City & Guilds 2365 Level 2&3 Diploma for a career changer

[Stuart Lunken]

Thank you for the responses Loki they’ve been helpful. Can I just clarify though, so is it a requirement to have the C&G 2365 lvl2&3 to do the NVQ Level 3? If I was to miraculously find an electrician to take me on at this point as an apprentice, would they just put me straight onto the nvq, skipping the C&G?

 

[Loki]

the diploma ie 2365 is the theory & practicals. the nvq is your portfolio showing you doing the jobs proving your competent, am2 is your final exam stage

 

[Stuart Lunken]

Excellent, that’s cleared up a lot. Thank you!

 

[BlueHerts78]

I went down this route about 5 yrs ago now, Did my 17th ed first followed by 2365 2/3, then begged a job with a local firm for about £90 a day for 6 months. Then a stint with a larger company for a couple of years doing mainly domestics on a reasonable salary where i learnt most of my testing and fault finding skills. Moved to london to work on industrial projects to complete my NVQ units a year or so ago and before long i was regarded as an improver on better wages (basically doing an electricians job most of the time). Tommorow i'm sitting my AM2 and will hopefully be all finished before the end of the year. It's a long and expensive route, but possible so stick at it.

 

[Andrew84]

I've just completed the same l2 and L3 diploma in electrical installations. After loads of knock backs I've just been given a start for a fire safety company. I was panicking when I went for my ECS card as I wasn't 'qualified' for jib but. Jib is one of them funny company's, my boss wasn't bothered. I got an electrical labourer card but I didn't need any other electrical quals as they were wanting to put me through all the fire safety courses etc

Moral of the story is just get your head down and get your quals then just keep applying for jobs. Someone will take you on, some companies prefer mature applicant's as opposed to younger lads

 

[Stuart27]

I'm in exactly the same boat... i'm 27, currently doing the 2365 level 2 and starting level 3 next month. nervous myself that after investing nearly 6 grand into getting those quals I still won't be able to find work to do the NVQ side

It's nice to hear the positive replies from people that have gone down this route and made it work, so thanks guys.

Quick question though, will I need to do the 18th edition before getting a job as a labourer/mate? And at what point should I be looking at doing the 2391 Inspection and Testing?

Plus you guys have mentioned doing an apprenticeship as an alternate route, but I literally can't find any company offering electrical installation apprenticeships to people our age.
Where might I find one?

 

[yavorpetrov]

I have done my City and Guilds level 2& 3 ,18th Edition and got labourer ECS card.After few months of job hunting manage to find a job.What is the timeframe after finishing C&G to finish your NVQ and AM2?

 

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