Shakey

look guys what would you do if you were an employer?

pay an expeienced guy, or take a chance on training someone up who may leg it for an extra 10p per hour as soon as he's 'got some time in'?

you have to sell yourself as an attractive prospect

rememeber all any employer cares about is "can this guy make me money?"

sorry to be harsh, but with no driving licence - forget it

offer to work for nowt for a while to 'prove youself'

get out there and walk into the office of ABC Electrics

I get regular CV's through, sometimes by email

I generally read them for literally a few seconds

now a guy who nocks on my door and thrusts one into my hand........

spurscarper

benm and all,

you lad sound a bit downhearted,

if you finish your 2330 answer me this

what wages would you expect

1 ) with no on site training

2 ) a good all round knowledge but have the ability to bottle it on occasion

3 ) A1

well I suppose 3 answers itself really

answer please on a postcard as I may be able to help

I'll walk in and thrust it into your hand !! haha

I'll walk in and thrust it into your hand !! haha thats night shift for you -sorry matron

ecclescake

It has been said before try agencies for work there not usually that fussy who they have just blag them. They will give you a few crap jobs at first but turn up every day and do the overtime (if any) and you will end up on a long term job. Have you got a cscs card as all jobs now are no card no job.

adamh

I think unless you know sum1 in the trade its almost impossible to get a start with sum1 dont see what more you can do other than like shakey said go into the actual offices but without a driving licence might take u a while good luck 2 ya matey

you could try ringing the rewire ads out of the local rag walls always need chasin

shaner500

hi all just noticed this thread i too am doing 2330 level 3 im due to finish in june i already have 17th edition and starting 2391 in january.
a mate of mine who is an electrician got into the buying houses and renovating game. so i worked with him aswell as doing stuff in my own home. i have a full time job with a machining company so i was ding weekends. i now have all my own test equipment and am carrying out domestic work currently working on a big house extension and sorting out my enrolment for niceic domestic installer. making pretty good money as word spreads of my work through friends etc.

so my advice to anyone is just do the work. start in your own home and when confident enough start doing a bit for friends.
my next plan is to quit my job and do a mix of my own work aswell as get on agencies.