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Hi guys,
Just thought I would say hello, my name is Freddie, I am 25 and from Nottingham originally, although living in London now. Been down here about 8 months and moved down here to get a job in business to business sales. I hated every second of it as I was sat behind a desk all day cold calling people, it was awful. Anyway on the Monday just gone I walked out of my job, I never want to have to sit behind a desk again.
For the last few months I have been wondering about becoming an electrician, my dad is a window fitter and a lot of my mates back home are in the trades and love what they do (plus the sparks I know are minted!). I want to enjoy my job, be more hands-on but also having that challenge of having to actually think about what I am doing. I have always been more of a hands-on person - I worked with a tree surgeon for a few years after leaving school and spent my childhood taking apart motorbikes and tinkering with cars and whatever else I could find to take apart (and probably break).
Anyway, I am looking to start my 2365 level 2 and 3 hopefully start of March which I will be self-funding, it runs two weeks off and two weeks on for 30 weeks so I will be looking to work as a labourer while I complete my course and then gradually learn more and more until I can be considered a "mate" I will then look to complete the AM2 and the NVQ3 and become fully qualified. I understand there is quite a lot of debate around these fast-track courses but I have no other option really, I am too old for an apprenticeship and I have to make sure I can pay my rent in London so this is the way I am doing it.
Anyway I am sure I will have other questions as I complete the course so I thought I would say hello. Also not sure if I am allowed to put this in here but I will also be on the lookout for work in London as an electrical labourer, really eager to learn and listen and work on a labourers wage to begin with until I can contribute more knowledge and understanding to the job, so if anyone knows anyone that needs a helping hand drop me a message please!
Cheers Freddie
Just thought I would say hello, my name is Freddie, I am 25 and from Nottingham originally, although living in London now. Been down here about 8 months and moved down here to get a job in business to business sales. I hated every second of it as I was sat behind a desk all day cold calling people, it was awful. Anyway on the Monday just gone I walked out of my job, I never want to have to sit behind a desk again.
For the last few months I have been wondering about becoming an electrician, my dad is a window fitter and a lot of my mates back home are in the trades and love what they do (plus the sparks I know are minted!). I want to enjoy my job, be more hands-on but also having that challenge of having to actually think about what I am doing. I have always been more of a hands-on person - I worked with a tree surgeon for a few years after leaving school and spent my childhood taking apart motorbikes and tinkering with cars and whatever else I could find to take apart (and probably break).
Anyway, I am looking to start my 2365 level 2 and 3 hopefully start of March which I will be self-funding, it runs two weeks off and two weeks on for 30 weeks so I will be looking to work as a labourer while I complete my course and then gradually learn more and more until I can be considered a "mate" I will then look to complete the AM2 and the NVQ3 and become fully qualified. I understand there is quite a lot of debate around these fast-track courses but I have no other option really, I am too old for an apprenticeship and I have to make sure I can pay my rent in London so this is the way I am doing it.
Anyway I am sure I will have other questions as I complete the course so I thought I would say hello. Also not sure if I am allowed to put this in here but I will also be on the lookout for work in London as an electrical labourer, really eager to learn and listen and work on a labourers wage to begin with until I can contribute more knowledge and understanding to the job, so if anyone knows anyone that needs a helping hand drop me a message please!
Cheers Freddie
