Is there a "proper" way to become a domestic installer?

[RAW85]

I need some help please...

As I've read on this forum the 1 week course are a big no no. I want to learn properly but can't live on the electricians mate's wage whilst I learn to do the NVQ.

I want to learn a new skill as the job I'm in looks bleak for the future ahead. I don't think the company will close any time soon but I doubt I'll be working there until my retirement.

The domestic installer route seems the right path as I would be looking to do domestic maintenance a day a week (i currently work 4 long days a week) to gain experience but is there a "proper" way to become a domestic installer? I.e college course?

Thanks

 

[RAW85]

but you wanted shortcuts from the 1st post ?
reap what you sow my friend.

I actually said 1 week courses are a big no no and that I could go college to learn the 2365 level 2 and 3but the NVQ wasn't concerning me...didn't once say I wanted the quick way in!

 

[Guest55]

ok , so if youre prepared to do the 2 years at college , then get the full ticket by doing the nvq after , its not much more a time / money commitment.
worth the extra mile dont you think ?
;-)

 

[oldtimer]

ok , so if youre prepared to do the 2 years at college , then get the full ticket by doing the nvq after , its not much more a time / money commitment.
worth the extra mile dont you think ?
;-)

Plus it sets you up for the future as being a trier

 

[Guitarist]

No comment...

 

[shanky887614]

no-one wants to start on the bottom rung these days, all we hear are silly excuses to change career paths later on and they expect the big £££ straight away so they compromise on quality/workmanship by doing these absolutely ridiculous "domestic installers" courses, it makes me sick to my stomach reading constant posts on this site similar to the OP

nothing is easy, apprenticeships were hard to come by when i got mine, I rang every company in the phonebook and I don't mean that as a figure of speech I LITERALLY rang every local company, I had various interviews rejections the first time around, so when I missed my chance that year I did a pre apprenticship full time course in college then rang every company again,

I finally got one of 2 positions available out of 1200 applicants, you've got to want it people and not take the easy route,

Now I'm qualified, done my 17th updates my inspection and testing and am recognised by my colleagues engineers as a useful competant electrician who can do domestic work, commercial work and industrial work and can be thrown into jobs in all fields.

as a DI you will only be doing domestic work and the industry is flooded with them so these false promises of earning "50K in 5 weeks!!!" are indeed false promises, you will have trouble looking for work and that is a promise, if you really want to be a spark to it properly or not at all!!!!

exactly the same for me, i was ringing around when i started lvl2, got me no where same with lvl3

whole phonebook and even went through niceic list of local electricians as well.

in the end i decided ill just ask for work experience, worked out in the end as it was a friend of a friend of the guy i was doing work experience for. now im on the books with the company with a jtl apprenticeship


spoken to the guy about 6 times in 1 year (2 were about paperwork)

 

[shanky887614]

if you do the 2357 diploma course you can do the nvq at the same time if i remember right.

a couple guys i know transfer d to it from the 2330 lvl3 course (wish they would have let me now as i joined a company in the last 3 months of the course)

 

[Adam W]

i've never earned £50k a year in my life and i'm a JIB commercial spark lol.

What does being "a JIB commercial spark" (whatever one of those is) have to do with being a domestic installer?
That is what this thread was supposed to be about.

 

[rmc86uk]

What's a "Domestic Installer"?

 

[rmc86uk]

I didn't once say I didn't want to put the time and effort in, in fact I'm very driven and determined. I just wanted a steer from the people who have been these courses and as I said I want to learn as a back up should something bad happen in my current career.

Maybe people shouldn't tarnish every newbie with the same brush!

You said you couldn't live on electricians mate wage hence not willing to start from the bottom in my opinion!

 

[RAW85]

You said you couldn't live on electricians mate wage hence not willing to start from the bottom in my opinion!

In 3 years time once I'm ready for the NVQ I may not have a choice but to take a mate's wage. Your opinion's seem very negative.

All I've asked for was some course advice not about the "golden pot" or how the industry have changed and to forget electrics and move on to a different trade.

 

[rmc86uk]

The truth hurts!

 

[RAW85]

The truth hurts!

I haven't even started training as an electrician, how can I be hurt?

Grow up will you!

 

[Engineer54]

I haven't even started training as an electrician, how can I be hurt?

Grow up will you!

Again that's the point trying to be made to you!! In that, if you go down the short course route, you ''Won't'' be training as an Electrician!!

That is an ''Indisputable Fact!! One which doesn't sit well with those that have spent thousands of £'s only to find they are basically qualified for nothing, but a FAKE made-up term called Domestic Installer!!

 

[RAW85]

Again that's the point trying to be made to you!! In that, if you go down the short course route, you ''Won't'' be training as an Electrician!!

That is an ''Indisputable Fact!! One which doesn't sit well with those that have spent thousands of £'s only to find they are basically qualified for nothing, but a FAKE made-up term called Domestic Installer!!

I actually asked if there was a proper way to becomes a domestic installer I.e college. As i purely wanted to do domestic work. I've never wanted to do a quick course!

 

[Engineer54]

Again, ....There is no such thing as a Domestic Installer!! You either train as an Electrician or you don't. There is no in-between, which is where most of those wanting to change career get hoodwinked, by training course centers and the very organisations put in place to maintain safety within the domestic sector!! It's all become a money making farce, and a very dangerous one at that!!

Go to collage and get your ''Core'' qualifications and NVQs etc, or find another career where your not in a position to cause injury/damage to persons or property!!
I'm sorry, but the usual excuses of i can't afford the cut in salary and not being prepared to putting in the time and effort just don't cut it with me!!