5 week short courses

[Starjack]

So is it possible to be a fast-food worker or an office worker and then go on a 5 week course and come out the other end proclaiming to be an electrician.
In addition to that should you be allowed to do a 5 week course and immediately go self employed.
Is it safe to do a 5 week course then immediately be let loose on the public.

In my opinion if you insist on doing a 5 week course it should be compulsory to work for a company under a competent electrician for at least 3-5 years before becoming self employed.

5 weeks!!! It took me longer than that to learn to swim.

 

[Toneyz]

You can move it into the arms if you like, yes that's right that lovely geezer Leesparky as given me free entry.

The mans a fool!!!!!!!!!

 

[Starjack]

I think 5 weaks is ok it is long enuf to learn how to do work in houses safly and maybe even some comercial but not to much.

Hey It's the tree hugger, so did you end up going to that village people concert or did you buy your microsoft office renewal.
Anyway aren't you a Matron or something.

 

[Starjack]

Come on then Taylor swift, why the dumb rating or is it you're too dumb to type a reply.

 

[DPG]

Oh dear. Another car crash thread.

 

[Starjack]

Oh dear. Another car crash thread.

Why is it, and have you only just seen it. It's 5 pages long, how can you miss it.
Anyway I thought you and I were starting to gain a mutual respect for each other.

 

[MJPD29]

Any wonder there's so much poor electrical work around. Took me longer than 5 weeks to work out my van had an armrest hidden in the middle chair

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Any wonder there's so much poor electrical work around. Took me longer than 5 weeks to work out my van had an armrest hidden in the middle chair

That’s not as bad as the drivers who haven’t worked out where the light switch is.

 

[MJPD29]

That’s not as bad as the drivers who haven’t worked out where the light switch is.

There's a lot of that about at the minute. Then sheer panic when they reach the end of the street lights

 

[ChrisBrown]

Hi all...first post as new...

If I can sort of stick up for the "5 week course" thing briefly.

I'm a Lighting tech in the events industry (15 years) and just completed the course.

I didn't complete it to be a full time electrician, just to add to my existing skills. There were a few lads in there who were absolute newbies to electricity (the kind you're referring to) and they got found out pretty quickly and advised to go away and pick up experience if they wanted to go further in the industry. There were also the same amount of lads who had been working in the industry for a decent amount of time but had no qualifications, it helped them no end to understand the physics/maths side of things.

I would say the place that I trained seemed a pretty decent/honest one (they took local kids in from the area that were being chucked out of school and were offering them training in building trades) I understand there's others that aren't, and just want the cash.

 

[DPG]

Welcome to the forum Chris.