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]

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!!

That's my question answered. A domestic installer is a made up, quick fix course and can't be done at college. I'll look to start with the 2365.

The rest of your message wasn't needed.

 

[Engineer54]

That's my question answered. A domestic installer is a made up, quick fix course and can't be done at college. I'll look to start with the 2365.

The rest of your message wasn't needed.

Indeed it WAS, ...as far as i'm concerned

 

[RAW85]

Indeed it WAS, ...as far as i'm concerned

Thanks for the help.

 

[DNS1]

As I've said many times before, what's really needed a fast track route for those who already HAVE the majority of the skills and experience, but haven't done the 2330 (or whatever the equivalent now is).

I've not done an apprenticeship but do have a hell of a lot of experience thanks to being involved in other trades. I also have a degree in engineering which covered electricity in more depth than any NVQ ever will.

Unfortunately the only way for me was to become a "domestic installer" on a quick course. I agree with much of what people are saying (on my course I saw for myself the number of people who were training to be "electricians" but had never picked up a screwdriver in their life) but really think there DOES need to be some sort of halfway course for people who do know the majority of the skills, but who can't simply go back to college for 3 years...

 

[Guitarist]

Why does there HAVE to be some watered-down qualification just to get more people into the electrical sector? It's saturated as it is, without allowing people with no formal apprenticeship to just go and "practice" in peoples' homes.
So often I hear people say "I've got experience", or "I know a bit" so should be safe to work. It really breaks my heart that I spent years of my life training and working under experienced hands on poor money, just to find that I'm competing with someone who only last month picked up a screwdriver for the first time and justifies it with the statement "I can't afford to do an apprenticeship, so I'll do what I can get away with".
The rules should be the same as any other profession...If you're not trained, then don't do it!
If this doesn't apply to you, then please don't get offended.

 

[shanky887614]

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!

? cant do testing if your just a domestic installer.

at least not with niceic etc, you can spend money doing it through the council every time but it takes a while and is expensive i hear

 

[shanky887614]

As I've said many times before, what's really needed a fast track route for those who already HAVE the majority of the skills and experience, but haven't done the 2330 (or whatever the equivalent now is).

I've not done an apprenticeship but do have a hell of a lot of experience thanks to being involved in other trades. I also have a degree in engineering which covered electricity in more depth than any NVQ ever will.

Unfortunately the only way for me was to become a "domestic installer" on a quick course. I agree with much of what people are saying (on my course I saw for myself the number of people who were training to be "electricians" but had never picked up a screwdriver in their life) but really think there DOES need to be some sort of halfway course for people who do know the majority of the skills, but who can't simply go back to college for 3 years...

yes but knowing how a lightbulb etc work's is not going to help you at all when you get put on a job and given drawings and told to get started.

the idea behind an apprenticeship is as much about being guided by someone more experienced as it is about learning anything electrical.

yes you can do tech certs etc at college but the way electricians do things is not the way they teach you in college.