White goods

[Abonandi]

In the last 6 months of my 2357 c & guilds qualification, looking a new job opportunities and came across a white good engineer. Would my qualifications be wasted in that line work? Look forward to hear your responses cheers

 

[Andy78]

In the last 6 months of my 2357 c & guilds qualification, looking a new job opportunities and came across a white good engineer. Would my qualifications be wasted in that line work? Look forward to hear your responses cheers

In my opinion, yes.

 

[Richard Burns]

White goods engineer can be challenging in some cases but tends to involve a lot of fault finding on restricted access parts which mainly terminates in replacing the circuit board!
I would say that you would not be utilising your full potential in undertaking this, but it may provide useful background skills for later work if you were to change to electrical installation at a later date.

 

[Andy78]

White goods engineer can be challenging in some cases but tends to involve a lot of fault finding on restricted access parts which mainly terminates in replacing the circuit board!
I would say that you would not be utilising your full potential in undertaking this, but it may provide useful background skills for later work if you were to change to electrical installation at a later date.

A very good point, another string to your bow if you set up self employed.

I get quite a few calls for appliance repair but I tend to pass them on to a local appliance sales and repair firm though. In turn I get the occasional call for a new cooker circuit from their customers as my cards are passed on.

 

[Abonandi]

Yeh suppose it would be another string to the bow cheers for the responses

 

[ruston]

With expensive flooring , and even more expensive kitchens, white goods can be a real pain to work on.
They are nearly always awkward to access.

 

[Golden_Boy]

I did white goods for several years and can honestly say your qualifications will be wasted.
The course i did lasted two weeks and was mainly mechanical stuff, Spanners and big hammers, not meters and knowledge.
Also white goods are HEAVY, ....

 

[Geordie Spark]

As a fully trained and qualified Engineer, it does boil my pee a bit when these spare parts fitters call themselves "Engineers"!!!

 

[Darkwood]

First time I got a washing machine engineer in my house (only because it was free under guarantee) I cross examined him - he fell apart and it was clear it was just a publicity angle to sound professional, I ended up diagnosing the fault myself for him and letting him rectify it... it help that I used to work for a Hotpoint registered repair firm lol, nice bloke so left it at that

 

[Geordie Spark]

First time I got a washing machine engineer in my house (only because it was free under guarantee) I cross examined him - he fell apart and it was clear it was just a publicity angle to sound professional, I ended up diagnosing the fault myself for him and letting him rectify it... it help that I used to work for a Hotpoint registered repair firm lol, nice bloke so left it at that

I had much the same experience with a Zanusi washing machine repair man some years ago who tried to fit a bearing for the drum in the wrong way roun

I watched him struggle for a while until I got bored then pointed him in the right direction ..... :wink_smile:

 

[amckay]

In the last 6 months of my 2357 c & guilds qualification, looking a new job opportunities and came across a white good engineer. Would my qualifications be wasted in that line work? Look forward to hear your responses cheers

Most definitely yes.
I briefly worked for a small family business specialising in sales and repairs of domestic appliances. Great people and great experience, I learnt a lot in my 8months with them. But that's where it hit me, its a dead end job with no real prospects and a poor wage packet compared to a working spark. Do I regret it? Not one bit. Am I glad I moved on? Oh yes!

 

[telectrix]

and bear in mind that white goods include fridges, so you need to have loads of kit for gassing the fridges. even with washing machines, you need a full frontal lobotomy to be able to do the work of a wet-pants when pumps fail.

 

[7029 dave]

Most definitely yes.
I briefly worked for a small family business specialising in sales and repairs of domestic appliances. Great people and great experience, I learnt a lot in my 8months with them. But that's where it hit me, its a dead end job with no real prospects and a poor wage packet compared to a working spark. Do I regret it? Not one bit. Am I glad I moved on? Oh yes!

Just the same with me, another string to your bow.

 

[telectrix]

Just the same with me, another string to your bow.

well, that's an eye-opener. robin hood had a washing machine. no wonder maid marion was pi$$ed off.

 

[7029 dave]

well, that's an eye-opener. robin hood had a washing machine. no wonder maid marion was pi$$ed off.

Knew he had some merry men, but not an washing machine.? Did they exist it that period. Thought it was all be hand.

 

[telectrix]

are you saying that robin hood was a wan£er? apparently he took from the rich and gave it to the poor....... jeremy corbin... now he's a real wan£er.