Hi folks Im work for my local council and as we don't do a wide variety of work such as conduits, etc they send me down the contractors they use sometimes for some experience to help build up my portfolio for my nvq, its a smallish newish company around employ around 20 people and been around...
Hi, we are looking to take on an apprentice or trainee and as my background is as an electrician I thought this might be a good place to build on other people experience and to ensure we do things right and don't waste time and money. As we are suppliers to OEM's and machine builders in the...
Hi all, (for some reason this site won't let me hit return and start a sentence on a new line... Anyway...) My cousin who has just left school is on an electrical course and comes out to shadow me from time to time. I have just started up as self employed and can't afford to pay him. What...
Hi guys, do any of you employee an apprentice? I am having a problem what wage to pay mine.Am not jib registered and there rates are to much. He's not started yet and I feel that I need some advice. Can anybody enlighten me with the rate the pay there's
Hi guys, I`ve had an apprentice on a government scheme for 9 months now he has previously had 2 sick days which I have paid him for, but this week he hasn't been in at all saying he is ill. I have no contract of employment in place. Do I need to pay him? thanks
hi all,
just taken on an apprentice and just wondering if anyone knows about any government funding available for it as he more or less has zero tools etc!
I've wired in some lights from scratch. Unfortunately when I turn on the 6A MCB with the light switches in the "On" position, the MCB trips. When the lights switches are off, it doesn't trip, as soon as they are turned on, trip!
I wired one 1.5mm cable from the CCU to the first light. Brown in...
Im looking to employ an apprentice and was wanting to know does anyone know of any funding available for taking one on other than the 1500 that you can get?
Hi everyone wondering if anyone can give me any advice, I have a final interview this week for an electrical apprenticeship and have been offered to work as a mate on telecom electrical installations ac/dc exchange systems working with DC electricity at 50V, inverters and rectifiers among three...
Hi I am posting this in the hope that an electrician from Nottingham has a position available for; or would be willing to take on an apprentice electrician. I am 25 years old and have been trying to qualify for years but because of a redundancy my training was cut short. I have now just been...
Allright everyone
Firstly I know this thread might belong in the NVQ section but I thought it would be relevent here too because an employer would be suited to anwering my question.
Anyway bin doing my aprenticeship with crown house technologies for a year and 5 months ish. When I started I...
As above iv done my 1st 2 years at college and passed i was doing my 3rd year (2391) when i lost my job. i'v been doing domestic rewires,testing and general maintenance work with the company i worked for as they had the contract for Council housing in Welwyn Garden City. I started with the...
I am 24 years old and looking at becoming an electrician.
How would i go about doing this without going down the apprentice route?
My local college offer these courses City and Guilds level 2 and 3 in electrotechnology
if i did these two courses were would i go next after that?
I am doing an apprenticeship and have a project underway, In this project I need to design and plan out a full installation of a Bed and Breakfast. I have been trying to find either a book or some program that will give me the BS Symbols needed for the project, I have some from the OSG but are...
Are the any you school leavers looking for electrical apprenticeships in the Doncaster area..???
IF SO PLEASE RING BRIAN 07748036365. Immediate start. Or email elec-tec@ mail.com
or. Tex me. Of call in at Amco in doncaster
Hi i recently started work for a company as a apprentice they have taken me on as a trial.
What i wanted to know was how much do you expect a apprentice i was working in a 3 story domestic new build it had been 1st fixed every thing except the cavity wall plasterboad boxes for all the switches...
Long time reader 1st time poster as i dont have a clue what i am doing on here! this is probably in the wrong area so i apologise for that, anyway on with my question!
I put my son through his apprenticeship and he finished it in january, NVQ level 3 in electrotechnical installation, only took...
Hi All,
Was wondering if there were any samples of employment contracts available to download or view?
Taking on my step son as a apprentice & need to have a contract in place!
Also need a under 18s risk assessment for him to carry on top of the normal one!
Any ideas on that also?
thanks in...
Just a thread to see how everyone was abused as an apprentice lol.. I wants that bad as i sorta made them realized not to do stuff when it first happened due to my back then anger problem..
First thing was one of the guys calls me to come help him in this house (we were doing 3 houses next to...
left my apprentice to wire up a fuse box and this is his result!!!
he has watched and assisted many times but this time i just left him to it...!!
not a bad effort i think...!
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