hi, heres my situation:
I have just left the Army after 7.5 years as a royal signals electrician (don't let the name fool you, the job basically involved maintenance of batteries, maintenance of generators which was mostly mechanical, putting up tempory power & light systems) and would like to start a career as an electrician, I have the following qualifications already; 17th Edition, Inspecion and testing, Certificate for domestic installers+ Part P, PAT. also before joining the army i started an electrical apprenticeship but got fired after the first year. from the first year of the apprenticeship i have learned alot and i have a good electrical knowledge base but overall i lack practical experiance and confidence.
Today i had a rep from T4TS come round and try to sell me one of their courses (ÂŁ4900 if you pay upfront) which would get me C&G 2330 and garantee a work placement at the end of my training to gain NVQ level 3 and get "fully qualified"
now at the time i was initially put off because i would have to go over the things i have already done, and i would not get money knocked off despite having done a fair bit of it already. then after he went i did alot of searching online and found alot of negative stuff about the company, which put me off even more.
the thing i'm most sceptical is about T4TS is their claim to garantee you a job placement locally at the end. how can they do this? and if they didn't get me a placement i'd be ÂŁ5k down and still effectively in the same boat as i am now, plenty of certificates but no practical experiance!
i'm now thinking it would be better to do G&G 2330 at a college (i've read you can do that on here, but not sure which colleges do it. i checked with my local college a while back and they did not offer any courses like that?) and then try and get a work placement and get the NVQ L3 signed off. christ even if i don't get the NVQ L3 done atleast i would be getting practical experiance.
any help/comments appreciated
I have just left the Army after 7.5 years as a royal signals electrician (don't let the name fool you, the job basically involved maintenance of batteries, maintenance of generators which was mostly mechanical, putting up tempory power & light systems) and would like to start a career as an electrician, I have the following qualifications already; 17th Edition, Inspecion and testing, Certificate for domestic installers+ Part P, PAT. also before joining the army i started an electrical apprenticeship but got fired after the first year. from the first year of the apprenticeship i have learned alot and i have a good electrical knowledge base but overall i lack practical experiance and confidence.
Today i had a rep from T4TS come round and try to sell me one of their courses (ÂŁ4900 if you pay upfront) which would get me C&G 2330 and garantee a work placement at the end of my training to gain NVQ level 3 and get "fully qualified"
now at the time i was initially put off because i would have to go over the things i have already done, and i would not get money knocked off despite having done a fair bit of it already. then after he went i did alot of searching online and found alot of negative stuff about the company, which put me off even more.
the thing i'm most sceptical is about T4TS is their claim to garantee you a job placement locally at the end. how can they do this? and if they didn't get me a placement i'd be ÂŁ5k down and still effectively in the same boat as i am now, plenty of certificates but no practical experiance!
i'm now thinking it would be better to do G&G 2330 at a college (i've read you can do that on here, but not sure which colleges do it. i checked with my local college a while back and they did not offer any courses like that?) and then try and get a work placement and get the NVQ L3 signed off. christ even if i don't get the NVQ L3 done atleast i would be getting practical experiance.
any help/comments appreciated
