Ok, firstly please forgive my naivety in asking for some of this advice and the long worded post. I'm investigating the routes available for training and assessment for domestic installation qualifications. It appears one can do a 2 week course or spend several years gaining various quals. I am no spring chicken (heading towards 50) and the (traditional?) route of apprenticeship/college for a number of years is not an option. I am not so naive to think that you can become qualified in a matter of weeks though - and my recent post re garage wiring obviously shows my somewhat lack of knowledge which I have no problem in admitting. Are there industry respected distance learning type courses whereby I could gain the necessary qualifications and experience to do purely domestic work? I am very clear in how far I would like to go and it absolutely would not extend beyond a domestic setting. My reason for pursuing this would be to supplement my current job (oops, no pun intended), when work tails off and I see myself as a sort of jobbing type chap - and I fully appreciate that full and complete quals would needed to do small and minor jobs. I have a little experience of working with an electrician (6 months only but full-on re-wiring of properties for the whole time), am trying to devour (?) the Green regs book and Part P stuff (and have to admit, getting a big headache), would welcome suggestions for reading material that would at least be a start, which qualification would be a good and proper one to pursue and what to do next. I have an engineering background (not sure if that's relevant) and am not afraid of the maths side of things that this would all entail. Thanks for reading on this rainy Sunday afternoon.