Hi
First post here so hope this is in the right place
Back in the seventies and eighties I was a jobbing Spark on mainly industrial installation work.
I did a full apprenticeship and hold a C&G Electricians Cert and the college Quals I did at the time. I havent worked as a spark for 20 years...
Hi, finished a Domestic Installer course last year and am doing jobs in my spare time. Anyone around Montrose, Scotland who could take me under their wing? I have been wiring a lot of new circuits but all in
Trunking.
Has anyone considered training in other technologies - Solar thermal, ASHP etc?
Do you think it is worth getting plumbing training as there looks like there may be a fair bit of work from the Green Deal in the future?
Just considering our gameplan at the moment.
Hi, I'm interested to find out what my employability will be like once if finish my course? I'm hopefully going to be taking the jib gold with Able Skills, so at the end of my initial batch of training I'll have C&G 2330 pts 2&3, 2382 (17th edition), 2393 (part p), 2392 (fndamental testing), and...
(copied from gen forums, think posted in wrong place there!)
Hi all!
First post so please be gentle :)
Basically I've worked in IT/Retail Management for around 12 years, company went under 2-3 years ago and I've been seeing out the recession the last couple of years in a 20k "it'll do" job...
I first qualified through the CITB/JTL training courses back in 1990 and worked for a local Kiln company that manufactured Kilns for all around the world. But in 1998 the company reduced all it production and outsourced it eventually going under. I tried my luck as a commercial spark but was...
Afternoon all,
I have recently completed level 2 of the C&G 2330 and working on level 3 now, and wanted some advice as to the best way to gain on-site experience. I have recently left my previous job, and would be appreciate if anyone could give me guidance as to which firms to approach, who...
Hi, I am retraining from my current career at the age of 25.. to an electrician. I am totally lost which way to go, I am already working full time and can go to college part time 2 evenings a week to do my first 2 years then apparently would have to do the final year before I could practice as...
Hi all,
Just joined the forum. Here's my current problem.
Left school and did an apprenticeship with an electrical firm in London, did day release to college for 4 years and past all C&G exams(still have all my certificates). Gained quiet a bit of experience from large building sites to small...
Hi guys,
I'm leaving the army after 13 years of fun, and I'm fed up with helicopters and Afghan, so I'm going to try a complete re-trade, I'm just a little confused about where I need to begin. can anyone point me in the right direction? Your help and advice would be wonderful, I'm in east...
Hi
Stumbled across this forum and had a look through a few threads and wondered if any of you kind people could offer me some advice.
Basically I served a apprenticeship from 1988-92, worked out of time for about a year before being made redundant late in 92.
I had a career change in the...
OK, I am 41 and thinking of retraining. I have worked for BT for 20 years and have a HNC in electrical/electronic engineering. I am looking at doing a 2 year C&G 2330 evening college course.
When I joined BT I thought it was a job for life but now sick of the management attitude, outsourcing...
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