What qualifications do you have and where are you now?

[miramo]

Hi,

I wanted to know what electrical qualifications people have, the courses they did and what part of the industry they went into. With no clear one way to get into the industry, I wanted to really know if I am taking the right path and the route others took. I am coming from an IT background changing my career, currently contracting and am doing.....

Passed my second year 2357 (evening class)
Done the 17th editions regs
Intend to start my nvq for my 3rd year in sept and have found lots of practical work for it
Also want to do my inspection and testing which was the 2391 but has now changed but want to complete it all within the next year.
mayb another course or two after that like photovoltaic or design, but thats miles away...

Ideally my goal, I want to work mainly in commercial but staring out will be domestic as well to build up.

Does this sound realistic? What paths did you all take and where in the industry do you work now? Work for yourselves? Or for someone else? What sort of money can be earnt working for someone else or for yourself....
look forward to replies

 

[Adam W]

You can earn up to £50,747.

 

[jbrock]

Is that all batman?

 

[miramo]

You can earn up to £50,747.

That's fairly accurate.

its mainly what qualifications people have to where they are now in terms of domestic, commercial, inspection and testing? With they being so many fast track courses out there and part p etc. and some easier or quicker ways to get in the industry I wanted to know what paths other took

 

[trev]

Miramo, if you think that's accurate you're living in a dream world mate, sorry.

 

[Sparky Ninja]

I have the 2360 parts 1 and 2.
The old 'c' course.
2391-10
2400
2391-20 (Design Course)
2393
2382-10
2382-12
2377-22
2377-32
2394
2395
2396
2399 (PV)
2919

Other training - Some crappy Logic Certification training on Part P and PV, C&G 4150, Compex, Ipaf, first aider, fire marshall etc etc

I have 15 years experience since completing my apprenticeship but I cannot call myself an Electrician. I can call myself a competent person.
To get an Electrician grading I would need to complete an NVQ portfolio - for the second time. Unfortunatley now I am office based I do not have the access to the work now to collect the evidence and so I am stuck working in the offices or for smaller firms.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

2330 level 2

2330 level 3

2377-11 pat

2377-12 managment pat

2392 initial verefication ins & test

2391 ins & test

2382 the 17th edition 2008

2356 NVQ 3

acheavment measurement (AM2)

emergency first aider

 

[Robotstar5]

I've got a neon tester driver so I'm qualified to do anything!

C&G Electrical Engineering
EITB Electrical / Electronic Engineering
UEI Electrical Technician (280)
UEI Electrical Technician (281)
EITB J02 Electrical Maintenance & Installation I
EITB J22 Electrical Maintenance & Installation II
FITC Certificate of Craftsmanship
C&G 230 Industrial Robot Technology
C&G 765
C&G 2382
Various PLC and Robot installation, programming & maintenance courses.
First Aider, Fire Marshal, IPAF, FLT etc.

Mainly work on automated production plant.

 

[telectrix]

i got O levels in maths and art. highly qualified to paint computers.

 

[miramo]

Miramo, if you think that's accurate you're living in a dream world mate, sorry.

Yeah I know the reply was pretty sarcastic.
it would be nice to eventually get somewhere close to thy wage in the future
some good replies so far

 

[trev]

Yeah I know the reply was pretty sarcastic.
it would be nice to eventually get somewhere close to thy wage in the future
some good replies so far

Best advice in that case then, work overseas.

 

[jimmymac]

Fully qualified Sandcastle Engineer to HND standards....usually work in coastal areas of the UK

 

[miramo]

Best advice in that case then, work overseas.[/


ya never know where I'll end up...but just taken on a heafty mortgage so staying put for now
so where abouts in the industry so you work trev? And way qualifications did you choose to get there?

 

[VoltzElectrical]

2330 levels 2 and 3.
NVQ levels 2 and 3.
AM2

Spent 6 years contracting on big jobs while doing my night classes.
Now work for Local Authority on Public Lighting.
Have earned around £25k average for last few years.

Gonna do 2395 soon for my own satisfaction. Won't get a pay rise from it.

 

[trev]

Atm I'm mainly commercial, Got me quals from serving my time + a few add ons. Should have done HND + degree but was too lazy.
Used to work overseas earning stupid money but missed me Mrs and kids too much so came home after 10 years of it.

 

[miramo]

Fully qualified Sandcastle Engineer to HND standards....usually work in coastal areas of the UK

Fairly shellfish comment there.

Where did you do your apprenticeship....St Andrews?

 

[miramo]

Atm I'm mainly commercial, Got me quals from serving my time + a few add ons. Should have done HND + degree but was too lazy.
Used to work overseas earning stupid money but missed me Mrs and kids too much so came home after 10 years of it.

interesting. My mrs old man got his through the same methods but never worked anywhere near as adventurous

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Fairly shellfish comment there.

Where did you do your apprenticeship....St Andrews?

he may have worked for crabtree...

 

[Engineer54]

Atm I'm mainly commercial, Got me quals from serving my time + a few add ons. Should have done HND + degree but was too lazy.
Used to work overseas earning stupid money but missed me Mrs and kids too much so came home after 10 years of it.

Afraid those days are long gone now!! That is unless you want to live and work in a war zone... lol!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Brazil.....
but safety is...hmm shaky to say the least....
well thats what i have heard anyway...

 

[trev]

You can leave the house and get hit by a bus.

 

[Englishman]

C&G 2330 levels 2 and 3
C&G 2382
C&G 2391

Doing EICRs and remedials for the council at the moment.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

You can leave the house and get hit by a bus.

or one of these swine:

 

[ian.settle1]

or one of these swine:

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They also have a habit of not obeying red lights neither

 

[GLENNSPARK]

They also have a habit of not obeying red lights neither

easy way to sort that one out Ian....
shove a big stick in the spokes...
soon stop then...

 

[Jay Sparks]

or one of these swine:

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Please dont put picks up of me Glenn...i have a bad enough complex ae it is.





C & G 2330 lvl 2 & 3

C & G 2382 17th

C & G 2391 I & T

NVQ 3



Currently, self unemployed.

 

[Engineer54]

Brazil.....
but safety is...hmm shaky to say the least....
well thats what i have heard anyway...

You wouldn't be far wrong either!! Took part in a tournament in Sao Paulo about 5 or 6 years ago with my Karate club in Cyprus, (In a non combative section, bit too old to take on the young guns now lol!!). We were basically being warned all the time by tournament officials, taxi drivers, hotel staff and just about anyone else we managed to talk too... lol!! Street crime and killings is normal every day life in that place....

To top it all, i injured my calf during final training and had to withdraw from the competition. But our club did pretty well, coming in 7th overall out of 23 international clubs...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

You wouldn't be far wrong either!! Took part in a tournament in Sao Paulo about 5 or 6 years ago with my Karate club in Cyprus, (In a non combative section, bit too old to take on the young guns now lol!!). We were basically being warned all the time by tournament officials, taxi drivers, hotel staff and just about anyone else we managed to talk too... lol!! Street crime and killings is normal every day life in that place....

To top it all, i injured my calf during final training and had to withdraw from the competition. But our club did pretty well, coming in 7th overall out of 23 international clubs...

should`v strapped it up to something to support it....
5/8" should do it....

 

[Robotstar5]

To top it all, i injured my calf during final training and had to withdraw from the competition...

...didn't stop the karate kid

 

[rmc86uk]

C&G 2330 L2
C&G 2330 L3
C&G 2382 17th Edition
C&G 2356 NVQ Level 3

IPAF, PASMA, Asbestos Awareness

Started out in commercial electrical installation and for the past two years have been installing BMS. Enjoy it as it's quite varied.

 

[jimmymac]

Fairly shellfish comment there.

Where did you do your apprenticeship....St Andrews?

No, i did my HND in blackpool. I did attend St Andrews but only to do my City&Guilds in Mote Building, I didnt like it there, they were all too posh, i was like a fish out of water

 

[jimmymac]

Best advice in that case then, work overseas.

Or on the beach.......

 

[Knobhead]

Retired, what better qualification?

Are there are things I would have done different?
Yes they are!
I was offered the chance of studying for charted engineer, I turned it down!
(Long story but newly married)

All in the past now.
My qualifications don’t even have a C&G number, the C&G was a baby then!
I qualified originally under The Union of Lancashire & Cheshire Institutes.

E54 will tell you what the last two weeks of the academic year was like. Exams every other day.



I’ve been learning and trying to teach ever since.

Teaching someone how to teach is hard work, but I’m qualified in it.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Retired, what better qualification?

Are there are things I would have done different?
Yes they are!
I was offered the chance of studying for charted engineer, I turned it down!
(Long story but newly married)

All in the past now.
My qualifications don’t even have a C&G number, the C&G was a baby then!
I qualified originally under The Union of Lancashire & Cheshire Institutes.

E54 will tell you what the last two weeks of the academic year was like. Exams every other day.



I’ve been learning and trying to teach ever since.

Teaching someone how to teach is hard work, but I’m qualified in it.

Tony...
you know i hold you in high regard....your knowlege is a blessing to anyone who cares to ask....
and i repect you enormously....
i think i`v said enough now....

 

[Engineer54]

...didn't stop the karate kid

Yeah, ....it's a bit like believing statistical reports, films they can have you believe anything they want you to believe!! lol!!

 

[jimmymac]

Tony...
you know i hold you in high regard....your knowlege is a blessing to anyone who cares to ask....
and i repect you enormously....
i think i`v said enough now....

Get a room! One day they'll talk about you like that Glen

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Get a room! One day they'll talk about you like that Glen

lol....no, not quite!!

 

[guest119]

I started in a peanut factory, farting in the bags just before they were sealed.

Then moved to the docks to bend the bananas with a bending machine, to the correct angle.

I put bending machine on my cv and ended up on a building site installing/bending conduit for 5 weeks, err sorry, 5 years then they gave me a nice JIB card.

Boydy

 

[Knobhead]

Standard conduit is a mates job. Only the tricky bits needed an electrician. That wasn’t very often.


BTW, Dave my mate would blow any DI Electrical Trainee out of the water.

Due to the companies strict payment system, try as I might I couldn’t get him full tradesman’s rate. (Nothing to do with the JIB, we despised them!)

 

[damien 582]

This Electricians forum is obsessed with qualifications, I have worked with electricians rambling on about there mountains of expensive gained paper work and I've found that most of these guys are all just talk. When it comes done to an employer who needs the job done up to standard and on time, they know who they want. As my father used to say papers are important for wiping your ares