Bristol based trainee Domestic Installer

[OliOldfield83]

Hi,

I am currently studying for a Domestic Installer Course with OLCI Construction in Bristol. I currently work full time as an Event Manager for a marketing agency in Bristol, however, i am retraining to become a qualified domestic installer.

I am looking for trainee positions (full time) in the Bristol area. I feel this would increase the speed of my theory learning as working on jobs will make the understanding easier! I have worked for an electrician previously on ad hoc jobs and I am now looking to increase my time on site to a more full time position.

Does anyone have any need for a paid apprentice? I have a hard working attitude and I am a quick learner. I also feel that my knowledge of the marketing industry can help in promotion of your business.

Thanks
Oli

 

[Rockingit]

If you're looking for a full-time position then you'd be much better off ditching the Electrical Trainee DI course and starting again by looking for a proper apprenticeship with proper meaningful qualifications.

 

[Guest77]

It is certainly going to be a rough road ahead

 

[OliOldfield83]

Hi,

Thanks for the comments! I'd love to say that I could afford to complete a full time apprenticeship, but unfortunately not viable as i work full time with a relatively good income. I will just crack on with the course, and get as much ad hoc work as possible!

Certainly know it wont be easy, but want to make this change for the better!

Thanks
Oli

 

[amckay]

If you're looking for a full-time position then you'd be much better off ditching the Electrical Trainee DI course and starting again by looking for a proper apprenticeship with proper meaningful qualifications.

I agree with that but the govt make it near impossible to get an apprenticeship aged 24+. Best bet is a technical cert like 2330 or whatever number it is now. Then apply to local sparks for work experience on a (ask for it) ****ty wage just to get foot in the door. Build experience as this is better than any qualification then apply for other jobs relevant to your experience!

 

[Adam W]

I would say you need to have clear vision of what you want and why - do you want to be an event manager for a marketing agency, a domestic installer, a domestic electrician, or don't you care as long as you get paid lots of money?

If you want someone to employ you consider what they'll be looking for and how you will fit into that vision - are they looking for a project to train up and mould into their ideal, an electrician who can hit the ground running or a pencil pusher who dabbles in electrics? Do you think they'll be looking for someone who's committed to learning the trade and becoming an electrician who will listen and take on board everything they're told, or do you think they want someone who's just doing it for the money, will leave and set up in competition as soon as they can, won't take time off from an unrelated job to go to college and sees the job they're expecting to be given not as an opportunity buy a step down from their previous job?

 

[OliOldfield83]

Adam,


Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. I take all you've said on board. I have no blindness to the fact that this will certainly be hard work. I am committed to learning the trade and want to leave my current role as I get no fulfilment from it. I am certainly not making this change for money. To be taken on and moulded into their ideal would of course be a great situation to be faced with.


My course will be complete in July 2015 and I should have by then received my EAL Level 3 certificate, 2382-12 (17th Edition) and the 2377 (inspection and Testing) plus some other certificates including PV and Installation and Maintenance of Electric Boilers. by this point I am hoping to have built up enough experience to make myself a viable option to be taken on as a trainee.


Oli

 

[Pete999]

If you're looking for a full-time position then you'd be much better off ditching the Electrical Trainee DI course and starting again by looking for a proper apprenticeship with proper meaningful qualifications.

What he said Domestic Installer my foot no such thing.

 

[OliOldfield83]

Certainly takes longer than 5 weeks!! I have to do a three to six month work logbook completion, plus the city and guilds quals.

Certainly wish I'd started when I was 17!

 

[Pete999]

Certainly takes longer than 5 weeks!! I have to do a three to six month work logbook completion, plus the city and guilds quals.

Certainly wish I'd started when I was 17!

6months probation, 5 year apprenticeship, 6 months as an improver, and IF I was lucky a job at the end of 6 years, and you think you've had a hard deal

 

[7029 dave]

Just a word of advice, there is no fast track system and big bucks, if you think that, you are mistaken.!!

 

[OliOldfield83]

Certainly don't see this as a fast track 'solution'. As an employed 30 year old it would be impossible to just leave my job and start an apprenticeship. I see this course as the very start to be able to gain the basic understanding of the theory. I know the hard work starts when the course is complete and I start work! Not expecting big bucks!

 

[Drexyn]

Good to see all these qualified sparks given you lots of sound advice (sarcasm).

Maybe being positive toward helping the op out with advice rather than slating him for at least making an effort in the electrical industry.

All i'm seeing here is constant knock downs and pessimism, well gents if you don't like it do something about it, because whether we like it or not, the fast track courses are here to stay and those people who are on them are working bloody hard to get as much info/experience and skills under their belt probably as much as you guys did.

I have been banging my head against brick walls for the last two years trying to get a modern apprenticeship but at 39 it's impossible, nobody wants to pay when they can get a young trainee fully funded by the government. So there's no apologies for guys trying to break into the industry with one hand tied behind their backs, it's about having the cohones to see it through and prove the rest of the satisfied majority wrong.

The very first electricians who started out had to learn as they went and in time started to set up minimum standards for people like us to follow, that's what were doing, following the basics and as long as everyone is safe and competent, it's all good.

Oli, i commend you mate. I know it's not easy and we both know that but in time you can stand tall and say you got their the hard way just like myself.

 

[Adam W]

Good to see all these qualified sparks given you lots of sound advice (sarcasm).

Maybe being positive toward helping the op out with advice rather than slating him for at least making an effort in the electrical industry.

All i'm seeing here is constant knock downs and pessimism, well gents if you don't like it do something about it, because whether we like it or not, the fast track courses are here to stay and those people who are on them are working bloody hard to get as much info/experience and skills under their belt probably as much as you guys did.

I have been banging my head against brick walls for the last two years trying to get a modern apprenticeship but at 39 it's impossible, nobody wants to pay when they can get a young trainee fully funded by the government. So there's no apologies for guys trying to break into the industry with one hand tied behind their backs, it's about having the cohones to see it through and prove the rest of the satisfied majority wrong.

The very first electricians who started out had to learn as they went and in time started to set up minimum standards for people like us to follow, that's what were doing, following the basics and as long as everyone is safe and competent, it's all good.

Oli, i commend you mate. I know it's not easy and we both know that but in time you can stand tall and say you got their the hard way just like myself.

What are you talking about? I gave perfectly sound advice. You must have known it 'wouldn't be easy' when you started training, and what you've found is that that isn't just a figure of speech.
You're really not doing yourself or anyone else in your situation any favours by taking to the internet and bellyaching about your own short-sightedness.

 

[Drexyn]

What are you talking about? I gave perfectly sound advice. You must have known it 'wouldn't be easy' when you started training, and what you've found is that that isn't just a figure of speech.
You're really not doing yourself or anyone else in your situation any favours by taking to the internet and bellyaching about your own short-sightedness.

Adam, I merely pointed out an obvious note that there is a lot of negative points being made regarding people like the op and myself trying to break into the industry and the tons of encouraging words you guys provide.

I could respond in the same tone as yourself but one person once told me to never argue with an idiot coz they only bring me down to their level and beat me with experience. All good banter intended of course.