!! seriously!!

your welcome as i said i did that course as i was told it was the starting point for being a electrician then when i finished asked where to go from here and they told me to apply for the 2330 first year and i said why first year i have just spent 2 days a week for a year doing this course to which he replied " this is just a taster course to see if you like it really it has no real effect on being a electrician the first year 2330 is where you start being a electrician" i couldn't believe it when he said that it was a year and £1500 down the drain don't get me wrong i did learn a few things about electrics but was not enough really, the first mate job i applied for i told them i had the performing engineering operations level 1 and 2 qualification and he basically laffed at me and said "is that a real qualification as i never heard of it, was it a online course" so yeah don't do it just start with the 2357 or the 2365

 

[Baker1988]

As for 2365, wasn't aware it existed tbh and was under the impression that the 2357 had replaced the 2330. I would personally go 2365 in same position as you, the nvq will help if you want decent money but is by no means crucial, depending on the work you want to do.

yeah the 2357 was suppose to replace the 2330 but just ended turning into the apprentice route the 2365 came in a few months ago and now that is basically replacing it, it is the same as the 2330 really its got a separate level 2 and 3 course then you do the 2357 nvq side if you want to that is, i wish i had do this course

 

[Englishman]

I was under the impression that if you wanted to do nvq3, you had to do the 2357, which is just effectively 2330 level 3 and nvq3 isn't it?