Help-What qualifications do i need

[BS-Steve]

Hi

I am looking for help with choosing what course i should take to qualify as an electrician .

I have enquired about C&G 2330 parts 2&3 ,as i am working this is over 3 years on 2 evenings per week.

I would then do C&G 2381 and 2391.

Someone has told me that you can not qualify unless you have an nvq but again as i am looking to retrain ,at my age there is not a lot of chance of getting a job in the industry that i can live on whilst training.

Thanks in advance for your help

 

[Dellsmp]

Part time courses are good as far as they go, 2330, 2381 + 2391 is all you need to go self employed or working for a local spark, best course of action (imho) is to work for a spark to gain experience and still earn a few quid and do part time courses for qualifications. You can qualify without an NVQ, but your chosen career path post qualification will determine whether or not an NVQ is a good idea, I cant knock NVQ's as I used to help train apprentices in a factory for them, but us old timers with past qualifications get by without them, experience counts for everything after a certain age and no college can give you that for a fee.

 

[BS-Steve]

Thanks, what i was looking at was possibly doing the course and my current job is mornings only would mean i could indeed find someone to allow me to work with them so gain hands on experience at the same time.

 

[Dellsmp]

Plenty of sparks in Bristol to ask, did my 2391 at clarkson evans, staverton near gloucester, very good, but plenty of training available in bristol area too.
Are you intending to work for someone, a firm or yourself?
If you work for yourself then technically you only need to be able to prove competency and limit the work you take on to small non part p jobs, still plenty of it about. main established sparks wont touch small jobs.
Thats what I did after being made redundant, I did have the advantage of already being technically qualified, but it didn't harm to get the 2381 & 2391, anyway good luck and enjoy whatever you choose to do

 

[BS-Steve]

Can anyone tell me what you need to do to prove you are a competant person.

Sorry but all the posts i am reading seem to say qualifications don't prove competance

thanks

 

[Jim2287]

competence comes with experience not reading from a book and answering multiple choice

7yrs is an unwritten rule ive heard

 

[BS-Steve]

Yes very true . So i need the paper qualifications to prove i know the fundementals but as i have said whilst i am getting these as much work as i can squeeze in in my spare time with a working electrician,

 

[geezer]

yes competent person implies experience , confidence and initiative

 

[BS-Steve]

More help please . What is a JIB card and is it a must have item. My currebnt thinking regarding my way forward when i have passed the above C&G courses is with Domestic work.

Thanks

 

[ukants]

BS-Steve, Dellsmp has pretty much covered everything here, and it's sound advice. Certainly, qualifications and experience must go hand in hand. If you can't get paid work at first you may well have to do a bit of voluntary work, but the experience is invaluable. I'm nearing the end of the second year of the 2330 myself.

Someone has told me that you can not qualify unless you have an nvq

Luckily, this is not the case, otherwise loads of us career changers would be b*****ed ! In fact, afaik the NVQ is made up of the same C&G modules as the 2330 but with the added advantage of more hands on experience. We have to get this via part-time/voluntary work usually.

Of interest:
//www.diynot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=47796

Good luck!

Ukants

 

[BS-Steve]

Thanks for that

Cheers
BS-Steve
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