Not just a Noob - A Total noob

[CannockLee]

Hi all.

Brand new to all of this so please go easy.

Im 31 and spent 10 years as a Police officer but left due to the way the job was going.

I never listened to my old man before he died about getting a trade behind me and now I find myself wanting to learn.

I have always been interested in electrics/electronics and am keen to start now.

My question is. How does a chap of my age start?

I have googled allsorts but only find 4 week courses for £4000 upwards and they all seem too good to be true and as i am too old to be on an apprenticeship I don't know where to start.

Sorry for the long intro but help would be appreciated.

 

[Guest123]

Welcome along.

 

[Sintra]

Hi & welcome.

 

[Electricalserv]

Hi all.

Brand new to all of this so please go easy.

Im 31 and spent 10 years as a Police officer but left due to the way the job was going.

I never listened to my old man before he died about getting a trade behind me and now I find myself wanting to learn.

I have always been interested in electrics/electronics and am keen to start now.

My question is. How does a chap of my age start?

I have googled allsorts but only find 4 week courses for £4000 upwards and they all seem too good to be true and as i am too old to be on an apprenticeship I don't know where to start.

Sorry for the long intro but help would be appreciated.

Domestic installers part p course then a scheme, NICEIC, NAPIT ETC as a domestic installer. you can say you're fully qualified and competent in as little as 4 weeks.

 

[RWJ]

Domestic installers part p course then a scheme, NICEIC, NAPIT ETC as a domestic installer. you can say you're fully qualified and competent in as little as 4 weeks.

And the past experience of standing in a court will certainly pay off

 

[kamkam]

Do the full monty mate don't do the part p courses you will not get the full under pinning knowledge required. There really is not a quick way you have to do the time.

 

[sparkiegaz]

hello hello hello


try find a local firm that will take u on, go collage do courses work hard read books etc etc yep spose u can do a six week wounder course telling u will be erning 40k in three months tell u this the grass isnt always greener the other side of the fence ,,,goodluck with it tho pal.

 

[CannockLee]

Do the full monty mate don't do the part p courses you will not get the full under pinning knowledge required. There really is not a quick way you have to do the time.

What is the Full monty though?

I will do whatever it takes tbh. It's not like I don't have the time lol

 

[CannockLee]

hello hello hello


try find a local firm that will take u on, go collage do courses work hard read books etc etc yep spose u can do a six week wounder course telling u will be erning 40k in three months tell u this the grass isnt always greener the other side of the fence ,,,goodluck with it tho pal.

Lol - I think i posted at the same time.

I think I will need to labour for someone for a bit and get my --- into college which is a little daunting since i haven't really studied since school

 

[Phil]

welcome along. you could try to get into college on the 2330 as it has been extended. try getting any experience you can on site

 

[CannockLee]

welcome along. you could try to get into college on the 2330 as it has been extended. try getting any experience you can on site

Yeah been looking at the 2330 college dates but it seems very much geared for school leavers as it says i would need recent GCSE results and a school report (16 years ago maybe

I'm going to phone the college tomorrow to find out more, thanks for the replies

 

[brucelee]

Hi mate welcome to the forum

 

[Phil]

the 2330 is fairly flexible towards all mate tbh. they quite often run it on a night time aswell. just to let you know they have just recently extended the deadline of entry to the 2330 so you may well be told you can`t enrol on this by a receptionist that might not know of the extension. good luck with it and feel free to pm me if you need any help or advice

 

[Phil]

Yeah been looking at the 2330 college dates but it seems very much geared for school leavers as it says i would need recent GCSE results and a school report (16 years ago maybe

I'm going to phone the college tomorrow to find out more, thanks for the replies

i have just remembered an article in professional electrician 5 years ago showing a 70 odd year old guy doing the 2330 there is hope for us all then as for the gcse requirements they can let adults sit a college aptitude test

 

[CannockLee]

Nice one - thanks very much for the info - Top post.

I'll update when I find out and maybe post a thread with some up to date info for any other members or new members that maybe in the same boat.

 

[rmc86uk]

Why did you give up as a police officer? I know an electrician who has just joined the police force a couple of week back!

To become a graded electrician you will need

City & Guilds 2330 L2 and 3
City & Guilds 2357 NVQ L3
17th Edition

and any other quals that can make you stand out from everyone else e.g P.A.S.M.A, IPAF



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[jpmiff]

Hi

Welcome along

 

[ebow72]

I am now 38, I have just finished my Level 2 2330 at college. I started 2 years ago on a night course and was lucky enough, to do my last year on a day course full time (3 days a week). Now I at the stage where I am looking for electricians mates jobs, anything that will only help me with my 3rd year. I have bought and read books, which do help, bought as much stuff as I can from ebay, revision notes have been a really great help.
I came from a sales back ground and decided I wanted a change 3 years ago, I am glad I did it and wish I had of done it sooner...I have a final year to do and I'm done. I have a few other course I need to do but it won't get in the way of working....

 

[Electricalserv]

Yeah been looking at the 2330 college dates but it seems very much geared for school leavers as it says i would need recent GCSE results and a school report (16 years ago maybe

I'm going to phone the college tomorrow to find out more, thanks for the replies

I had a 40 year old on mine with no previous electrical experience...He went straight onto level 3

 

[millwall ken]

Hi all.

Brand new to all of this so please go easy.

Im 31 and spent 10 years as a Police officer but left due to the way the job was going.

I never listened to my old man before he died about getting a trade behind me and now I find myself wanting to learn.

I have always been interested in electrics/electronics and am keen to start now.

My question is. How does a chap of my age start?

I have googled allsorts but only find 4 week courses for £4000 upwards and they all seem too good to be true and as i am too old to be on an apprenticeship I don't know where to start.

Sorry for the long intro but help would be appreciated.

Let me get this right then; you left one of the last remaining jobs, where you'd have a bit of job security - and all of the official/unofficial perks that come with it, to go into one of the most unpredictable job industries out there? Ummmm....

 

[Kamikaze]

Another fine police officer lost into the shadowy world of electrical trickery. Welcome to the institude of electrical confusion.

 

[CRAGS]

Hi and welcome

 

[CannockLee]

In answer to Milwall Ken.

The reason I left was due to the following :-

Constant shift changes and phone calls at home at 3AM telling me (Not asking me) that I had to attend a fatal accident because no other Family Liaison Officers on duty.

2 broken legs in the space of 5 years then no back up from my own employer.

Shift changes every week.

Certain higher rank officers abusing their position

A change in my family circumstances (ie my mrs becoming a detective in the child abuse unit)

So many more reasons but i'll leave it at that.

I have now trade behind me and I have stagnated so what is wrong with a man wanted to better himself in the brain department? Also I wasn't in the pension scheme sue to changes in the T&C's so there are no perks mate.

 

[The Cavalry]

Hello & welcome,

I started my road to being an electrician 2 years ago at the age of 42, been reading, studying and having a surprise (baby) its not easy but very worth while. Good luck and stick to it.

 

[shambock]

Hi

I was 29 when i started just after i got a knock back from being a bus driver,
I joined an electrical firm as a labourer and started to do their PAT testing so went on a day course for my C&G 2377 Portable Appliance Testing,
6 months of that proved to my guvner that i was up for it so researched a college that would except me for my C&G 2360 as an adult trainee.

2 to 3 years of study started me as a spark then after a couple more years i did my 2391-10 inspection and testing which took me about a year to complete followed by my 17th edition.

A few years later and now im studying for my 2391-20 design which is proving very difficult, (late nights followed by tired morning)

Just shows a year or so as a labourer on the right firm with the determination to achieve gets you where you want.

37 now but very glad they didn’t except me as a bus driver.

Good luck it will be worth it.