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Having completed electrical apprenticeship and gained an HNC in electrical engineering I would like to move into electrical design in the future

which courses would i need to complete to make the transition from electrician to electrical design engineer

I have some experience of AutoCAD etc
 
If your talking about becoming an Electrical Design Engineer, then try getting a into position as a trainee/junior design engineer preferably with a Consultant Engineering practice or with one of the bigger contractors Engineering design office. The only way your going to become proficient is under the tutorship of experienced electrical design Engineers. There is a lot more to design engineering than first meets the eye, and if you don't have the aptitude for it, it'll become very boring very quickly!! I can tell you now, i have every respect for a good Electrical Design Engineer that has years of experience under his belt....

I went through 2 years post graduate in the companies design office as the then requisite requirement, of becoming Chartered. I didn't take to it at all, it was interesting and new for say the first 12 months, and thereafter more repetitive, or maybe it was being stuck in an office environment that i disliked!! lol!! At least it served it's purpose in the end!! But it did give me the a bloody good insight and the ability to design review all manner of electrical construction and schematic drawings, which i have been doing in one form or another ever since, and in fact at this very moment!! lol!!!
 
If your talking about becoming an Electrical Design Engineer, then try getting a into position as a trainee/junior design engineer preferably with a Consultant Engineering practice or with one of the bigger contractors Engineering design office. The only way your going to become proficient is under the tutorship of experienced electrical design Engineers. There is a lot more to design engineering than first meets the eye, and if you don't have the aptitude for it, it'll become very boring very quickly!! I can tell you now, i have every respect for a good Electrical Design Engineer that has years of experience under his belt....

I went through 2 years post graduate in the companies design office as the then requisite requirement, of becoming Chartered. I didn't take to it at all, it was interesting and new for say the first 12 months, and thereafter more repetitive, or maybe it was being stuck in an office environment that i disliked!! lol!! At least it served it's purpose in the end!! But it did give me the a bloody good insight and the ability to design review all manner of electrical construction and schematic drawings, which i have been doing in one form or another ever since, and in fact at this very moment!! lol!!!
i'm setting up an electrical design co here in London this summer...mostly hitting the B to B market, I'm puttting together key personel etc...e.g electricians with design CAD experiance, but i picked your comments 'it did give me the a bloody good insight and the ability to design review...' I think that's really important; if youv'e got any insight/ideas that might help, help pls let me know (PM me poss...ide be really appreciative, cheers
 

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