Stroma Certification Scheme Stroma 18th edition exam

[Ian1981]

I've retired from all this malarkey, but I'm thinking of doing the 18th, just to prove I'm not going senile. £140 though.

I paid £240. + vat.
All from the comfort of my own home on a lap top.
You skip through the program then you need to do a test simulation where the questions are in random order to get you to use the book at random.
You are required to pass at over 80% at more than once.
You print off a certificate of learning and take it to the test centre.

 

[Strima]

Why would adding tabs be an unwanted advantage in an open book exam?

Also if you write any notes in the notes page will you get your book taken off you?

All -------s if you ask me.

 

[Midwest]

I paid £240. + vat.

What! Do you have to take the test at the centre, or does the brown envelope cover that?

 

[Ian1981]

What! Do you have to take the test at the centre, or does the brown envelope cover that?

Yes an approved test centre C&G exam online.

 

[Midwest]

Yes an approved test centre C&G exam online.

Thats the rub for me; gotta travel 40 miles for the nearest exam place.

 

[buzzlightyear]

when I did my 17th ,they sat me down pulled out a colouring book and told me to start on that .and when I finished that it was dot to dot book next .

 

[Andy78]

Are Stroma events letting you take the exam only ?

 

[Taylortwocities]

85% and yes a proper C&G exam

You must have misspelt your name then!

 

[Nigel]

Are Stroma events letting you take the exam only ?

The one day course is literally just the exam.

 

[Nigel]

I've retired from all this malarkey, but I'm thinking of doing the 18th, just to prove I'm not going senile. £140 though.

My local Rexel is putting on a C&G one day course run by the NICEIC for £200 for the course only, £265 for course and BS7671 & £290 for both plus OSG.

Food and drink are provided with a pint afterwards.

 

[Midwest]

My local Rexel is putting on a C&G one day course run by the NICEIC for £200 for the course only, £265 for course and BS7671 & £290 for both plus OSG.

Food and drink are provided with a pint afterwards.

Cheers, haven't been into my local Rexel recently, still a bit high for me. But will bear in mind.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

So having spent the last three or four days adding quick find tabs to my new 18th edition book and highlighting relevant passages it was taken off me by the Stroma invigilator and I was given a brand new book for my exam!:-(

I was told that Stroma do everything by the book and above board so don't want any accusations of cheating or lowering of standards, think some other schemes may need to take note!

Was Phil the invigilator?

 

[rolyberkin]

Are Stroma events letting you take the exam only ?

Yes I did the exam only and did and an online course with learnzone media which was £68, the exam was with Stroma down the road from me, the whole thing was like taking amendment 3 again with two added questions, a good refresher and I have learned a few things but a bit of a non event.

 

[Loki]

So having spent the last three or four days adding quick find tabs to my new 18th edition book and highlighting relevant passages it was taken off me by the Stroma invigilator and I was given a brand new book for my exam!:-(

I was told that Stroma do everything by the book and above board so don't want any accusations of cheating or lowering of standards, think some other schemes may need to take note!

Technically Stroma weren't doing it by the book when they took your book off you. C&G 2382-18 pdf on page 9 says

 

[rolyberkin]

I think it backs up their argument in that they didn't have the time to check everyone's book for compliance and it was easier to supply clean books.

 

[Shane Mullan]

Thank you for the heads up... I was just about to book through Stroma, but now it might be best to look elsewhere

 

[rolyberkin]

If you study and do enough of the exam simulators you will pass anyway! I just did it the cheapest way!

 

[a-z electrics]

what the hells wrong with using tabs? if it gets you to where you need to look, then so much the better..

 

[Shane Mullan]

"Stroma Hi Shane – you may use your own book, as long as it doesn’t have any loose paper with notes in it. However, you can tab the chapters with post-it notes and highlight text. I hope this helps."

Looks like tabs may be okay after all

 

[Pete999]

"Stroma Hi Shane – you may use your own book, as long as it doesn’t have any loose paper with notes in it. However, you can tab the chapters with post-it notes and highlight text. I hope this helps."

Looks like tabs may be okay after all

Just make sure you know where the CONTENTS page, that's all you need