Hi PEG, I have my CPCS on 360 above and below 10tons and I've driven dumpers quite a lot too. Also I have a lot of time on agricultural tractors.
Hi bud,i had 13 classes on my ticket,at one point,including hyd/crawler cranes to 300T...anywho...i would caution against thinking a fast-track course,with little previous specific input,will come close to readying you for the S.E world of sparking.
Any man,can do anything - determination trumps all-that is a fact.
My personal view,not knowing you,or your circumstances,would be to pursue any desired trade,while keeping bread on the table,with a variation of your existing skills.
There are many jobs requiring operated plant,and additional hands-on duties,which you could probably explore. The piling job,drains mapping and jetting,street lighting,etc
I have,in the past,pulled lads from one job,to what looked like a different trade,but knowing their aptitude would cross over and bloom.
Just be VERY careful whilst listening to any short course sales person,they will maybe not lie,but will be economical in the extreme,regarding all the many,many other subjects not delivered,which you will certainly require,to survive (and i chose that word deliberately) any venture in the S.E electrical field.
Just as an aside,i have wrote and delivered training courses,in the past,so can speak with a tad of authority,and if i was to design an electrical course for new entrants,to a level where they may confidently enter the market,it would be a minimum,of 3 to 4 years
...and without a shadow of a doubt,if entrants wanted S.E as a result of passing,the last 4 weeks,that's 20 x 8 hours of lectures,would solely be concerned with psychology,sociology and philosophy- coz without that,the great British public can macerate a person