Hello lovely sparkies!
My livelihood, live events sound engineer, has been decimated by Covid - thank you bat soup!
I'm thinking of skilling up during lockdown II. Realistically, my industry will not pick up for six months at the earliest. Obviously, it's a far away dream to become a qualified electrician in that short space of time and I've read a lot of your incredible advice on the forum already.
However, I'm thinking about moving my way towards qualifying as an electrician, and if I enjoy it, maybe moving into it fully. I'm thinking that any courses I do towards becoming an electrician will complement my work as a sound engineer anyway. I understand the steps necessary to make it as an electrician...City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 & 3, 18th edition course, then NVQ3 while building up my portfolio on site. I know you guys recommend part-time /full-time courses at a local college, if possible. I know it's a long journey and under no illusion that a short course will see me making a living as an electrician. But, a lot of the college terms have already started, so I'm now looking at short courses.
I'm thinking of starting a City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 as soon as possible during this current lockdown. A local place near where I live, Optima in South London, are offering the level 2, but for almost £4,000! There must be a cheaper way of doing it. This seems outrageous! Any advice greatly recommended and any reviews of Optima is appreciated.
My livelihood, live events sound engineer, has been decimated by Covid - thank you bat soup!
I'm thinking of skilling up during lockdown II. Realistically, my industry will not pick up for six months at the earliest. Obviously, it's a far away dream to become a qualified electrician in that short space of time and I've read a lot of your incredible advice on the forum already.
However, I'm thinking about moving my way towards qualifying as an electrician, and if I enjoy it, maybe moving into it fully. I'm thinking that any courses I do towards becoming an electrician will complement my work as a sound engineer anyway. I understand the steps necessary to make it as an electrician...City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 & 3, 18th edition course, then NVQ3 while building up my portfolio on site. I know you guys recommend part-time /full-time courses at a local college, if possible. I know it's a long journey and under no illusion that a short course will see me making a living as an electrician. But, a lot of the college terms have already started, so I'm now looking at short courses.
I'm thinking of starting a City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 as soon as possible during this current lockdown. A local place near where I live, Optima in South London, are offering the level 2, but for almost £4,000! There must be a cheaper way of doing it. This seems outrageous! Any advice greatly recommended and any reviews of Optima is appreciated.
- TL;DR
- 'm thinking of starting a City & Guilds 2365 Level 2 as soon as possible during this current lockdown. A local place near where I live, Optima in South London, are offering the level 2, but for almost £4,000! There must be a cheaper way of doing it. This seems outrageous! Any adice greatly recommend
