help for a newbie

masyak · Feb 23, 2015

Hello everyone,

sorry if im posting this in the wrong part of the forum but here goes
im 24 from West Yorkshire
A year ago i started a new job in coach building, however 6 months in i was asked if id like a go at the electrical side of things. I loved it and haven't looked back.

id love to be able to take some courses in auto electrics and make my job full time electrical (boss has no problems with it as-long as i sort it all out)

does anybody know of any courses i can take in west Yorkshire? (im living in Bradford)
or just in general where i should start?
ive got brilliant people showing me the ropes at work but id like to get qualified myself

any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks

telectrix · Feb 25, 2015

most of us on here work on low voltage (415/240V), and all the courses are related to that. i understand that you want to work with extra low voltage (<50V) as auto electrics, and so you won't find much info here. i suggest you google auto electrician courses/qualifications and see what comes up.

e.g. IMI (Level 2) Diploma in Auto Electrical and Mobile Electrical Principles - Uxbridge College | Top London College

PEG · Feb 26, 2015

masyak said:
Hello everyone,

sorry if im posting this in the wrong part of the forum but here goes
im 24 from West Yorkshire
A year ago i started a new job in coach building, however 6 months in i was asked if id like a go at the electrical side of things. I loved it and haven't looked back.

id love to be able to take some courses in auto electrics and make my job full time electrical (boss has no problems with it as-long as i sort it all out)

does anybody know of any courses i can take in west Yorkshire? (im living in Bradford)
or just in general where i should start?
ive got brilliant people showing me the ropes at work but id like to get qualified myself

any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks

Hi Dude, i BET he won't :icon12:...

Welcome fella,it is your zeal and enthusiasm which caught my eye,and ,which will be the BEST of your assets in the learning process.

Some of my work crosses over,to cover the automotive/plant electrical systems you are discussing.

It can be infuriating,laborious,time consuming and stamina sapping......it is also,challenging,rewarding,and even,fun.

Once you have started to get to grips with the basic electrical theory,moved on to the calculation methods,there are the myriad of control systems,Canbus,ECU's etc.

Unfortunately,the best way to absorb this,is practically. That is,to actually physically mess with these systems.

Now,the routes to this are getting tighter every year,and years ago,it would be your boss organising the process,not just telling you to get on with it (hence my quote^).

I do not know of any course which covers all the aspects of what you will need to learn,but you can certainly take lots of other routes,to gain knowledge in the areas required.

I will give you a personal example of this,hoping not to bore you...

I am an Engineer. I have done the practical parts,the scholarly part,and,the experience part (it continues!)

I went to a local Grammar school,which had good engineering workshops,and at 13,had to pick my "options",one of which was Metalwork.

I went to be dazzled by what was in store,and found they spent a whole year drawing out and making a metal set-square....

I was,at home, rebuilding vehicle engines and gearboxes,and had taught myself to stick weld and carbon-arc braze,with an old Cebora 140 set...

So,i chose Art instead :conehead:

The long-winded moral,i suppose,is WHATEVER course you decide on,DO NOT let it hold you back! Good luck :icon12: