Hi Chaps first time posting on here so dont shoot me for posting on the wrong thread or place ,I am an avid reader and find it very entertaining reading but I have a few questions and hope some of you experienced guys can help and give some advice to me basically I am looking to get some more training done.
I did the 236 parts 1 and 2 plus Am1 a lifetime ago finished them and got a job where I got paid a fiver a week by some unscrupulous electrician who said that was the rate for the first year,(didnt last long as I had a life in London to pay for)
So gave up on being a sparky and have worked in Maintenance and construction ending up in management for the past 20 years, I never needed cards or was ever asked for qualifications, Over the years I have taken on more and more "private" work in semi commercial electrical and other construction projects so I am pretty experienced although dont consider myself an electrician but since being made redundant I now find myself needing formal qualifications and wanted to get some extra training the amount of disinformation out there is mindblowing and the NIC,JIB and ECA don't seem to be very interested in helping.
Spoke to someone from a well known training organisation and was advised that all I need to do is their 17th edition course and that is all I would need to bring my qualifications up to standard.not quite what I had in mind I would like to do some inspection and testing courses and possibly a few others. What recommendations would you guys give for courses and does doing the AM2 help and finally what is the equivalent of the "C" course these days?
sorry for the long winded post Paul
I did the 236 parts 1 and 2 plus Am1 a lifetime ago finished them and got a job where I got paid a fiver a week by some unscrupulous electrician who said that was the rate for the first year,(didnt last long as I had a life in London to pay for)
So gave up on being a sparky and have worked in Maintenance and construction ending up in management for the past 20 years, I never needed cards or was ever asked for qualifications, Over the years I have taken on more and more "private" work in semi commercial electrical and other construction projects so I am pretty experienced although dont consider myself an electrician but since being made redundant I now find myself needing formal qualifications and wanted to get some extra training the amount of disinformation out there is mindblowing and the NIC,JIB and ECA don't seem to be very interested in helping.
Spoke to someone from a well known training organisation and was advised that all I need to do is their 17th edition course and that is all I would need to bring my qualifications up to standard.not quite what I had in mind I would like to do some inspection and testing courses and possibly a few others. What recommendations would you guys give for courses and does doing the AM2 help and finally what is the equivalent of the "C" course these days?
sorry for the long winded post Paul