Newbie advice needed

[lloydi]

Hi guys I am 26 and have been working an office job for the past 5 years and in need of a change, I have previosly worked as a delivery driver for CEF and it gave me the taste of what it would be like to work as a sparky and it appealed, circumstances at the time prevented me from persuing further but now i feel ready to tackle it head on and better my working life and hopefully my income.

I am currently looking at the following course Electrical Installation (2330)

Lowestoft College - Part-time Courses

would you say this is a good place to start? I will also be volunteering my services to local sparkys at weekends to try and gain onsite experience while i study, as I will need to keep down a full time job while at college.

The course starts again in September, is there anything i can do between now and then to give me a headstart? any small courses for beginners etc?

Many thanks

 

[MacSparky]

A good place to start in my opinion, plenty of sparks out there too that would probably slip you some cash in hand work/labor once your at college taking your C&G. I'd do the part time course and stay in your job for now....do the studying and let things take there course. Sounds like youv'e got your noggi'n screwed on.....go for it and stick with it

 

[lloydi]

thanks for your comments mac, glad i am on the right track, this is all new to me but im willing to give it a shot