Hi,
I am presently in college one day a week studying to be come an electrician, (city and guilds 2330 electrical installation) I flew through year one passed with distinction and i am now continuing with year two of a three year course.
Trouble is i have just turned 40 years of age (all be it a young 40!) but needed to re skill after serving in the forces for 22 years. Now everyone on my course is much younger than me and there is the usual talk of "soon as i finish i am going self employed" etc, i feel this would be foolish as i have little or no experiance other than doing stuff at home or for my friends.
My question is this, would any Electrician seriously want to take on someone my age given my lack of experiance ? Obviously I have a multitude of qualities that maybe youngsters don't bring with them, but am I wasting my time, I believe I would be an asset to any electrician or electrical installation company, but not sure you guys in the indusrty see it that way.
I am quite happy to spend my days house bashing and keep to domestic work, also I leave the forces next june is it worth me getting in touch with some local firms (being only part qualified) or will they laugh at me, I'm desperate for experiance, rather than high earnings ?
I am presently in college one day a week studying to be come an electrician, (city and guilds 2330 electrical installation) I flew through year one passed with distinction and i am now continuing with year two of a three year course.
Trouble is i have just turned 40 years of age (all be it a young 40!) but needed to re skill after serving in the forces for 22 years. Now everyone on my course is much younger than me and there is the usual talk of "soon as i finish i am going self employed" etc, i feel this would be foolish as i have little or no experiance other than doing stuff at home or for my friends.
My question is this, would any Electrician seriously want to take on someone my age given my lack of experiance ? Obviously I have a multitude of qualities that maybe youngsters don't bring with them, but am I wasting my time, I believe I would be an asset to any electrician or electrical installation company, but not sure you guys in the indusrty see it that way.
I am quite happy to spend my days house bashing and keep to domestic work, also I leave the forces next june is it worth me getting in touch with some local firms (being only part qualified) or will they laugh at me, I'm desperate for experiance, rather than high earnings ?