Train 4 Trade Skills

[kol_synth79]

Hi All,

Very recently me and my flatmate have been considering training up in a skilled trade field and so contacted a company Train 4 Trade Skills. They have assured us they can take people with very little basic knowledge and teach them a great deal about becoming an electrician. The course comprises of 40 modules and eight weeks in a workshop where experts in the field guide practical sessions (each week is 9-5 Mon-Fri full time hours).

The course is also broken down into two parts: Domestic Electrical Installer (modules 1-32, 5 weeks practical) to one part Full Scope Electrical Installer (modules 33-40, 3 weeks practical)

This is the set of qualifications listed as covered by the full course:

DOMESTIC

- Industry certification in essential electrics
- Emergency first aid certificate.
- Part P defined scope.
- C&G 2377 - in service portable appliance testing.
- C&G (level 2 - unit 1) 2330-201 - working effectively and safely in an electro-technical environment.
- C&G (level 2 - unit 2) 2330-202 - principles of elctro-technology
- C&G (level 2 - unit 3) 2330-203 - application of health and safety and elctrical principles (theory)
- C&G (level 2 - unit 4) 2330-204 - application of health and safety and elctrical principles (practical)
- C&G 2382-10 - 17th edition of the IEE wiring regulations.
- Full Scope Part P theory and practical qualification assessments.
- Logic certification - domestic periodic inspection certification.

FULL SCOPE

- C&G (level 3 - unit 1) 2330-301 - application of health and safety and electrical principles.
- C&G (level 3 - unit 2) 2330-302 - inspection testing and commissioning.
- C&G (level 3 - unit 3) 2330-303 - installation (buildings and structures) fault diagnosis and rectification.
- C&G 2391 - practical exam plus AM2 - level 2.
- C&G 2356 - NVQ level 3 (requires experience in real world)

I've been quite long winded here in order to lay out exactly what the course entails in order to get the best replies before we make an important decision. Having searched this forum for 'Train 4 Trade Skills' I have found suggestions that the course may be incomplete but I also havent seen as detailed a description of what it entails. The cost is not a problem as if we decide to do it we will be prepared to commit fully to its completion but there may be a better way to spend £5700!

My questions are:

1. Is this a comprehensive set of qualifications?
2. Would time served electricians recommend this as a sensible course of action to get into the trade?
3. If you are in a position to take on staff would you employ someone who had completed this to a high standard? If not what extra skills / experience would they need?

Thankyou very much for your time.

 

[Dan]

Just bumping this to bring all contributors to the attention of all the threads we have on our forums about Train 4 Trade Skills.

There have been A LOT of people who feel they have been missold courses by Train 4 Trade Skills. Many taking legal action.

Please see this for electrical course threads on our sparky forum: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t..._cp.r_qf.&fp=37fc7606ff53045&biw=1500&bih=958
This for plumbing course threads on our plumbing forum: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=t..._cp.r_qf.&fp=37fc7606ff53045&biw=1500&bih=958

 

[daniel_impey]

Hi Mike,
I'm Andy and I have been studying the Electrical course for about 10 months and I know how you feel, I have just started researching T4TS and have found that there are a lot of people unhappy with a number of aspects of the courses that they offer. The main aspects are the salespeople miss selling the course, people paying completely different amounts for exactly the same course (£3000 - £5700), Lack of support, not being able to contact anyone during evenings ( when the course is supposed to be flexible around full time employment), having to wait between 3 and 10 months to get dates for practical weeks I was specifically told "you can call on the friday and start the practical on the Monday".
Have you completed the online Pre attendance test 1 Health and safety yet? It has no relevance to being electrically safe to attend the practical course which is the point of the test. I have read posts where people have got their money back and cancelled the course, I am currently researching how they did this. what position are you in with the course now?

hi there,

did you manage to cancel your training, i am in the same boat as you and seeking guidence from Trading Standards to cancel this. i have cancelled payments (advised by my case worker at trading standards) now i am receiving letters to say i need to pay. be great to here if you have cancelled and how you went about it.