Industrial Electricians Only:

[trev]

Right Tony, as promised I've done my penance. For some reason the software won't let me edit posts, all I get is a blank box but I've had a count up and up to this point there are 38 industrial/maintenance electricians among our number,

 

[Spoon]

Right Tony, as promised I've done my penance. For some reason the software won't let me edit posts, all I get is a blank box but I've had a count up and up to this point there are 38 industrial/maintenance electricians among our number,

Not a lot when you think how many people are on here..

 

[trev]

True mate but a few things need to be considered. Until the DIY forum was introduced any old Tom Dick and Harry could join up and ask one or two inane (usually) questions then never be seen again and there'd be no classification of what their membership level is/was.
Lots of members are lapsed/only come on now and again
Then there's those who are on holiday for varying periods and reason
All the above are still counted in with the total number of members. The thing to consider is how many are on here regularly? The %age looks a bit better looking at it that way.

 

[Knobhead]

Right Tony, as promised I've done my penance. For some reason the software won't let me edit posts, all I get is a blank box but I've had a count up and up to this point there are 38 industrial/maintenance electricians among our number,

I think the WWLF would class us as an endangered species, in need of special protection.

I didn’t expect many but I’m a bit shocked as to how few.

There is RoB to add, he’s just got back home from his trip abroad.

 

[davesparks]

Now run this same thread on t'other forum

 

[dingledong]

I used to but when I went self employed it got a lot less so can I count as a half

 

[Deleted member 72666]

I think the WWLF would class us as an endangered species, in need of special protection.

I didn’t expect many but I’m a bit shocked as to how few.

There is RoB to add, he’s just got back home from his trip abroad.

Has Eng54 been counted?

 

[Bobster]

I think the WWLF would class us as an endangered species, in need of special protection.

I didn’t expect many but I’m a bit shocked as to how few.

There is RoB to add, he’s just got back home from his trip abroad.

Don't Know what your on about Tony, I'm a electrical trainee lol!

 

[Sintra]

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.

 

[rapparee]

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.

not much to be honest, I've done a course on plc programming, and eh forklift licence?

 

[netblindpaul]

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.

i trained on industrial equipment, there was NO house bashing as part of my apprenticeship, then there was the HNC, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree in Engineering, the various courses by my employers at various times, product specific, and general.
Plus the BS7671 courses on top @ college, amongst other things.

 

[7029 dave]

I trained on industrial, with the company that I served my time with, but it was an mixture, domestic as well,all installation work.

 

[rapparee]

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.

we tend to do little set piece couses, like a one day training thing, on how to calibrate a new set of testers, another on esd, and on lev, but nothing you could really add to your cv and brag about

 

[ipf]

A, B and C certificates mid 1970's. If you got the C, you knew your stuff.

 

[Knobhead]

Now run this same thread on t'other forum

I will do.

Because there are three versions of this thread, running a poll isn’t going to give realistic figures as to the division/diversity of our trade.

Give it a month or so for this and the other two threads to slip down the listing then I’ll try again. I'll hold back over there so they run in parallel.

Thats if it's OK with the team on here.