Tony I'm not trying to hijack this thread but I would be interested as to what additional training for industrial work was done by the guys that have replied.
For me when I joined the railway signalling department I had already done my full apprenticeship in electrical installation gaining C&G 236 parts A, B & C plus the AM2. Then it was basically a second apprenticeship in railway signalling which could last anywhere between 4 & 6 years to make it to Technician Officer grade. Luckily enough I managed it in 4 but it was a tough old slog. This training consisted of 3 months block per year in the railway signalling school in York with the remaining nine months being spent being closely mentored in the field. At the end of each year there was a 5 day written / practical assessment that moved you up a grade if you passed.
As has been said, it was mainly product related.
Modicon PLC’s I taught myself by pinching the program from work and using it at home. The best program I’ve ever written I was blind drunk.
Telemecanique PL7 the company got one of the service agents in to give me a one to one session. That was great as I could cover the bits I needed, not what they thought I needed. We then did the Telemecanique course, it was useless.
Mitsubishi was in house, again good because you got to know useful stuff.
The less said about the training for TI PLC’s the better.
All the usual licences including EOT cranes.
HV cable jointing and my AP ticket.
The industrial version of gas safe. Now this was my idea of fun! At the safety in mines research centre, explosions galore! The lecturers should have been magicians on the stage. A 45 gallon oil drum full of propane/air goes with one hell of a bang!
Many manufacturer’s courses.
16[SUP]th[/SUP] and 17[SUP]th[/SUP]. I did the 17[SUP]th[/SUP] after I finished working, god knows why.
Formally not a lot, but the world doesn’t stand still.
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Forgot to add NVQ4 in management and industrial law.
Approved trainer for the EITB and the food industry (don’t ask!)
