AM2 for self employed electricians

[eskimo39]

Hi has anyone heard about the government bringing out a new law where electricians who haven't passed an AM2 exam will no longer be able to work under a competant persons scheme from 2011?

 

[bugsy]

Not to my Knowledge

 

[UNG]

Had to check the date when I read the OP. Thought it was some sort of April fool joke.

If it is true it is just more unneeded government meddling

 

[ezzzekiel]

There are a lot of changes coming in, as from june there will be no more nvq3 so anyone (like me) who never got the nvq3 part wont be able to take it, considering enrolling on one now save any hassle later, so any one got an old log book i can have?

 

[cside]

this seems daft as isnt the AM2 just basically used to fill evidence gaps on the NVQ3? then again if the NVQ is to end maybe this is what the goverment are sort of usiing the AM2 as a sort of replacement for people who havent got an NVQ 3.

god knows

 

[DurhamSparky]

sounds like a load of bollox!! but the way things are going with the 2330 and NVQ been wound up it looks like its back to the apprentichip was of teaching!

 

[Phil]

not heard anything like that from the gov, the nvq and the 2330 will be combined and an am2 test would be one of the requirements to achieve the nvq. I am off to the elex show tomorrow so i will ask at nic eca etc sure one of their tech guys will know if its a load of old or if it`s true. stranger things have happened with this gov.

 

[flukey]

be very surprised as currently you only need the 17th

 

[Phil]

no one has heard anything like that

no one has heard anything like that asked today at the elex

 

[Victorcrane]

I'm quite intrigued about the changes that are coming in, I passed my 2330 last june and have been working happily since, intending to complete my AM2 maybe later this year. A few weeks back I got a letter from my college advising me that if I don't take the AM2 before April I will have no chance of passing it as the entire framework of the course will be different. I've got it booked for the last week of March but as yet nobody seems to be able to clarify exactly what is changing.

 

[Phil]

I'm quite intrigued about the changes that are coming in, I passed my 2330 last june and have been working happily since, intending to complete my AM2 maybe later this year. A few weeks back I got a letter from my college advising me that if I don't take the AM2 before April I will have no chance of passing it as the entire framework of the course will be different. I've got it booked for the last week of March but as yet nobody seems to be able to clarify exactly what is changing.

the am2 test itself is changing. and also the nvq will be combined with the 2330 maybe leading to (2357) as a joint qualification. where being unlike the 2330 where you could begin the college side of things with the new qualification you wont be able to unless you are in the trade. thereby shutting the door on a lot of people most of all the adult learners. spoke to jtl last week who said they are trying to get the qualification split into two parts to allow such people that are not in the trade at least a door way in. all the funding is changing as well.

 

[Victorcrane]

Thanks for that Phil, sounds a great shame if the course does indeed become inaccessible to us older folk, I'm 31 and went into the trade after being made redundant and a sparky friend asked me to help him out. I enjoyed it so much more than sitting in an office all day I decided to pay myself through college and retrain.

Seems sad that there will still be funding for all the kids who get on the course with no interest whatsoever in the trade and even less aptitude for it, the young ones at my college were appalling.

 

[MrSkipsey]

There are a lot of changes coming in, as from june there will be no more nvq3 so anyone (like me) who never got the nvq3 part wont be able to take it, considering enrolling on one now save any hassle later, so any one got an old log book i can have?

I havent taken my NVQ3 yet either so what problems could this cause if they phase it out?

 

[ezzzekiel]

well apparently the new exam is an all in one combining 2330 am2 nvq3 and you must be working in industry to get on course,
the current 2330 quals still stand, however you must enroll on nvq3 course by june as this is the last enrollment before it is closed up.
wether there is an additional part you can add after this onto your 2330 to class you as fully qualified is not yet known although sources are saying it is unlikely.
I didnt do Nvq3 as wasnt too bothered, it seems only really required for Jib, however in retrospect I have just enrolled on Nvq3 now just to save any problems later if I deemed I required it.

 

[Jonesy83]

I havent taken my NVQ3 yet either so what problems could this cause if they phase it out?

get it sorted quick

i was talking to 1 of my nvq assessors and he said apparently if youve got your qualifications a few years ago they wont mean zip towards your nvq