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Hey All, this is a great forum. I found it when i was looking into training to become an Electrician. I'm 45 years old and have had a number of jobs all of which i've kept for many years. I trained 10 years ago to become a nurse on a very busy orthopaedic ward (broken bones and trauma - to you). I realise that I don't want to retire a nurse because it would need to be in management, yuk! or not management and suffer a very bad back (bad now but would be worse!). I like nursing but I love doing up houses, I concider myself advanced DIY'er and can put my hand to anything, given a little research. I love nothing better than the look of a quality electrical installation - the usefullness of it and the possibilities of the future use of 'clean' (consumer end) fuel and futureproofing buildings. My plan, long term, as of my new year resolution, is to learn as much on paper as I can this year about the industry (started on new years day with Google search "what is electricity" and two days on i've covered the national grid and AC and DC (though i'll go over my notes a few times more). I intend to go to college in september for 32 weeks and then plan from there. My ultimate goal is to buy rundown houses in my area, Bristol, graft on the renovations, whilst being qualified to install the electrics and work with other trades to sell on or rent. I'm a qualified plasterer (told you i've been around!) and i'm good on the tools. When you get to my age, you just wonder what you'll be doing when the government let you retire at 80. I would like by then to have helped a few younger than myself out, in a company that I could have built up along the way. I'm not flush (money) so training will cost and by the time i'm ready to buy the first property i'll be remortgaging my own to fund it (the missus knows - i think!). Thats my plan - in this day and age i've probably got as much idea of what the future holds as the next person but you've got to have dreams and besides - i'll always be a nurse if I keep my registration updated yearly, its not a bad wage but you can't put your feet up so it's time to change. Thanks for listening. This site is great. I find it the reading equivalent of 'you tube' where you end up reading something totally opposite to what you came on to find out - there's even 'epic fails' so all is good. Keep it up sparks and i'll keep you all updated. Rob from Bristol (Ps - long post. I'm on nights, they're all quiet or asleep and i'm trying to not get deleted for not posting in 72 days!
