New to trade

[Mattg89]

Hello everyone. I am looking for some advice. I am 27 years old and and currently studying level 2 electrical installations and will be doing level 3 after. I am not in the trade as this is a complete career change for me. What is the best way to gain valuable hands on experience? Due to circumstances, ideally this would be on weekends. Thank you in advance. Matt

 

[GMES]

Hi Matt and welcome to the forum.

 

[Pete999]

Hi Matt welcome, can't really advise as I qualified before you were born, so I am not reaally up to date on all these new courses, but good luck all the same.

 

[Richard Burns]

Welcome to the forum.

Finding just weekend work for training will be hard to do, you would have to hope to get lucky with a busy electrician who is prepared to spend time training as well.

You might be able to get a few jobs with agencies as a labourer at first and then progress on to helping out, but the learning curve would be a bit steep.

 

[7029 dave]

Welcome, I started doing weekends and school holidays, with a small contractor it was absolutely valuable, 37years later the rest is history. Good luck to you.

 

[Martyc]

I was in the same situation as you and was lucky enough to find a company looking to take on an electrical improver. I explained I have zero hands on experience in the trade, but as a former holiday park maintenance manager I'm quite experienced in using hand and power tools, using my own initiative and the theory side of things. 6 weeks later I think I'm doing pretty well, even been sent out alone for the first time the other day (just cable slinging in preparation for a sub board), and I've practically rewired and tested an industrial unit (3ph & single phase boards) by myself with a little guidance.
I was starting to think I'd never get my foot in the door but keep looking and asking and something will come up


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