New career skills (court action)??

[stuartgil]

Hi people of the real electrical world! Just wondering if any one has done the electrician course with NCS as I have and not been able to get a job as an electrician as their web site suggests?? I have spoken to another mature student and he is on about getting a court case against them? As their web site states "train to be an electrician and earn 30k+ a year" this is surely false advertising as the qualification is not recognised within the true electrical industry and even if you were to register with a scheme you are still not deemed an "electrician"! Thoughts of you wise ppl please!

 

[Octopus]

This is well overdue.

Miss selling on a big scale.

 

[Andy78]

Their defence will be
"you could in theory trade as self employed and earn that much and you are more than qualified to join the schemes which let anyone and his dog in"

I wish you all the best if you decide to pursue this though as someone needs to take these rip off merchants to task.

 

[Des 56]

If you study hard,work hard, you can aspire to the claim

It is not the conventional route, but you must have known that at the outset

In the electrical regs book there is often regs that include words like "must" and "shall" etc,
It makes the outcome of the meaning very different, depending which is used
Beware you have read the 30K claim with this in mind

 

[markc123]

Reg 120.4 of the forthcoming am.2.......

Thou shalt not recognise Electrical Trainee.

In all seriousness, if anyone out there is looking at these threads and wanting to do a short course that promises the earth for 5k just look at the OP.

Not very nice i agree making the OP as an example, but it has to be done.

 

[stuartgil]

Just found out that they have been issued warnings by the advertising agency for false impressions of employment with their qualifications and the courses they run! But that does not seemed to have had any affect with them as I asked a tutor "if I pass this last practical exam when could I start electrical installations"? His reply: "TOMORROW"! Think a lot of ppl have been stitched up with this false promise! I did not expect to start working as an electrician but at least gain employment as a mate but one company asked if I was serious about being an electrician why did I waste my time with this course?? That was a right kick in the #####

 

[Phoenix]

I guess you're biggest problem is going to be the definition of an 'Electrician'. A member of the 'public' would view an electrician as someone they called in to replace a damaged socket. On this site you would need to be competent on 3ph at, say, 11 kV to be able to use that term. As far as the 30k goes; £50 for an additional socket, 4 per day is £200, which is £1000 per week...it carries on. Good luck but I don't think you have a snowball in hell's chance. Sorry...

 

[markc123]

Hi people of the real electrical world! Just wondering if any one has done the electrician course with NCS as I have and not been able to get a job as an electrician as their web site suggests?? I have spoken to another mature student and he is on about getting a court case against them? As their web site states "train to be an electrician and earn 30k+ a year" this is surely false advertising as the qualification is not recognised within the true electrical industry and even if you were to register with a scheme you are still not deemed an "electrician"! Thoughts of you wise ppl please!

I'm going to put it bluntly mate...and im sorry for the situation you find yourself in. However, you are no more an electrician than my mother.

I and 99% of the people on here will never ever employ anyone with the qualification (if you can call it that) you have.

You need to put your efforts in stopping people using these providers, because in all honesty...its nothing but a con. I'm not sure you'll have a court case against them, because they've wormed there way into the industry and for some reason unknown to anyone sane have got themselves recognised with the NIC.

 

[Des 56]

Stauart
Forgive me for being nosey,but

What area do you operate

What have you applied for and with who'm and what was the outcome

Do you have a ecs/cscs card

Have you registered with the agency scum

Have you tried getting work as a mate initially

Are you JIB registered(have you applied)

Are you scam registered(have you applied)

There is work about (albeit lots of temporary) but it is out there

 

[markc123]

Would absolutley love this thread to become a sticky.

Cat in hells chance like.