My future (help) suggestions

[SPARK2B]

hi all, I am just about to reach the end of year one of level 2 2365 at college and cannot believe the speed @ which it has passed,...


anyway, i have been thinking about the future, for me, in the electrical game, i have mentioned this to people i meet, and people i know, people in the trade, engineers, designers, people working in the railway side of electricity, sewage and water, etc, and the responses have been varied, now i ask you guys for your input, as always it will be most appreciated ..

if you was at my stge of training, looking forward would you aim to specialize, as it were ....

i have been told good options are / would be / opinions are

(remember i have been told this, this is not my input so dont know whats involved in these sides of the electrical life)

• panels (building / maintenance)
• industrial installation
• testing and inspecting (industrial)
• avoid domestic at all costs
• concentrate on comm and ind (there deffo seems to be a pattern here)
• go to austrailia and work in a mine
• go to aus, they are dying for sparks out there
• get into design
• PV is the future
• renewable`s is where its at
• there's no money or future in renewable`s, its a fad, its not going to last (this one made me raise an eyebrow)
• industrial maintainance
• domestic is the easiest work to get
• railways
• DNO
• powerstations
• dont bother, do gas instead (again, raised eyebrows)

any input guys, most appreciated....

spark2b

 

[7029 dave]

However if you are experienced and good at it, it is bread and butter you can always fall back on, there is more houses than shops, offices and factories. I always have plenty of work, make good money, there is a lot doing it now I know but many are not doing a good job, this has genuinely helped my business as some customers will wait ages to get me. People write domestic off all the time, but I don't see it.

TBH Megger, I spent a lot of time on domestic, back in the good ole days, but with all the part p nonsense it just seems one big head ache.!!

 

[Meggerman]

TBH Megger, I spent a lot of time on domestic, back in the good ole days, but with all the part p nonsense it just seems one big head ache.!!

Part P is no drama. Just pay your £400 and that's it, you're good to go. The rest is as you were before.

 

[SPARK2B]

What exams have you done this year so far?
I only did the 202 which I passed, still had 3 to do before I left and the others now only have 2 months remaining

just gearing up to do 202 ,...thatll be the first one,..cnt wait to get it out the way......congrats on passing urs...

 

[7029 dave]

Part P is no drama. Just pay your £400 and that's it, you're good to go. The rest is as you were before.

I am happy in metering now, to old for all that old (well you know). lol

 

[davesparks]

Part P is no drama. Just pay your £400 and that's it, you're good to go. The rest is as you were before.

Part P is drama because of the whole culture of nonsense which has grown up around it.

 

[Meggerman]

I am happy in metering now, to old for all that old (well you know). lol

If your happy bud, that's what it's all about

 

[amckay]

I know he holds an HND but as for the rest, I'll ask

Thanks trev

 

[Knobhead]

A lot depends on how you regard work. Do you want something that rarely varies or something to keep the brain active and therefore interested.
I loved industrial work, not many days would pass without the planned work going out the window. Breakdowns add to the variety to the work, you never know what the day will bring.

 

[SPARK2B]

luckily, i have entered a field with a lot of possible paths,.....

((reading that back , it sounded like the midst of a story about hiking or something ))

.....but, yer the reason i decided on electricity when the opportunity for a change came up was all the different routes i could take from it, i mean i can read every career posting, job site, info site on the web, but like the rest of life, the real info comes from people,.....you people, on here,...... that's where the experience lies, the stories, the know-how, the knowledge .....its great to meet and talk to people and get the insight.

at my sisters wedding,back in august 2013 i got chatting to the owner of the photography set-up, we talked about this and that, and i told him i was starting this course, ...turns out he went to college as an adult learner, and now works (in his primary job) as a designer / planner for the railways signalling arrangements ......another guy who did my mums domestic inspection had done a massive amount in the electricity game, all varied and interesting,...from dom, heavy industry, light industry, fire and alarm systems, cctv, and now, in his later yrs, simply does domestic stuff with one big industrial client that he said he did testing for every 3 months......like i said, its all very interesting

i simply dont want to get bored, driving forklifts, the MoD, shop fitting design ...everything i have ever done , it all got sooooooooo boring in the end.....day in and out of the saammmeee thinngggggg.....and i swore that one day i was going to end up with a blood bubble in my eye just before i passed out from pure repetitive machine like set ups,.......and wake up 15 days later in some kind of secure facility.....

cant wait to get to college every week,...so hoping thats a sign of things to come...

spark2b

 

[Geordie Spark]

luckily, i have entered a field with a lot of possible paths,.....

((reading that back , it sounded like the midst of a story about hiking or something ))

.....but, yer the reason i decided on electricity when the opportunity for a change came up was all the different routes i could take from it, i mean i can read every career posting, job site, info site on the web, but like the rest of life, the real info comes from people,.....you people, on here,...... that's where the experience lies, the stories, the know-how, the knowledge .....its great to meet and talk to people and get the insight.

at my sisters wedding,back in august 2013 i got chatting to the owner of the photography set-up, we talked about this and that, and i told him i was starting this course, ...turns out he went to college as an adult learner, and now works (in his primary job) as a designer / planner for the railways signalling arrangements ......another guy who did my mums domestic inspection had done a massive amount in the electricity game, all varied and interesting,...from dom, heavy industry, light industry, fire and alarm systems, cctv, and now, in his later yrs, simply does domestic stuff with one big industrial client that he said he did testing for every 3 months......like i said, its all very interesting

i simply dont want to get bored, driving forklifts, the MoD, shop fitting design ...everything i have ever done , it all got sooooooooo boring in the end.....day in and out of the saammmeee thinngggggg.....and i swore that one day i was going to end up with a blood bubble in my eye just before i passed out from pure repetitive machine like set ups,.......and wake up 15 days later in some kind of secure facility.....

cant wait to get to college every week,...so hoping thats a sign of things to come...

spark2b

Take-up farming, then you could have a career where you would be outstanding in your field.

 

[SPARK2B]

Take-up farming, then you could have a career where you would be outstanding in your field.

bit late, but worth a chuckle,...:icon6: