18 Days to come qualified

[Redvanman]

I was amazed when told about this

Bronze: Domestic Installer Course

You even get to pass the test and inspect course.

is this really possible starting with no knowledge

Christ this really is belittling our trade. Now I know why I make a good living of sorting out bodge jobs.

 

[ian.settle1]

I was interested to see the City and Guilds 4141 qualification that I did not know about, and apparently nor do City and Guilds as it is not listed on their website!

Checked the site myself if it there is no such qualification then that is fraudulant advertising if no such qualification

 

[i=p/u]

Well to give you all some light that works lol I have am2 this week coming and have 2391 pat testing and em lights certificates and over the 4 years it cost me for all my training around £2000 all in .. And I will say thx to a lot of guys on this forum who helped me along the way work things out, and even made me few quid you could say.. And I am smarter than a lot of sparks I work with or ccome across. And I do believe 4 years experience is better than 4 years exams but it does gel together.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Christ. I'm well away from the domestic side of our trade now and I am glad of it! This is the reason so many firms who base around domestic are going bump I guess? Are any of you lads struggling because of this type of crap?

 

[i=p/u]

Facility maintenance in day and domestic myself at night

 

[Redvanman]

Christ. I'm well away from the domestic side of our trade now and I am glad of it! This is the reason so many firms who base around domestic are going bump I guess? Are any of you lads struggling because of this type of crap?

I wouldn't say it's affected me directly but I think that's because of the domestic I do, larger projects, but I still do the small jobs as well and do get a bit alarmed when quoting and am told what other electricians have said
typical example is customers being told they need a new CU because lighting doesn't have rcd protection and they are surprised when I explain about rcbo's if they need them at all
i use to blame this on our Eastern European friends but not so sure now

 

[terry1969]

18 days bloody hell way to long aint there any day ones

 

[Silly Sausage]

Assuming an 8 hour day that's 108 hours after deductions for breaks. Crikey!

Then you've got all the time for your intros, class changeovers, exams etc. etc., it'll be way under 100 hours of teaching...hahahaahha!!!

 

[trev]

Terrifying stuff, and extremely saddening.

 

[Silly Sausage]

It'll just be like painting by numbers!
You can't possibly gain any in-depth knowledge in that amount of time.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Do you think they teach you how to lift floor boards that have been polished and on full view or even lifting boards under carpet with a desk full of pc equipment on it.

joking aside, if you know how to do this, can you please tell me, I would love to know. Just started doing a bit in houses and to be able to cleanly lift boards without damaging them would be very helpful.

Thanks.

 

[RyanCheetham]

Do you think they teach you how to lift floor boards that have been polished and on full view or even lifting boards under carpet with a desk full of pc equipment on it.

joking aside, if you know how to do this, can you please tell me, I would love to know. Just started doing a bit in houses and to be able to cleanly lift boards without damaging them would be very helpful.

Thanks.

I have an old school nail remover, like a claw with a slide hammer on it. It is like a massive staple remover. Saves damaging the edges of floor boards with crowbars

 

[Redvanman]

If you don't want to damage the boards try nail punching the nails through cut the boards along middle of joist with multisaw cut tongue if there is one and bingo board lifts out.OR
Smash the f##k out of it, just make sure it's near heating pipes and blame the plumbers.

 

[ruston]

And a forum sponsor as well. Very sad.

Says it all.

 

[ruston]

Money Talks mate

As my late Father in law used to say " it doesn't talk it shouts"

 

[scotsparky]

The site is brilliant when you log on there is an automatic instant messanger who asks if he can help.

I asked how my 4 year apprenticeship can be compressed into 4 weeks