will a Level 6 course in Electronic/electrical engineering help me get an apprenticeship

[Ronnieg]

Hi i am 20 years old currently studying electronic/electrical engineering at college and will finish the course in june, i am applying for different electrician apprenticeships but there are not many on offer, none of the apprenticeships list my course as an advantage and i know the work i cover in college is different from the work i will do as a spark as i worked as a sparks mate for 3 months. So what i am asking is will the course i am doing just now give me an advantage when applying for an apprenticeship? and if i dont secure an apprenticeship this year i will start a HNC in electrical engineering will this give me an advantage when applying for apprenticeships? thanks

 

[HandySparks]

You don't say what qualification your current course leads to.

 

[Ronnieg]

You don't say what qualification your current course leads to.

It leads to an NC in both electrical and electronic engineering the units that i study are:

Communication
Engineering: Applying Information Technology
Electrical Principles
Electrical Testing and Measurement
Fundamental Electrical Systems
Mathematics: Technician 1
Mathematics: Technician 2
Single and Three Phase Induction Motors
Earthing and Earth Fault Current Protection
Electrical Plant Maintenance
Earthing and Earth Fault Current Protection
Applications of Programmable Logic Controllers
Electrical Wiring Skills
Engineering Project
Fundamental Electronics
Transformation and Rectification
Rotating Electrical Machines
Combinational Logic
Sequential Logic
Network analysis

 

[Jay Sparks]

Although a company may take you on with this qual, you may still have to pay for the apprenticeship, depending on your age when you start it. There is no APL unfortunately.

Jay