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Hi everyone, I'm James, 24 and desperately trying to get on the ladder to become a domestic electrical installer. I have a university degree in Health and Fitness management, but I've come to realise I hate the fitness industry, and I'd like to get into electrics as I've realised I want a hands on job.
My expierience is very limited, I have some practical skills regarding property renovations, but very little in terms of electrics.
As I'm 24, I realise I won't be getting an apprenticeships, and I have no faith at all in doing a 17 day multi-course and then being able to be a domestic installer. What I'm really after is getting some expierience with domestic electricians, shadowing/ helping out anyway I can. I'd like to do this for a good while, whilst at the same time studying for myself (I've got myself the electricians guides, 17th edition and inspecting and testing books) and then once I feel confident enough, and on advice from what electrician I do get to shadow/ work for, I would like to do the part P course and get my EAL.
I do not see this as a fast track career, I realise how insulting that is to any electrician out there, but at the same time, I don't want to learn the commercial/ industrial side to electrics, and I don't want to be paying out for courses to "cram" info in me, I'd rather do the practical work, and study in my own time.
I would of course work for free the entire time, my wife currently earns a very good salary, so we're not dependant on me right now, so this is something I can really focus on, and hopefully change my career too.
I'd just like to get peoples opinions on this, is it a realistic route? any other courses you'd advise me to take? and how likely is it that a domestic electrician will want to take me on? I realise I would be a hassle, but I'm hoping by taking out the getting paid factor, and also that I will be studying myself, have my own transport, and generally am a very hard working, well mannered person, that it will limit the hassle I do cause.
Also, on the teaching myself aspect, I'm knuckling down on the circuits, the science behind them, the calculus (which I struggle with already, but will get better) testing and inspection, all the legislation, heights for sockets, loads, judging cable sizes etc, I'm hoping I can learn this all theoretically, and then apply it in practical situations, either with the electrician I'm with, and then on friends and family, doing little jobs that I'm capable of (legally and otherwise)
I'm currently living in Southampton, but will be moving to Tunbridge Wells in a few months, any advice is appreciated, and if anyone in Southampton is willing to take me on, or in the Tunbridge Wells area, I am willing to travel to get the expierience, and I will literally be available 24/7.
Don't hold back, if I'm an idiot, tell me. Cheers, James.
My expierience is very limited, I have some practical skills regarding property renovations, but very little in terms of electrics.
As I'm 24, I realise I won't be getting an apprenticeships, and I have no faith at all in doing a 17 day multi-course and then being able to be a domestic installer. What I'm really after is getting some expierience with domestic electricians, shadowing/ helping out anyway I can. I'd like to do this for a good while, whilst at the same time studying for myself (I've got myself the electricians guides, 17th edition and inspecting and testing books) and then once I feel confident enough, and on advice from what electrician I do get to shadow/ work for, I would like to do the part P course and get my EAL.
I do not see this as a fast track career, I realise how insulting that is to any electrician out there, but at the same time, I don't want to learn the commercial/ industrial side to electrics, and I don't want to be paying out for courses to "cram" info in me, I'd rather do the practical work, and study in my own time.
I would of course work for free the entire time, my wife currently earns a very good salary, so we're not dependant on me right now, so this is something I can really focus on, and hopefully change my career too.
I'd just like to get peoples opinions on this, is it a realistic route? any other courses you'd advise me to take? and how likely is it that a domestic electrician will want to take me on? I realise I would be a hassle, but I'm hoping by taking out the getting paid factor, and also that I will be studying myself, have my own transport, and generally am a very hard working, well mannered person, that it will limit the hassle I do cause.
Also, on the teaching myself aspect, I'm knuckling down on the circuits, the science behind them, the calculus (which I struggle with already, but will get better) testing and inspection, all the legislation, heights for sockets, loads, judging cable sizes etc, I'm hoping I can learn this all theoretically, and then apply it in practical situations, either with the electrician I'm with, and then on friends and family, doing little jobs that I'm capable of (legally and otherwise)
I'm currently living in Southampton, but will be moving to Tunbridge Wells in a few months, any advice is appreciated, and if anyone in Southampton is willing to take me on, or in the Tunbridge Wells area, I am willing to travel to get the expierience, and I will literally be available 24/7.
Don't hold back, if I'm an idiot, tell me. Cheers, James.
