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Daniel.Lawrence
Hi there!<br>
I am completely new to The world of electrical Forums so please excuse my complete lack of knowledge for their internal workings! <br>
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I am looking for the Advice of you experienced electricians on a dilemma which has plagued me for the last 18months I apologise in advance for the length of this thread but I'm hoping someone can help! <br>
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So to cut a long story short, I completed my first two years of my apprenticeship, achieving my NVQ1 and 2 with a primarily domestic company subcontracted to a few major housing associations in wales, carrying out most generic domestic work from general 'upgrades' bringing houses up to 17th edition, to kitchen and bathroom installations, CU changes, maintenance and on call jobs for the private home owners. Which might I add I thoroughly enjoyed. I then however discovered my fiancé had fallen pregnant and so moved to the Basingstoke/newbury area and looked to continue my apprenticeship. As had as this was I found a fantastic company who took me on and in a totally different line of work. This work involved installing primarily tray and basket work for control cabling for large generators. As well as installing the cabling itself. <br>
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This again was a huge learning curve (considering the closest I had come to this before was installing SWA for garage/shed supplies). However! I did manage to use this experience and time to complete my NVQ3 and AM2 qualifications... Due to the nature of the job, and the fact that I was travelling around the country with a team of electricians carrying out these generator installs it was incredibly hard to juggle a pregnant fiancé and working away for lengths of time so regardless of really getting into the job and thoroughly enjoying it I had to leave, and search for a job which worked around the family. Even if it meant leaving my electrical behind. Which I did.. I found a job driving a crane in Llanwern steel works back in southwales which was fantastic given that I was working 4 days on 4 days off.. which worked out fantastic for the family... I am now however back to square one given the current state of the steel industry and having hopped between it and being a sales assistant in wickes which felt like a waste given that id ploughed so much time into my electrical background.<br>
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So Rant over I am Looking for a bit of advice on how you guys think I should go about applying for another electrical position? granted I am 'Qualified' on paper and yes I do have some decent experience when it comes to hand on and working on the tools, but I still feel as though theres so much more I haven't covered, and given that 90% of jobs ive applied for are either looking for Brand new apprentices, or electricians with x number of years served... I have even tried offering the fact that I would take a pay cut form a companies 'experienced' electrician until they felt I was up to speed with carrying out the work..<br>
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to be quite frank I'm stuck on where to go and what to do.<br>
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Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated<br>
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many thanks<br>
Dan Lawrence <br>
(Newbury/Basingstoke)
I am completely new to The world of electrical Forums so please excuse my complete lack of knowledge for their internal workings! <br>
<br>
I am looking for the Advice of you experienced electricians on a dilemma which has plagued me for the last 18months I apologise in advance for the length of this thread but I'm hoping someone can help! <br>
<br>
So to cut a long story short, I completed my first two years of my apprenticeship, achieving my NVQ1 and 2 with a primarily domestic company subcontracted to a few major housing associations in wales, carrying out most generic domestic work from general 'upgrades' bringing houses up to 17th edition, to kitchen and bathroom installations, CU changes, maintenance and on call jobs for the private home owners. Which might I add I thoroughly enjoyed. I then however discovered my fiancé had fallen pregnant and so moved to the Basingstoke/newbury area and looked to continue my apprenticeship. As had as this was I found a fantastic company who took me on and in a totally different line of work. This work involved installing primarily tray and basket work for control cabling for large generators. As well as installing the cabling itself. <br>
<br>
This again was a huge learning curve (considering the closest I had come to this before was installing SWA for garage/shed supplies). However! I did manage to use this experience and time to complete my NVQ3 and AM2 qualifications... Due to the nature of the job, and the fact that I was travelling around the country with a team of electricians carrying out these generator installs it was incredibly hard to juggle a pregnant fiancé and working away for lengths of time so regardless of really getting into the job and thoroughly enjoying it I had to leave, and search for a job which worked around the family. Even if it meant leaving my electrical behind. Which I did.. I found a job driving a crane in Llanwern steel works back in southwales which was fantastic given that I was working 4 days on 4 days off.. which worked out fantastic for the family... I am now however back to square one given the current state of the steel industry and having hopped between it and being a sales assistant in wickes which felt like a waste given that id ploughed so much time into my electrical background.<br>
<br>
So Rant over I am Looking for a bit of advice on how you guys think I should go about applying for another electrical position? granted I am 'Qualified' on paper and yes I do have some decent experience when it comes to hand on and working on the tools, but I still feel as though theres so much more I haven't covered, and given that 90% of jobs ive applied for are either looking for Brand new apprentices, or electricians with x number of years served... I have even tried offering the fact that I would take a pay cut form a companies 'experienced' electrician until they felt I was up to speed with carrying out the work..<br>
<br>
to be quite frank I'm stuck on where to go and what to do.<br>
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Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated<br>
<br>
many thanks<br>
Dan Lawrence <br>
(Newbury/Basingstoke)