OP
Adam W
For some reason a lot of people seem to naturally assume that electrical training is completely modular in that you learn how to do different things each week and you can just stop at any time and be 'allowed' to do everything you have learned up until that point.
That is not the case.
Also the path to becoming an electrician doesn't begin with 'domestic installer' changing sockets in houses before moving on to rewires or new builds or whatever to eventually becoming a commercial or industrial electrician - that would be like trying to work your way up to being a Michelin star chef by working in a sweet shop.
The way to learn the theory is to do the 2365 technical certificate, then complete the NVQ3 while working as a trainee or mate.
The 'qualification' for working as a mate is to have started the course and/or have someone who will give you work. Chances are a lot of employers will be put off by someone who has only done a load of 'expansion pack' courses without having even attempted to play the game.
Trying to tack a load of short courses together would be like trying to buy your first car from a scrapyard bit by bit - by the end of it all you'll have is a load of bits which may or may not fit together, there'll be a load of bits missing, and people will look at you as if you're a dick.
I don't think there will be many people here who will be able to give advice on short courses - either we scare them off, they realise we weren't just bitter because we took 3 years to do what they managed to compress into a few weeks, or they realise beginning a lucrative new career where they can be their own boss, pick and choose their hours and earn up to £50,747 isn't as easy as the training centre made it out to be when they sold them the course.
That is not the case.
Also the path to becoming an electrician doesn't begin with 'domestic installer' changing sockets in houses before moving on to rewires or new builds or whatever to eventually becoming a commercial or industrial electrician - that would be like trying to work your way up to being a Michelin star chef by working in a sweet shop.
The way to learn the theory is to do the 2365 technical certificate, then complete the NVQ3 while working as a trainee or mate.
The 'qualification' for working as a mate is to have started the course and/or have someone who will give you work. Chances are a lot of employers will be put off by someone who has only done a load of 'expansion pack' courses without having even attempted to play the game.
Trying to tack a load of short courses together would be like trying to buy your first car from a scrapyard bit by bit - by the end of it all you'll have is a load of bits which may or may not fit together, there'll be a load of bits missing, and people will look at you as if you're a dick.
I don't think there will be many people here who will be able to give advice on short courses - either we scare them off, they realise we weren't just bitter because we took 3 years to do what they managed to compress into a few weeks, or they realise beginning a lucrative new career where they can be their own boss, pick and choose their hours and earn up to £50,747 isn't as easy as the training centre made it out to be when they sold them the course.
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