Which of these 2 would you choose?

[n180]

Hi Guys,

Need some advice from the more experienced people. I am looking to go into training as an electrician. I have narrowed down my options to 2 providers. I would appreciate if you could give me some advice on which of these two training providers you would choose.

I will be starting from scratch as I am changing insudtry and know very little about being an electrican.

Training Provider 1:

• Takes between 1 year and 18 months depending on how fast you want to work to get to NVQ level 3 (it's flexible to fit around your current lifestyle)
• You are given books and online simulation etc to help you learn your theory at home.
• Once you have done theory for the module, you go into thier centre, do some practical training on their equipment (CU, wiring, circuits etc) in their training rooms for a week and then take test for that specific C&G qualification.
• First you achieve your NVQ level 2 (C&G part P, 17th edition etc) to become a domestic installer, but before you achieve level 2, they send you on one of their own construction contracts for atleast a week to give you some real life experience, you then get your NVQ level 2.
• Then you can start work as domestic installer whilst carrying on training with them (flexible) for NVQ level 3 (2357)
• costs about 6k to get to NVQ level 3, paid monthly at about £145/month (obvioulsy I will have fininshed course before even paying full amount).
• I do not think anywhere in this course you do the 2394/2395

Training Provider 2:

• Pay £1700 to do my Part P, 17th edition and electrcial fundamentals training. They also have their training rooms with all the training equipment (CU, wiring, circuits etc). Do all this in about month.
• Pay another £850 to do my 2394/2395.
• They will try their best to find me atleast a weeks work experience with an electrcian to get practical experience.
• Work with my gas safe engineer pal who gets quite a bit of electrical work, which will give me some practical experrience.
• Later on I can do the 2357 for NVQ level 3, even though it will take me a couple of grand more and another year or so (so in thoery the cost will be about the same as option 1 but in this I get the 2394/2395).

Tried to be brief so I hope the options make sense.

Both options are similar, I don't get massive amounts of real life practical experience. Can the Part P, 17th edition and other fundamental theory really be learned in about 3 weeks, or would it be better to spread over a longer period as in provider 1?

Thanks in advance.

 

[JAWS]

Just came across this post again.

Wow, where have 2 and half years gone, they've flown past.

I really owe you guys for the advice you gave.

Ended up doing 2365 C&G at college, levels 2 and 3, which I completed a few months ago. Done my 17th edition, and EAL inspection and testing, whilst getting part time experience as a mate on domestic and commercial.

Now that I am in the industry and know a lot better what is going on, I cringe at the 2 options I had initially posted. These Electrical Trainee courses would have really done me over. Even with the college course alone, I would have been no where without the experience. Site experience with a time served spark is everything. Slowly do the courses over a couple of years in college, but focus on getting experience is the way for those too old for apprenticeships.

And a certificate for fundamentals of electrics lol, what was I thinking. These training centres really know how to take advantage of people unfamiliar with the industry.

Thanks for saving me from these fast track courses and being scammed £1000's.

Really pleased for you well done mate

 

[JAWS]

I agree working with an electrician helped you gain relevant experience but unfortunately the reality is not everyone is luckily enough to to get this option so sometimes people have to take various other routes hence why I believe these Electrical Trainee courses took off & gained so much popularity.