AM2 Advice?

sparky21 · Jan 9, 2011

Hello everyone i woundered if anyone could help me with my problem, I recently finish college passing all my exams and now have to do the final am2 exam i have taken it once but failed i am at some what of a disadvantage i only work for a small company that does mainly domestic work i dont get to practice really any anything on the am2 exam

i have rang the college asking for advice but they were actually quite rude say i should know how to do it but surely if i cant practice what do they expect? i know i am not the best sparky in the world and i dont want to pay 800 for something i could fail again sorry for the long explanation just not sure what i should do? thanks

tonys · Jan 9, 2011

There is an option what may help you ACHIEVEMENT MEASUREMENT 2 (AM2) PREPARATION

Dean182 · Jan 9, 2011

What did you fail? The install?

sparky21 · Jan 9, 2011

Hello thanks for that but none are near me

sparky21 · Jan 9, 2011

Yeah just ran out of time for the boiler system i have also asked about doing extra units on nvq but i have had to been doing it 5 years they told me?

jamie_sparks · Jan 10, 2011

hi. your am2 test centre should be able to offer you a 2 or 3 day refresher course where a lecturer will go over everything with you practically and mentally. good luck for your re-test.

DanielHWills · Jan 16, 2011

I have my AM2 Exam tomorrow! Really nervous. Been studying hard. Apparently the boiler system isnt as bad as expected. The problem that will affect me is probably going to be the time issue for the install. Working for maintenance this kind of prevents me from working on installation work. Fingers crossed all goes well. I will note anything that i struggle with to maybe help those or seek help myself lol! any advice for tomorrow will be welcomed

cheers.

Richard · Jan 17, 2011

Hi, they have to give you a choice of cables, so make sure you wire the lighting in 1.5mm (which you had to ask for), as opposed to the 1.0mm sat on the table. I failed initially on that, but got it after appeal. Just be methodical and you'll all do just fine.

DanielHWills · Jan 17, 2011

Day 1 done.
The install was pretty :O when i first saw what i was working on. I have 2 hours tomorrow to install the boiler (daunting), motor and data cable. Should be able to get that done in the time. Fingers crossed its all ok!

Does anyhow know if you fail a certain section on the install...would you re-sit the whole install bit again or only the thing you messed up on. eg. lighting, boiler etc.

Jono2011 · Jan 17, 2012

Hi just a message to 'Richard' I just took my AM2 and passed all but the lighting circuit on the install mainly because it was wired in 1.0 the light worked perfectly and the breaker was the correct size I was jus wondering what you did to appeal for it and is it worth me appealing for it also as I will have to resit a whole 8 1/2 hours for a 10minute fix any help would greatly be appreciated cheers

parkin20 · Jul 3, 2013

Hi I have just done my second day of the exam and I think I may have failed. I used 3 core flex instead of 4 on the heating so I missed one connection with made it so the hot water did not turn on. Would this be an instant fail or would I just loose marks?

Andy78 · Jul 3, 2013

parkin20 said:
Hi I have just done my second day of the exam and I think I may have failed. I used 3 core flex instead of 4 on the heating so I missed one connection with made it so the hot water did not turn on. Would this be an instant fail or would I just loose marks?

An instant fail would only have been for unsafe or dangerous work. You would know if you had instantly failed, you would have been asked to step away from your booth and leave.

No idea about the marking or how it's weighted, neither do your assessors probably. They just mark their observations and send it off for greater minds to decide your fate.
Chin up, you'll be right

iamelectric · Jul 3, 2013

whats the AM2 test? is it your trade test?

Andy78 · Jul 3, 2013

Achievement measurement 2. Practical test involving a booth build, initial verification and testing, and a fault finding module.
Required by JIB along with NVQ3 to gain electrician grading.

parkin20 · Jul 3, 2013

Thanks, yes just a bit gutted, my asseser said the installation was really good, went through the functional testing and everything was good then found out the hot water zone valve wouldn't turn on because I used the wrong flex and miss the connection! Just wondered if that would make me fail the installation part? Making Feel sick that I won't know untill next week!