Your thoughts on XS sponsor 18th edition course

[Daniel Oake]

I'm looking to pay for the 18th edition course next weekend that XS offers through the forum, this will be my first edition as iv'e just finished level 3 (2365).
Hopefully this will help me be a bit more employable over my other colleagues.

Has anyone sat this course with XS yet and if so what are your thoughts?

 

[Pete999]

I'm looking to pay for the 18th edition course next weekend that XS offers through the forum, this will be my first edition as iv'e just finished level 3 (2365).
Hopefully this will help me be a bit more employable over my other colleagues.

Has anyone sat this course with XS yet and if so what are your thoughts?

What is the cost?

 

[Daniel Oake]

It says that it's £240+vat.
Also I was looking for a decent voltage tester if you think you know the perfect one

 

[Adam W]

I couldn't comment on the 18th edition course but I used XS Training for my NVQ3 and couldn't rate them highly enough.

I don't work for XS Training or this forum.

I agree that "having the 18th edition" will help you get work.

 

[Daniel Oake]

I couldn't comment on the 18th edition course but I used XS Training for my NVQ3 and couldn't rate them highly enough.

I don't work for XS Training or this forum.

I agree that "having the 18th edition" will help you get work.

I'm looking to start my NVQ3 after this, what was the cost and how long did it take?

 

[Adam W]

It says that it's £240+vat.
Also I was looking for a decent voltage tester if you think you know the perfect one

I'd go for the Fluke T150.
I've currently got a T110 but I find the continuity setting is too sensitive - you get a beep and positive continuity when you touch both probes, registering the continuity through your body; I would prefer to know roughly how much continuity is between the probes.
I chose Fluke because I trust the brand - there's no point having a test instrument whose results you can't trust.

 

[Adam W]

I'm looking to start my NVQ3 after this, what was the cost and how long did it take?

Ah. If you don't have enough workplace experience you may not be able to do it with XS because I don't think they do site visits - you do it online and/or over the phone.
I think I paid about £600 and my situation was slightly different because I'd already done some of it with Delta Electrical Training, who folded. Fortunately XS Training were there to pick up the pieces.

The best thing you can do is call them or message them on here. They don't bite.

 

[Pete999]

It says that it's £240+vat.
Also I was looking for a decent voltage tester if you think you know the perfect one

Plus a ton for BS 7671 Martindale tester plus proving unit
Myway Home Page - https://int.search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml

 

[Daniel Oake]

Plus a ton for BS 7671 Martindale tester plus proving unit
Myway Home Page - https://int.search.myway.com/search/GGmain.jhtml

Yeah I forgot I needed to factor in the costs for the 18th edition BBB and on-site guide, a quick search comes up with the books costing around £115 or there abouts

 

[LankyWill]

I doubt it will make you more employable, any decent employer rates experience over a certificate number. I’d stay 17th for a while and save your cash, no one will demanding it anytime soon.

 

[Daniel Oake]

I doubt it will make you more employable, any decent employer rates experience over a certificate number. I’d stay 17th for a while and save your cash, no one will demanding it anytime soon.

I haven't got any edition at the moment, we was learning 17th edition at college, they said it's worth waiting for the 18th to come out

 

[telectrix]

It says that it's £240+vat.
Also I was looking for a decent voltage tester if you think you know the perfect one

a member is selling a fluke T5-600. £70 i think. search forum for thread.

 

[Daniel Oake]

a member is selling a fluke T5-600. £70 i think. search forum for thread.

What are your thoughts on fluke test gear; a friend tells me to stick to Megger only

 

[telectrix]

when it comes to meters, i'm a dedicated megger tart, but have had a fluke T3 approved voltage tester for 20 years. never let me down yet.

same as this one. at £30 it's a gift.
FLUKE T3 W ELECTRICAL TESTER | eBay - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FLUKE-T3-W-ELECTRICAL-TESTER/302775855087?hash=item467ed8e7ef:g:NPwAAOSwx95bJ7HE

 

[Adam W]

I doubt it will make you more employable, any decent employer rates experience over a certificate number. I’d stay 17th for a while and save your cash, no one will demanding it anytime soon.

True, but if you haven't got any experience an agency will ask you if you're 17th edition, which is what they know. If you say you're 18th edition that is the kind of thing they'll be looking for.