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[Sparkypete2007]

Ive Just finished my NVQ3 with XS Training, it tuck me less than 6 months its alot of hard work but a lot easier with it all been online, David from XS Training was really supportive and helpful on the phone or via messages. I have already recommend Xs training to my work colleague an friends and hoping to do more training myself. Many thanks Pete

 

[XS Training]

Hi DPG and Mike Johnson,

This is an honest review and is in no way advertising etc, you can see our reviews on our FaceBook and Google reviews and elsewhere on Electricians Forum etc ...

Whenever a candidate completes the NVQ etc we send them an email asking if they would like to review their experience and provide a link to Electricians Forum, Facebook and Google. Many people do not take the time to provide such reviews so we are truly grateful for those that take the time to do so...

 

[XS Training]

Was recommended xs training by somebody who did their nvq with these guys, and I wasn’t let down can honestly say xs training definitely go the extra mile to help you achieve the nvq. Had great support from from the tutors. Will definitely be recommending xs training to anyone looking to carry out an electrical nvq. Will also recommend the gold package + 18th edition with xs training as it includes the am2 preparation course and the 18th edition course, which are great quality courses at affordable prices. Passed my 18th and am2 first time with these courses so I highly recommend choosing xs as your training provider.
Hope this review helps.

Hi Suhail,

Thank you so much for taking the time out to provide a review of your experience with XS Training Ltd. We are pleased that we were able to help you achieve your NVQ, AM2 and ultimately, your JIB gold card. Thanks again for the review and for choosing XS Training Ltd.

 

[M4rtyj]

I also did my NVQ with Xs training too, did it in 6 months.
Had to take loads of photos of 3 different jobs and testing etc.
Then there were professional discussions at the end of each unit with Jay the assessor.
XS were great and were always there to help.
I also paid for the AM2 training videos which were Brill and gave an insight in what to expect.
I would recommend definitely.

 

[Vova]

I am satisfied with all my experience related to XS Training LTD. Excellent service, good communication, full support.
I would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to get the best training with NVQ 3.

 

[Ben Murray]

Great service, easy to follow instructions, worked with me throughout the process & they answered any questions I had! I would highly recommend using XS due to the remote observations! Can't thank them enough!
2346 NVQ

 

[willycdso]

Does Anyone know what is their fee structure is and i have already started my 2365-2 does Xs allow to join to do my level 3.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Why not ask them, they have a presence on the Forum and advertise on the strip banner on the right of the postings.

 

[czarnecki80]

Great Training Provider. I received excellent support from Craig, Jamie and Adam throughout the process. Whatever was needed, they were there. Thank you guys! Other guys from my firm have already signed up for their NVQ.

 

[Thomas knott]

I completed my experienced worker nvq3 which was long overdue. I have been working for years and never bothered with the nvq3, but suddenly niceic and napit etc want it. I had a deadline to pass this nvq3 and was able to do it in about 6 months. Xs were very helpful to get me seen by assesors on site asap and help to push the course along.

The only thing holding me back was a bit of slowdown with work to get the right range of work documented. But all registered with the niceic now and now going for gold card. Highly reccomended.

 

[Jamie26390]

Has anyone done there 2391 with XS? Im considering them and looking for opinions. Thanks

 

[Dan]

Has anyone done there 2391 with XS? Im considering them and looking for opinions. Thanks

I've not personally trained there, I'm the guy who makes the tea behind the scenes here on electriciansforums.net and we've had other training centres on board over the years and XS time and time again come back with awesome reviews. They know what they're doing.

Don't rely on them replying personally. It's always a pleasure to see them on the forum as a forum sponsor, but they're super busy themselves so only periodically check here.

I assume you've spoken to them to get their take on it?

 

[megaohm]

I completed my 2357 NVQ with XS a couple of weeks ago, so would like to leave my thoughts.

Firstly, in my opinion the portfolio aspect of the NVQ is worthless, it is nothing more than a frustrating box ticking exercise designed to create revenue for the training sector and does nothing to prove competance. Of course that is a general criticism of the system/qualification rather than XS as a training provider...

Overall XS did a good job, and getting through the portfolio was in some ways easier than I expected but I did find it quite frustrating at times. It took me about 15 months start to finish, I had pretty much completed the portfolio in 12 months but decided to have a 3 month break before sitting the AM2.

Would I recommend them? Yes, provided you are OK with remote observations (zoom call) for site visits (see below). Overall, I'd consider them a reliable NVQ provider - other people I have talked to doing the NVQ with other training providers seem to have had a much worse experience...

The sites I was working on were very poor for mobile phone signal, so it was sometimes quite difficult to arrange suitable work for the observation in a part of the building with phone signal. This was something I hadn't considered when I signed up - bear in mind many commerical and industrial buildings are terrible for phone signal due to their construction (lots of concrete & steel).

One of the things that did irritate me was not really knowing how far through the NVQ you were. The OneFile web platform they use has a progress indicator, but it isn't updated very often so is pretty useless. XS could improve the experience a lot with a better explanation of the process they follow, either write a document or explain it better in the initial discussion with assessor.

[XS, if you are reading this and want more detailed feedback, PM me and I'd be happy to give feedback privately]

 

[Mike Johnson]

Suggest you give them the feedback anyway, they can't address the issues if they don't know about them.

 

[Dan]

That's a fair review mate.

I think zoom is taking over everything. Did a speed awareness course again recently and it's now in zoom. The guy running it was Swedish and in Sweden! How's he got a UK road safety contract maybe worth thousands.

Anyway, I think the "site visits" as long as you yourself were on site then it's legit and you'll find all assessors doing that instead of driving around the country. They can do more then and get more people up to speed in a shorter time.

And apparently the domestic building industry is about to see a bit of a boom once Labour put through the parliament clauses that stop protecting frogs and things. Which is usually just locals muddling together not wanting more houses near them. But we've just got to crack on.

Sorry I digress. Often. Ha

Thanks for the feedback. They WILL read this here for sure mate they read every one and then some. But if you want email them the same and mention it's on the forum too. It's post #58 if you can't find how to link.

 

[Dan]

Has anyone done there 2391 with XS? Im considering them and looking for opinions. Thanks

Did you ever go in the end @Jamie26390