apprentice/ recently qualified roll call

[bugsy]

Just really curious , how many apprentices are there ( and recently qualified ) who are not / have not actually worked on the tools for a company?

 

[Phil]

when i went to college it was night college there were 2 in leeds that offer the same course. was told by one that i was too old to do it ? 28... wrote off before i was 30. anyways i got in at the other after a load of phone class and started late on the course after a few had dropped out. managed to get distinctions all the way through it with a lot of hard work.
could not get a start anywhere tried offering myself out free of just for the experience but no one was interested. ended up working on some pubs my boss had bought with a spark from college that had been doing it for a few years and then onto the night clubs had bought after. quite a lot i had to learn the hard way and taught myself most of it. would have been nice to have been shown the ropes and the easier ways of doing things but i enjoyed it all the same and because i had to struggle so hard to get anywhere it made it all the more rewarding.

I would have quite happliy worked for say £200 a week and a day in college. chance would have been a fine thing.
i would say 90% of the group have never made it into the trade from the year we were in and thats a real shame when you have a group of people willing to give up two nights a week for three years after a full days work.

 

[Anonomoose]

Some people wil agree with my way and im sure others wont. I did a pay your way college course that cost me £6k on its own i think that course was not great but i was lucky enough to get a job with an electrician as an apprentice so instead of rushing the course i took 2 & 1/2 years to do it whereas some people on the course did it in 6 months. I think it worked well for me. I got hands on training and my qualifications too. 6 months after I finished my course and was "qualified" my boss wouldnt give me any more money or respect so I left and am on my own now.
Only problem im finding is my boss wouldnt do test and inspection with me for some reason so had to depend on the college training which leaves me having to either call elecsa or a mate electrician to find out exactly what certificates i need to fill in for the client but again am learning more with experience so thats becoming less frequent.

 

[Doomed]

I have heard that the 2330 course is changing, and you must be employed in the industry to get on the new course.