New member... Seeking advise

[Mrgloucester]

Hi all, would just like to say hello and thank you in advance. I am new on here and I'm from the Gloucester in the uk. Aged 39. And I have been working for the last 12 years. Doing electrical work. I have not got any qualifications to my name. Apart from a 17th edition course booked in. And a Bpec fan testing course. I had been on the tools for a while and have made my way up the company to management.


My question is. Can I get any qualifications without doing a level 3 nvq. Say a part p course. Along with my 17th edition. And possible my testing and inspecting.






Any help would help as I am looking to migrate to Australia and I have to do a skills assessment. To help get my visa on a trade skill.

Thanks in advance.

 

[telectrix]

forget short courses esp. anything that says part p. you'll need core qualifications, 2357, then, if you go to OZ, start over for another 2 years or so to get a licence to work there.

 

[Engineer54]

My question is. Can I get any qualifications without doing a level 3 nvq. Say a part p course. Along with my 17th edition. And possible my testing and inspecting.

Any help would help as I am looking to migrate to Australia and I have to do a skills assessment. To help get my visa on a trade skill.

Thanks in advance.

I can tell you now, they will be looking for a recognised core qualification not add-on certificates such as testing inspection and the 17th cert. So i'm afraid you'll not get in on a trade skill basis!!


Ozzy and New Zealand have a licenced electrician registry system in operation and it's not a pushover to obtain one of their State Licenses either. To be honest, it's what the UK is desperately crying out for, it'll stop all these chancers in their tracks!!