Apprenticeship at 32

[Gktssm]

Hi,

I have been to two interviews but they turned me down because of my age. They said we are looking someone up to 24. I feel like no body will ever give me a chance. Everyone needs someone with experience, but where do we get experience from? Feeling distress.:sad_smile::sad_smile:

 

[Adam W]

I got away with it at 24 yrs old. Never could understand why a company would rather hire some attitudey teenager who gets hammered on the weekends and comes in hungover, then someone who is older and is therefore probably more reliable.

Can anyone clarify why this is out of interest?

Because that's how it's done. The apprentice is a dopey lad of 16 or 17 who's there because he didn't have any other direction in life. His parents didn't have much idea either, but they had a friend who's an electrician so they paired them up. The kid doesn't want to be there, he doesn't want to be an electrician, he'd rather be doing something else but doesn't know what, but hey, this is a job and the pay is alright.

'Old school' employers view adult trainees with suspicion. Many don't even want to employ an approved electrician who's done agency work, or has any other background than having worked on the cards for companies since they left school.

 

[johnsparks23]

Sign up for the agency, as a sparks mate. Just blag it with the agency, then prove your worth on site. Just don't turn up clueless with no tools!

 

[rmc86uk]

Agree with johnsparks23. Ring all the agencies and bull**** them. Get your ECS card. Some of the states I've seen turn up on site haven't got a clue because the agency don't vet them.

 

[Engineer54]

I'm not understanding this apprentice bit myself. You have the full level 3 technical certificates. So i take it you're lacking in the practical skills because you haven't been working while gaining the technical certificates (as well as AM2/NVQ 3).. In which case i would be looking for trainee/mate positions rather than apprentice based positions....

Though for the life of me, i cannot understand why you didn't stay as a Chartered Accountant in this day and age, ...it's totally beyond me!! Chucking that profession in, to do brain numbing security work has just got to be insane!!!

 

[Diddy]

Though for the life of me, i cannot understand why you didn't stay as a Chartered Accountant in this day and age, ...it's totally beyond me!! Chucking that profession in, to do brain numbing security work has just got to be insane!!!

Glad it was not just me then lol......You could be charging all these self employed subbies for their yearly accounts even set up a scummy umbrella company and charge weekly. You will earn much more cash and be nice and warm and dry. If after ALL of that you still want to be a spark then you will fit in well as you must be as mad as the rest of us lol.

 

[Adam W]

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Though for the life of me, i cannot understand why you didn't stay as a Chartered Accountant in this day and age, ...it's totally beyond me!! Chucking that profession in, to do brain numbing security work has just got to be insane!!!

He didn't say he worked as a Chartered Accountant, just that he studied Chartered Accountancy.
I expect after a couple of months moaning about how nobody will give him a chance as an electrician he'll give up and get a delivery job. Either that or retrain as a driving instructor.

 

[Engineer54]

He didn't say he worked as a Chartered Accountant, just that he studied Chartered Accountancy.
I expect after a couple of months moaning about how nobody will give him a chance as an electrician he'll give up and get a delivery job. Either that or retrain as a driving instructor.

Why would you Study to become ''Chartered'' and then not do so?? He would already have held ''Accountancy'' qualifications. It's very much the same to gain Chartered status in industry, you need to gain proven documented experience over and above the qualifications held before applying, or in some cases if experience doesn't meet criteria, sit a board examination....

 

[Adam W]

Why would you Study to become ''Chartered'' and then not do so?? He would already have held ''Accountancy'' qualifications. It's very much the same to gain Chartered status in industry, you need to gain proven documented experience over and above the qualifications held before applying, or in some cases if experience doesn't meet criteria, sit a board examination....

He doesn't say how far he went with the training but he doesn't seem the kind of person to see something through to the end - why would you start training as an accountant to work as a security guard, give up the accountancy to retrain as an electrician, then look at giving that up before you've finished training, to do a delivery job?

I got the impression he'd given up on the accountancy idea before he'd even got a job doing it, just like with the electrics. I don't know much about different grades of accountants but maybe studying to become a chartered accountant is like beginning training as an approved electrician - you're still a long way off but the 'approved' or 'chartered' bit is what you're aiming for.

 

[pitkin2020]

You'll struggle to mould an adult aswell especially if they have some skills that can be transferred atleast with a young guy you show him and teach him the way you want it done. Cost is the other major factor not only paying a very low wage but also the other financial benefits and cash boosts a business gets

 

[VoltzElectrical]

You'll struggle to mould an adult aswell especially if they have some skills that can be transferred atleast with a young guy you show him and teach him the way you want it done. Cost is the other major factor not only paying a very low wage but also the other financial benefits and cash boosts a business gets

Also known as 'grooming'.

 

[7029 dave]

You'll struggle to mould an adult aswell especially if they have some skills that can be transferred atleast with a young guy you show him and teach him the way you want it done. Cost is the other major factor not only paying a very low wage but also the other financial benefits and cash boosts a business gets

Yeah, its called my way. lol

 

[Ccboy]

Never give up.Put yourself about and cold call as many firms as you can.If you can afford to, offer yourself for free for one week to let them have a look at you

 

[dadof3]

I've just turned 34 and I've got 1 year left at college, my boss pays me a good rate but I'm away from home every week, I've been searching and sending emails to local companys asking to take me on but like somebody said age is the issue with wages and what skills u have....