where to start to hit the ground running?

[ayjay]

o,h buy the onsite guide and the green book

 

[Rampantchilli]

the course content is the exact same as the college day release route, the only exception being the lack of real world experience.

5 weeks at 5 days/week= 25 days

2 academic years at 36 day release days/year = 72 days

and as for real world experience, well that gives you understanding of what you learn as you learn, and also teaches you tricks tips and techniques that you WILL not be taught at college,
like
joining cables to pull through channels,
how to clear blocked channels,
how to fish for cables under floors,
how to chase a box in on a decorated wall without needing to repair the wall afterwards
this is what your mentor/electrician will teach you over time ( and thats just in domestic work)

 

[not_today]

@RC - I can see where your coming from and i appreciate your honesty and advice.

at the minute i am looking at doing my part P domestic installer cert within the next few months then enroll on the course i mentioned in a previous post.

My parents are landlords and have friends and colleges in the business so i am pretty confident i would be getting work/ experience for 2 days a week whilst being at college for the other three.


thanks for your advice.

 

[Martyc]

Google Swindon massive for course related revision material. Don't know how much use it'll be without associated basic knowledge and handouts that you'd study at college etc. The problem with learning 'unguided' means you'll not be able to clarify your understanding, which could turn out totally wrong. Good luck, I've been at college since September and feel I've learnt very little of the massive world of electrical installations so far. 5 days would just be impossible unless you've got loads of previous experience and you were just brushing up/updating knowledge to latest regs

 

[Robert Turnbull]

@RC - I can see where your coming from and i appreciate your honesty and advice.

at the minute i am looking at doing my part P domestic installer cert within the next few months then enroll on the course i mentioned in a previous post.

My parents are landlords and have friends and colleges in the business so i am pretty confident i would be getting work/ experience for 2 days a week whilst being at college for the other three.


thanks for your advice.

Why chuck £5k away then go to college and learn everything properly.

Keep the money sign up for college and get some experience as a trainee.

When I did my course there was plenty of blokes over 40. Your never to old.

 

[Adam W]

That's what I was getting at earlier - if you're doing the full course anyway it includes all the part P stuff so you'd just be throwing £5k down the drain.
You may as well keep it and spend it on something else.

 

[markc123]

That's what I was getting at earlier - if you're doing the full course anyway it includes all the part P stuff so you'd just be throwing £5k down the drain.
You may as well keep it and spend it on something else.

Like hookers in amsterdam! :beatnik::cool3:imp:

 

[grantr37]

@telectrix - it a course run by a construction skills trainng provider. not a college in the academic sense (it does not have .ac.uk in its url)

courses of that sort are few and far between where i live (suffolk) and i thought attending a 5 day course would give me a decent grounding into the domestic market.

i have read alot of the debates on here regarding fast track courses and i can understand the logic behind what some people are saying. However from what i have read and understand, the course content is the exact same as the college day release route, the only exception being the lack of real world experience.

i have read people commenting that the instructors at these centres will pass anyone to get their pass rates up and i do not wish to sound rude but the same could be said for college lecturers as well. they have targets to meet or they wont get the funding next year.

having worked in education i can confirm that the priority for all schools is to pass exams with little or no thought as to whether the students can put what they have learned into real life terms. its all a game, i wanted to be part of the team but i have know realised i dont like the rules! just look at the GCSE english results last summer.

thank you for your advice my friend




@adam W - I will be trying to get on an apprentiship when the weather improves. i cant imagine people being very happy and receptive on the phone with all this snow around causing them havoc.

i will be 28 on sunday and have been told you cannot get funding for an apprentice if they are over 24 so i am worried i will be laughed at when i enquire.

if you or anyone reading this could give me some advice on how to i can be successful i would really appreciate it.

cheers for the advice my firend

same B'day as me lol...

 

[not_today]

@grant - holocaust memorial day?

 

[not_today]

i've spent the day speaking to various colleges and training providers. most seem very helpful and i have been given lots of advice. the full time college course looks the most promising but i dont know how i will survive for a year without any income.

when i have enquired about getting onto an apprentiship i have been told that because i have already been to university there will be no funding available for the company that takes me on. this is going to make things 100 times harder.

all the apprentiship providers have loads of info on their sights then a small piece of text saying they dont have any vacancies available.

any advice?

 

[Tesla1980]

You could do college a couple of evenings a week like what I will be doing soon so I can work all week have a look what they do in your area. College is the best route.

 

[Mitch]

Hi Sam,
not been on here for a few weeks, just wondered if you have done the intro 5 day course yet? if so how was it and have you decided on which way you are going to train?