Hello all - my first post. I'm looking to get 'back' into the industry, or on the tools should I say and looking for opinions on the best route to do so.
A little about me, I started my career as an electrical apprentice and a few years after, working in a manufacturing setting. My main skills...
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Just introducing myself after much lurking...
Having recently completed my diploma and 2391, the knowledge and experience shared by folk on here has ben of great use.
Looking to get a foot in the door by working with a few contacts for experience.
Cheers
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we have many LED luminaires with some problem (possibly caused by periodic work on generator of our factory), when dali dimming is set to to 100%, luminaries works fine, but after dimm them to 10-20% (dimming by dali protocol), some LEDs in one matrix glow darker or completely go out...
Want to become a qualified electrician? Look carefully at the training courses on offer to avoid wasting time and money, is the advice in a new campaign from electrical industry body The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP).
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Hello, I was put on to this site by someone from reddit so sorry if i'm posting in the wrong place. Unfortunately I (24yo male in Norfolk, UK) was swept up in the hype of going to university and went on to get my undergrad and postgrad in geology, thinking i'd walk into a job fairly quickly and...
Any advice would be appriciate as stated have possible work opperunity on big site ,To make some bank price and day rate. Any tips advice spefically on metal munvhing which is what ill mainly be doing first few weeks with a squad pf sparkies mates some of which mightbe be better and quicker than...
When will the electrical industry become completely regulated so only those trained and competent and up to date with current required qualifications can work on electricity, as to many bob the builders going to b n q getting all there vde rated tools than advertising at checkatrade or yell as...
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Worked on site and coming from an industrial abseiler role into the electrical industry.
Curious to see what the majority of you guys are after when it comes to employees.
I’ve been a subbie for the past 8 years and believed myself only as good as my last job and reputation...
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Just wanted to put this out there to see if there is any other sparks that struggle with this. I have suffered from OCD/anxiety for many years now since I was really young. Over the years it has got worse and worse it can jump from anything that I worry about . I don’t have OCD where I...
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My livelihood, live events sound engineer, has been decimated by Covid - thank you bat soup!
I'm thinking of skilling up during lockdown II. Realistically, my industry will not pick up for six months at the earliest. Obviously, it's a far away dream to become a qualified...
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I am looking for a bit of advice or recommendations on the best path for entering into the industry, especially on the solar side of the industry, and specifically within Canada. I am currently a 15 year licensed aircraft maintenance engineer. I have been thinking about a...
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Great to be here, mainly here reviewing training options and how I can make my sector a little more 'compliant'. Hopefully I'll be able to contribute to some interesting discussions in the future.
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To introduce myself Im 29 and been working in offices for the past 10 years and just come to the realisation I find it pretty soul destroying and left my previous job just as this outbreak took hold! I dont think humans are designed to sit in offices for 8-12 hours a day!
Decided on a...
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Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum for this sort of topic, please point me in the right direction if that's the case.
I'm looking for advice and opinions from people working as electricians or sparkies mates on whether or not in the...
Hi All,
I'm a newbie here so please be gentle... Advice on entering the industry please!
I'm 43yrs old, transferring from being a self-employed photographer of 17yrs, (the photography business is drying up... have some really good clients but just commissioning less and writing is on the wall...
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I fled to this forum not too long ago just in the hope for some advice and in the typical manner of internet research I received controversial results. So I took a bigger dive into research and I think I may be on the right path to make some steps into this industry but...
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