colour blindness ?

[clayton13]

Hi there, I just want to run a question past you guys, i want to start training as an electrician but i'm concerned about the rules regarding colour blindness, i am colour blind but i feel this shouldnt be a problem ( Should it ? )

Will i be asked to pass a colour blindness test at any point ?

Are there any colour blind electricians on this forum ?

Regards

Steve

 

[trev]

So long as you can identify if it's brown or red that's fine even if they look the same as by a process of ilimination, if you don't know if it's brown or red, if it's got a black with it on its own it's going to be red and if it's got a blue one it's going to be brown.

But it it's got a solid yellow too then it's going to be red and old colors.

You're screwed if you're wiring with singles though.

 

[clayton13]

This is a good test for your colour vision...
Color Test - Online Color Challenge | X-Rite

You should be able to differentiate the colours unless you've got a seriously bad screen.

thanks' i cant do the test on my tablet but i'm sure i can see the colour differences in the lines.

 

[fuel]

I'm colour blind, brown looks green, but it's usually obvious as there's either a blue with it or black and grey, it's only red if it's got a single black. Blue purple and pink a look the same.

i manage fine, even though hedgehogs look green and the grass looks orange.

Ive misunderstood how this works then then, how my training trust explained it to me was if you were colour blind at allthen you couldnt continue with them, i think its great that you can still do the job if its not too severe. Seems some training organisations must be more lenient than others.

 

[R G]

One of the first things I had done by the DNO I started off with was a medical and a check for colour blindness , if I didn't pass then I was looking elsewhere for a job,,

 

[Darkwood]

Colour Blindness Par se should not be an issue to you wanting to be an Electrician, if you can distinguish the colours you need to then your fine just always ensure you have good lighting, head torches etc for poor lighting conditions as this will be your weakness... Green/Yellow is striped now because green and red were often confused by people with some forms of colour blindness and we used to have a lad work for us and not once did it lead to problems ...he made mistakes but no more than anyone else on the learning curve.

Please ignore the arrogance of some responses thinking having colour blindness means you must be having a laugh wanting to be an Electrician TBH its shows more about their ignorance to the real world and hope you go for it and forget the worries.... only you will know if your form of Colour Blindness will be an issue but if you can distinguish all the colours we deal with from each other then your home free.

 

[trev]

When I started serving my time I had to take a colour vision test, any hint of a problem would have meant me making another career choice because I would not have been allowed to follow the path I did.
Funny how times change.

 

[NickD]

thanks' i cant do the test on my tablet but i'm sure i can see the colour differences in the lines.

Means nowt if you don't complete the test. How do you know you're seeing them *right*? That's the whole point of faulty perception, you perceive things at odds to how they really are.

 

[Eddiesparks]

Not forgetting Red and Green and a host of others.

I've never seen a red and green conductor. Is that an earthed live?!

 

[uksparks]

You're screwed if you're wiring with singles though.

So long as you know the difference you can get along fine. I'm not bad enough to be dangerous, if I was unsure to the point it was 50/50 id ask someone's opinion.

 

[clayton13]

Means nowt if you don't complete the test. How do you know you're seeing them *right*? That's the whole point of faulty perception, you perceive things at odds to how they really are.

ha true, i'll try it on my main comp tomorrow, cheers

 

[NickD]

I've never seen a red and green conductor. Is that an earthed live?!

I have. The one on my bus route came back from Magaluf sunburnt and hungover last week.

 

[trev]

Please don't think I'm having a go at you mate because I'm not but what would happen if you were on your own on a job?

 

[Richo77]

I've been a spark for 19 years. I'm colour blind, never had a problem with electrical installation work. I found out after I finished my apprentiship. Wasn't until I applied for a job as an operator on an oil refinery and failed the medical I found out. I couldn't believe it!!!

 

[clayton13]

Colour Blindness Par se should not be an issue to you wanting to be an Electrician, if you can distinguish the colours you need to then your fine just always ensure you have good lighting, head torches etc for poor lighting conditions as this will be your weakness... Green/Yellow is striped now because green and red were often confused by people with some forms of colour blindness and we used to have a lad work for us and not once did it lead to problems ...he made mistakes but no more than anyone else on the learning curve.

Please ignore the arrogance of some responses thinking having colour blindness means you must be having a laugh wanting to be an Electrician TBH its shows more about their ignorance to the real world and hope you go for it and forget the worries.... only you will know if your form of Colour Blindness will be an issue but if you can distinguish all the colours we deal with from each other then your home free.

Thanks, i needed that :yesnod:

 

[uksparks]

I guess at the end of the day, you have lived with what you can see all your life no different to how anyone else knows colours. Personally I think you would probably have to be quite bad to not take it up as a career, like others say, only you know what you can see and how you identify the colours.

If you put a brown and red pencil next to each other, I can tell you which is which if I have a good look, but if they are on their own I can't.