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?

 

[Phil]

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

? not sure what he meant by that a tech cert is a tech cert whether it is a 2360 p1 and 2 or the 2330 l2 and 3, shows you have the underpinning knowledge required to claim your competence for the nvq. as long as the boxes are ticked there should not be a problem with claiming it the trouble is too many assessors have different views all within the same college or training centre

 

[joe_berks]

i will give you lot the low down , as i have been at college recently doing me 17th.
the am2 is changing to incorporate things like heating controls and solar photo-voltaic systems.
haven't done one myself, i have got technical cert level 3 and nvq level 2. i will prob do the am2 soon. i'm worried about the nvq changing though. that is defo what worries me. i got told the same thing as what matey said, that u should do the nvq before it all kicks off and your quals mean f-all

 

[ezzzekiel]

Your quals will never mean f-all. 2330 will always stand just as 2360 stood when replaced by 2330, employers will still hire the only probs is Nvq3 wont exist and as the syllabus has changed with things like solar/re-newable energys etc and this wasnt part of 2330 then there will need to be some additional training to be able to get the Nvq equivilent to bolt onto 2330 t o class as fully qualified under Jib

 

[mikex79]

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?

so how would you be able to get a JIB gold card without NVQ3 ???

 

[ezzzekiel]

There will be no such thing as Nvq3

 

[and2209rew]

in my opinoin the nvq 3 doesnt seem worth doing at all as long as you do your AM2 you should be able to claim jib card.i have finished doing my nvq 3 last year but cannot afford to pay for the AM2 so will always be classed as electrical improver until then.my college will not claim for the nvq 3 certificate until i do my AM2 either which i think is wrong they say doing the AM2 acts as my third entry for the nvq but ive heard the college wont get the funding from the government til the AM2 is done.i feel like im stuck (catch 22)and its pi**ing me off now.anybody got any advice?anybody know of any funding that might help me out?