Advice on getting ahead of the curve

[DrewGil]

hey guys, As a new trainee just started my course, I was wondering if there is anything that I should be doing or learning to help me get the best out of this course, other than when I just get to that section in a book. any advice would be welcome.

 

[The Ghost]

Get your head around Ohms law in all its variants. Get an ohms law wheel or some such thing and play at transposing and all the variations.

 

[telectrix]

and watch john ward and chris kitcher vids. on you boob.

 

[DrewGil]

thanx guys, appreciate it

 

[Pete999]

Welcome, good luck, Ohms Law wheel
Ohms Law Wheel - http://www.ohmslawcalculator.com/ohms-law-wheel

 

[telectrix]

got a better one. mine came out after colour tv was available.

 

[Martyn Fletcher]

Might be a bit early for you yet, but try having a look at every video you can and advertising text as well as forum reviews on testing equipment. It might help you see what YOU can work with best when you put your sparky boots on, instead of having a particular (subsidised) brand offered by the college.
The very best of luck buddy.

 

[Dannyg8810]

and watch john ward and chris kitcher vids. on you boob.

John wards video on rcds is a good one, very clever guy

 

[DrewGil]

Thanx guys, it’s going to be a very busy 18 months, look forward to speaking to you all again

 

[JAWS]

Best of luck Drew.

What I’ve found is when ever I’ve got spare time it’s revise revise revise sometimes for hrs, I know what they teach us in college is a small fraction what we need to learn and know it’s up to us to put the rest of the work in.

Mind you spent 3 hrs the other day learning about star and delta connections, diagrams etc and remember very little.

 

[uksrevivor]

Concentrate on the areas you feel you are struggling with and practise the theory side using online mock tests etc. Google swindon massive and that will help on test papers for the required level you need.
Try not to get to far ahead of yourself if that makes sense as a lot of it wont make any sense until you have cracked the basics.

 

[Shane Mullan]

When you're studying, if you read some information that you want to remember, write it on a flash card. What I do is put a question on one side of the card and the answer on the reverse. Makes retaining information much easier and you get to test your knowledge as you go