Those crash courses are dangerous

StokieSpark · Mar 2, 2010

Been on a two day PAT testing course at Manchester. The other lads on the course have been doing a 6week "Im an electrician" course and the PAT test course was their last course, as we were revising... one lad asked me how to work out the Resistance from the voltage and current! I cant believe these people after today can go and wire up houses etc but they dont even know basic ohms law. God knows what its going to be like when they have to work out the voltage drop formula or the cable selection..

Scary.

roukel01 · Mar 2, 2010

on the PAT testing course I went on, at the end of the days training when everyone in the room was 'supposed' to be at a competant level to carry out tests on any equipment they could ever encounter, one lady turned round and said "So what do you need an earth for again?"

Bobby B · Mar 2, 2010

What an absolute showere of ****, it disgusts me that you can do this. 4 year apprenticeship it took me and these monkeys can do it in 6 weeks. i hate everything about this industry bar the actual job, the sooner we are legislated as much as gas fitters the better. our trade might be worth something then.

And relax..........

roukel01 · Mar 2, 2010

Bobby B said:
What an absolute showere of ****, it disgusts me that you can do this. 4 year apprenticeship it took me and these monkeys can do it in 6 weeks. i hate everything about this industry bar the actual job, the sooner we are legislated as much as gas fitters the better. our trade might be worth something then.

And relax..........

Well said mate, completely agree.

bugsy · Mar 2, 2010

I went on pat's crash course and this happened

garyinderby · Mar 3, 2010

Come on guys, please dont tar everyone with the same brush. Yes i agree there are some right muppets out there. but some of us who have done the short coarses want to do the job well, take the time to learn, have the intelgence to ask or find the proper answers. most of all have a consience and same work ethic as you time served guys. so again please chaps, this is bordering on predudice.

Gary

cside · Mar 3, 2010

there are fools at all levels, i recently had to drive 45 miles to show a 3rd year apprentice how to get a feed off a celling rose, he didnt bleive me over the phone and gave me some bull about having to power it up and as his he was on his own for the day i drove over to help him out, got there to find the first fix wasnt even finished. and the less said about the spark i worked with on 17 PH the better