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Hi guys,
I’m new on the forum, I’m 29 years old and from Spain. I’ve worked as an electrician for more than 6 years in Spain. Now, for personal reasons, I’m living in Swansea and I would really like to carry on working as a sparky here in UK. I’m working in something else at the moment but I don’t enjoy it. I’ve got a full Spanish qualification (2000 hour/ 2 year course) but apparently it’s not enough to start working in the trade because they obviously need a British qualification to start to work. I’ve been asking around but nobody has been able to tell me what exactly I need.
I went to Swansea College and asked there what I had to do to become an electrician ASAP and they told me the best thing I could do was to do a full time 2330 Electrotechnical level 2 course for a year. I’ll start it in September but I’m not sure if it’s going to be the best I can do or if it will be a waste of time because I think there must be some other option before doing a year course just to be an electrician’s mate. Maybe there’s a shorter course or a quicker way of becoming an electrician without having to do a full time course. It will be really annoying if I’ve got to study again what I already did in Spain ages ago…
Please if you could give me any advice about it would be great. I really appreciate your help. Thanks very much guys in advance. Cheers.
I’m new on the forum, I’m 29 years old and from Spain. I’ve worked as an electrician for more than 6 years in Spain. Now, for personal reasons, I’m living in Swansea and I would really like to carry on working as a sparky here in UK. I’m working in something else at the moment but I don’t enjoy it. I’ve got a full Spanish qualification (2000 hour/ 2 year course) but apparently it’s not enough to start working in the trade because they obviously need a British qualification to start to work. I’ve been asking around but nobody has been able to tell me what exactly I need.
I went to Swansea College and asked there what I had to do to become an electrician ASAP and they told me the best thing I could do was to do a full time 2330 Electrotechnical level 2 course for a year. I’ll start it in September but I’m not sure if it’s going to be the best I can do or if it will be a waste of time because I think there must be some other option before doing a year course just to be an electrician’s mate. Maybe there’s a shorter course or a quicker way of becoming an electrician without having to do a full time course. It will be really annoying if I’ve got to study again what I already did in Spain ages ago…
Please if you could give me any advice about it would be great. I really appreciate your help. Thanks very much guys in advance. Cheers.