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hi guys. haven't been on here for a while. quick background/recap. i work for a small family firm in the manufacturing industry where my father is the boss. a few years back the firm was struggling and looked like it may (worse case scenario) fold. my father suggested that the company would pay for me to go college to learn a trade just in case the company did go under. this was all about 6-7 years ago. in this time i have got all the qualifications as in C+G 2330, 17th edition and even the dreaded 2391.i completed the 2391 about 2 years ago-ish.
here's where my problem lies. the family firm that looked to be going under 6-7 years ago is still going and going well. although i have all the qualifications you need i haven't really got any on site experience other than 2 rewires and the odd extension work i have done with sparky mates. i would like to get into sparky work a lot more but i literally can not take the wage cut and be a 36 year old apprentice which i feel i would essentially be due to my lack of experience. so what i want to do is get some weekend work as some extra cash and experience.
obviously if i were to go on my own i would need to be part of a scheme as in NAPIT, ELECSA and NICEIC.
if you are not a part of these schemes can you still do installations and call out the building control to certify your work?? also how do you go about doing this???
here's where my problem lies. the family firm that looked to be going under 6-7 years ago is still going and going well. although i have all the qualifications you need i haven't really got any on site experience other than 2 rewires and the odd extension work i have done with sparky mates. i would like to get into sparky work a lot more but i literally can not take the wage cut and be a 36 year old apprentice which i feel i would essentially be due to my lack of experience. so what i want to do is get some weekend work as some extra cash and experience.
obviously if i were to go on my own i would need to be part of a scheme as in NAPIT, ELECSA and NICEIC.
if you are not a part of these schemes can you still do installations and call out the building control to certify your work?? also how do you go about doing this???