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Hi All
I'm new here and need some guidance on training to compliment my job.
I'm a self employed kitchen fitter that's looking into the hated domestic course so I can do my own electrics and sign off. I have a few reasons for this which I won't bore you with.
I fully understand that I will be very limited in knowledge gained by these courses, but i simply just want to limit myself to what's required for my kitchens. The biggest jobs that will occur is the consumer unit change and upgrading the earth bonding, I know there the most important.
With my knowledge being limited, should I survey a kitchen and think I could potentially hit a snag, I would book an electrician. One of my old electricians whom I'm friends with has offered to be a helpline and even bail me out if things go ---- up.

I know these courses get slated for teaching slap dash cowboys that don't give a ---- about their quality of work or their customers. I'm not like that, I'm overly conscientious. This is one reason of wanting to do it myself, sparks I've used don't think like me and I've had enough. I dare say there are amazing sparkies out there but I've had no luck.
Reading about me and my work, do you guys think it's worth me doing?

The money I would spend I would get back in 12 months, so cost isn't an issue.
The course supplier is Electrical Courses For You.

Thanks for any help or beatings.
 
I understand the frustration of you guys reading a common thread, I've read older posts but they didn't relate to me, it was all for people starting a new career not a practicing tradesman.
I will read the advice given and have a think.
 
I've never done a short course but I believe they were originally designed for trades people like yourself, If you work to a high standard then it may not be too much if a problem. What gets my back up is that lot of training providers abuse the course and mislead the trainees in to believing they are electricians, some people come out with wasted money, some just don't care and start rewiring peoples houses. Its like anything though, some are good, some are bad. Depends on the person.

You mentioned consumer unit upgrades on most of your kitchens......
In my opinion this is where you could become unstuck. If the wiring is old I personally always offer to install new circuits for a kitchen and add an additional CU. Just be aware that changing a Consumer unit make you responsible for everything connected to it so everything needs testing fully before undertaking these works, a dodgy circuit shouldn't be reconnected to a new consumer unit unless its safe, if you change the Consumer unit and then find a problem (missing earth/ tripping RCDs) than legally its down to you to rectify it.. For free !
 
Ah fair enough. Is that how you get round it, just an add on for the new circuit so as to not have to test the whole house?
The only pain I can see there is running in a new kitchen ring when the cu is at the opposite end of the house.
From memory we've only had an issue once and he had to tear the place apart to find the fault, skirting board nail
 
Not fully trained, but have started on 2365-2 in my "spare" time
 

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