Hi mate , I am in the same boat as you , however I companied about the test and went to the paper version after 2 attempts as I kicked up a fuss , I have now passed that and all I can say is i don’t think it is a scam however the way they word the course is that you can walk into being a sparky straight after this is not true, yes you get the quals but have no real world experience , what I am doing is voulenteering with a sparky every Saturday / Saturday mornings , just give him some free labour and they don’t mind teaching you the ropes , speculate to accumulate and all that, then once you’ve done this course on your CV you can have the quals but you also have enough experience someone might take you on, for now tho I wouldn’t worry it is a scam as not a lot of people say there success stories because it’s not Intresting to post online or anything , stick at it we will make it one day (4/5 more years) ??