Easiest/Quickest way to become qualified electrician?

[Mr Sparkle]

Firstly, I do not mean to offend or disrespect anyone or the Electrical trade.

With that being said, in 2025, what is the easiest/quickest way to become a fully qualified spark?

I'm comfortable with virtually all aspects of domestic electrical work (minus the testing) and I find electrics fun, so why not get qualified?

FYI as an adult with responsibilities, going to school for a long time is out of the question. I am after the fastest method to achieve the objective.

 

[Taylortwocities]

Find a night time course at your local college. You'll get theory and practical training. I did that as an adult with new wife and small child plus daytime job. That is the best way to do it.
Unfortunately it doesn't fulfil your wish list of

easiest/quickest

Look at the requirements to join the likes of NICEIC / NAPIT etc. https://www.napit.org.uk/join-us/ Essentially a Level 3 NVQ.
You cannot do much domestic electrical work without the ability to notify those jobs that require formal paperwork with the local authority. https://www.napit.org.uk/join-us/
without it you'll be stuck with minor jobs like an extra socket or lights. You'll not earn a living doing that low-level stuff, hopefully you are more ambitious than that!

 

[Murdochcat]

Your main problem will be getting hands on experience before attempting to join a CPS

Having a few certificates doesn’t replace sound hands on experience

 

[flameport]

With that being said, in 2025, what is the easiest/quickest way to become a fully qualified spark?

The options are all listed here: https://www.electricalcareers.co.uk/joining-the-industry/training-routes

 

[JohnW2]

With that being said, in 2025, what is the easiest/quickest way to become a fully qualified spark?

Whilst I obviously can understand your wishes, the problem with that question is that "the easiest and quickest ways" to become a "qualified 'electrician' " (i.e. to result in some paper 'qualifications'), do not necessarily result in one becoming particularly competent at electrical work.

 

[ericmark]

There are no qualification required to be an electrician unless working on domestic. I started as an auto-electrician, and about 1978 I went to work with SLD pumps, who thought it was easier to teach me pumps, than teach a pump guy traffic lights.

I flitted between extra low voltage and low voltage many times, but by 1992 employers were asking for the qualifications, I did three courses 3 hours one day a week as a night class, and got 16th edition, PAT testing, and inspection and testing, in all 12 weeks, later I did a degree, but until my accident, I was head-hunted, I did not need more qualifications.

The cost to register Part P work, resulted in not doing domestic any more. Domestic does not pay as good, so that was no loss. The biggest learning curve was 2.5 years in Algeria, and after this 7 months in Hong Kong, the 4.5 years in the Falklands was interesting, but not really taxing.

 

[JohnW2]

There are no qualification required to be an electrician unless working on domestic.

What qualifications do you believe are 'required' for someone "working on domestic" ?

 

[ericmark]

What qualifications do you believe are 'required' for someone "working on domestic" ?

Enough to become a member of the scam scheme, or for the LABC to allow you to inspect and test your own work. If you can't inspect and test, then only half a job.

 

[JohnW2]

Enough to become a member of the scam scheme, or for the LABC to allow you to inspect and test your own work. If you can't inspect and test, then only half a job.

You're talking about ('self') notification, but no qualifications are required in order to "do" domestic work.