Stoke-on-Trent College provide Electrical and Electrician courses for school leavers and mature students with both full and part time tiling courses available to enrol on to. The cost of these courses can vary and it is important to enrol onto the one that matches your experience so you learn at...
Scottish Borders college, funded by some committee somewhere is offering green technology courses for free.
I’ve signed up for a 3 day EV course… even though I did the 1 day NIC one a couple years ago.
Also a course for Domestic Retrofit, which hopefully be as simple as it sounds….
A little...
Hi all, I completed my level 2 2365 installation and my level 3 8202 advanced technical diploma in electrical installation and I’m unsure on what’s next. I couldn’t find an apprenticeship so I just decided to do some sub contracting work for a company, I just need some advice on what I should do...
Due to demand, we need a qualified electrician who would like to teach. Suitable for all ages with a passion and patience, to pass on knowledge to both young and old. We are based in Stratford, London. We deliver City and Guilds qualifications and a lot will be familiar with quals 7202,2365 and...
Just wondering if there's any 'mature' students started in College this or last week on here?
How are you finding it?
I've just started Level 2 C&G at my local College. I'm probably the oldest on campus including the lecturers!
The kids all seem OK, mainly as they are all glued to their...
Decided, at the ripe old age of 50+, to go back to College!
Once I got over the shock of being the oldest in the room, building and campus, and got cracking on the practical work, I've found that the two lecturers we have are giving me slightly contradictory instructions on some aspects.
Its...
Just had my design project handed back to me from my last block and I got everything right apart from one question
Q9
I would take a photo but it won’t let me upload it ( says it’s to big to upload and something to do with the server )
The question was to give a example of where you may find...
Hi there
currently doing some diversity calcs for college work and had a query about what diversity factor to apply to a 16A 3 phase commercial food holding unit.
I'm thinking that this equipment will be only used in the day time(breakfast, Lunch and Tea (what we call the evening meal- dinner...
Hi all, I am starting an apprenticeship next month as an electrician within a data centre and was wondering if there is anybody on here with experience within this sector? It would be great if I could get some advice I.e what to expect, what day to day looks like, how I can set myself up for...
Hi, Can someone help point me in the right direction of where I turn to get a refund from college?.
Hi, this is not about an electrical course but I have done my level 3 2365 etc in the past and I know what to expect from a level 3 course.
I did a course at another college in Epsom and it was...
I'm doing a college design project and need to choose a suitable range of circuit protective devices for the whole contact. I've chosen and already done all the protective devices for all my final circuits but was curious if the distribution circuits need RCD protection aswell.
The project...
This is a bit of a dumb question, I finished college in 2018 with a 2365 C&G Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installation, but what do you do after this, all jobs I look at they want experience, I finished college in 2018 and all that experience of wiring and exams has gone from my head because...
Hi All, my college course requires me to complete a certain amount of work experience and thought looking around this website might solve some of my problems. I have some prior installation experience from wiring up around my house, but as of now I have no professional experience but am willing...
Hi, I'm not sure if this is possibly the correct place for this as I'm new here, but I'm looking for some help. I was looking for an electrical installation apprenticeship but now I'm too late into my Level 3 C&G qualification to be able to do the apprenticeship apparently. So now I'm looking...
Hi, I'm 20 and have finish college course about 3 months ago. Having completing my C&G 8202-30 Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Electrical Installation (Tecbac) (601/7307/5) and getting a Distinction I just stop doing anything.
The pandemic gave me a bad time that getting out of bed was...
Hello everyone, I'm new to to this.
I'm currently working as a mate, and looking to get qualified.
I've had a look online, and have come across lots of different colleges, with wildy varying prices. Also, some of the courses offered at some places seem very short.
Can anyone give me any...
Hi all I'm hoping to get a bit of advice from someone in the know to help me take my next step into becoming an electrician.
I'm 30 and been a labourer for many years
Just got my C&G level 3 in electrical installing at college in the evenings as a grown up we all have responsibilities and I'm...
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