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Hey Everyone,
First time poster here, not really sure if this is the right place to post this, but i have nothing to lose!
I am basically just looking for some advise on where to take my career now, I am 25 and started fairly late within the electrical industry, (around 2 years ago I had NO experience whatsoever) I was taken on by a family friend who did ONLY Inspection and testing, I worked with him for about a year and gained a lot of good knowledge and experience, but with testing, no install.
I completed my 17th, 2392 and 2391 and then went on from there to another Testing company (no install, yet again)
I have been working there for around a year, I have some great experience with testing and am getting some really high end jobs (5000+ Circuit tests with a few guys working beneath me etc) but I really don't know what direction to go in now, I feel I have come to a stand still with my career..
I signed up for the NVQ 3 and have paid the fees and am enrolled on the course, but I don't get the work to allow me to complete it and i'm working 6/7 days a week in my current job meaning I don't have the time to arrange it out of hours.
Some people have said to go HV, Fire Alarms, go back to the start and do the install.. But I really don't know what's the best option, what would be the next logical step? I need to get out of my current job as it's such long hours and it's destroying my soul one day at a time (nights, to days, to working away, with every weekend..) If anyone could impart some wisdom or .. I don't really know, but any advise is more than appreciated!!
Thanks
P.S - Apologies I have just realised I've posted this in the wrong section - DOH!
First time poster here, not really sure if this is the right place to post this, but i have nothing to lose!
I am basically just looking for some advise on where to take my career now, I am 25 and started fairly late within the electrical industry, (around 2 years ago I had NO experience whatsoever) I was taken on by a family friend who did ONLY Inspection and testing, I worked with him for about a year and gained a lot of good knowledge and experience, but with testing, no install.
I completed my 17th, 2392 and 2391 and then went on from there to another Testing company (no install, yet again)
I have been working there for around a year, I have some great experience with testing and am getting some really high end jobs (5000+ Circuit tests with a few guys working beneath me etc) but I really don't know what direction to go in now, I feel I have come to a stand still with my career..
I signed up for the NVQ 3 and have paid the fees and am enrolled on the course, but I don't get the work to allow me to complete it and i'm working 6/7 days a week in my current job meaning I don't have the time to arrange it out of hours.
Some people have said to go HV, Fire Alarms, go back to the start and do the install.. But I really don't know what's the best option, what would be the next logical step? I need to get out of my current job as it's such long hours and it's destroying my soul one day at a time (nights, to days, to working away, with every weekend..) If anyone could impart some wisdom or .. I don't really know, but any advise is more than appreciated!!
Thanks
P.S - Apologies I have just realised I've posted this in the wrong section - DOH!
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