Emergency Lighting Course

[BigTom83]

Can anybody recommend a Emergency Lighting Course??

Design, testing, maintenance, etc.

Want to get something formal on paper, which is recognised

 

[Engineer54]

Never ceases to amaze me, as to why you now need to do a separate bloody course for every type of building electrical systems....

 

[tazz]

A FIA course will help with design to bs5266...but the install is still down to bs7671.

 

[LeeH]

Never ceases to amaze me, as to why you now need to do a separate bloody course for every type of building electrical systems....

Because you cannot be a master of all in this game IMHO.

 

[Engineer54]

Ah, but if you go on a one or two day course for each of these systems or whatever you can be, ....is that what your saying?? ...Jesus!!

How did we oldies ever get by without all these specialised short courses??

 

[tazz]

Ah, but if you go on a one or two day course for each of these systems or whatever you can be, ....is that what your saying?? ...Jesus!!

How did we oldies ever get by without all these specialised short courses??

Because we read books, and were taught by elders as an apprentice. Something which is sadly dying theses days

 

[Diddy]

I have got to agree with Engineer here. I would go as far as to say if an applicant actually sent in a C.V. to me with some sort of unknown course on it that specialised in something as straight forward as emergency lighting then that C.V. would swiftly find its way to the bin and I would go back to reading real electricians C.V's .......Jut my opinion btw before the course providers and their clients/victims start frothing at the mouth.

 

[dingledong]

But for some older people it's the only way to get the knowledge they require and these courses are making other people lots of money so they say what the learner wants to hear unfortunately do its not the Electrical Trainee fault is it but it does bring the trade down with to many people doing to few jobs

 

[Engineer54]

Because we read books, and were taught by elders as an apprentice. Something which is sadly dying theses days

I get the impression that it's already dead!! lol!!

And that just about sums it all up....

 

[LeeH]

Ah, but if you go on a one or two day course for each of these systems or whatever you can be, ....is that what your saying?? ...Jesus!!

How did we oldies ever get by without all these specialised short courses??

Neither myself it the OP suggested that so don't be a dick all the time.

 

[BigTom83]

You would throw away the CV of anybody who by qualification could demonstrate the ability to design emergency lighting installations and continue to look only at the CVs of people who have no qualification relating to anything other than a apprenticeship in electrical installation. Absurd!!! That will go in my book of legendary comments I have read on this forum.

By your logic I may aswell have got a piece of paper wrote CV on the top and then on the next line wrote electrician. Instead of spending my time doing my apprentiship. What's the point in doing 2391? It's just a price of paper? You learn how to test on the job and during your apprenticeship. So why bother doing it?

Your comment is fundamentally flawed on too many levels.

 

[BigTom83]

Just so there is no confusion, my original post stated 'I wanted to get something formal on paper which is recognised'. I am a qualified electrician, merely looking to get something formal and recognised (ie FIA) on paper to show my ability and improve my knowledge in respect of emergency lighting installations. I'm not talking about how to wire a circuit, more to do with the principles for example the BS says x type of fitting must be placed here with a minimum luminance of x for x minutes. Or the following maintenance schedules must be implemented every 6 months, etc.


Thanks Tazz for your input, I understand that the FIA courses are recognised. Have you been on them are they recommended ??

 

[Engineer54]

Here's your quote....

Because you cannot be a master of all in this game IMHO.

Neither myself it the OP suggested that so don't be a dick all the time.

From one supposed ''dick'' to another....

So what was ''YOU'' actually saying then??

 

[tazz]

To put this in prospective .....it is not an electricians job to enter into design...it is a designers job.
Any project undertaken without a consultant design is asking for trouble

 

[Engineer54]

BigTom 83, it was considered that as a qualified electrician you would be knowledgeable in most of these systems that now seem to qualify as being specialised and warrant some kind of formal qualification after completing a 1 or 2 day course.

You can't really associate C&G 2391/2395 with these one and two day system courses, but by the same token as above, testing and inspection skills, were something that was taught by your elders and mentors as you progressed through your apprenticeship etc. I have no formal inspection and testing certificates from C&G's based on BS7671, but my inspection and testing skills go way beyond those encountered by the majority of electricians holding the above qualifications. Maybe 90% or so of those inspection and testing skills were initially gained during my days as a an apprentice and trainee....