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The-Heff

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#23 26 Jan 2021 at 5.27pm

In reply to Post #22
Cheers mate. I have a few mates in the building trade so hoping I’ll be able to get a bit of experience through them. I’m in a position where I can stay where I am for now and do some work for experience on the side so I’m ok financially before I take the plunge.
May tap you up in the future for a bit of advice

DarthMullet

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#22 23 Jan 2021 at 1.38pm

In reply to Post #1
I re-trained as a sparks at 26yr old... Did my C&G qualifications (including 2391 Inspection and Test.)

Practical experience is absolutely key, and no decent outfit will take anyone seriously without it... I started with a local firm just fetching and carrying etc, then very gradually worked my way up, eventually doing ten years in London, mostly on commercial sites...

I was self-employed as a subby and each time I moved contractor, I’d stick Ł5-10 on the day rate until eventually I was on full whack everywhere I went... Be careful though, as if you want full rate then you’ll need to know exactly what you’re doing, as the foreman could ask you to do anything, including switch rooms, 300mm armoured terminations etc, none of which are easy..! I found other sparks would rip the urine if someone wanted full rate but was useless - again, experience is key...

After a few years, I swore that by the time I was 40 I wanted to be off the big sites, as it’s tough work that takes its toll physically... Nowadays, I test lift control panels in a nice dry and warm workshop, it’s a decent number...

Am I glad that I re-trained? Yes, it’s given me a decent living and if you’re any good at it then you’ll always have work. It is graft though, and not for the workshy or lazy. Get stuck in, be keen to learn and you’ll get along fine. I always tried to help any of the apprentices who I was teamed with, and especially if they showed willing. Good luck, fire away if you need any info. 👍

Hitman

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#21 22 Jan 2021 at 10.23pm

In reply to Post #10
Testing and inspection is not as hard as it used to be 👍

vossy1

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#20 22 Jan 2021 at 2.00am

In reply to Post #19
Good luck mate

I twice typed a reply, got too bloody long

. Similar thought but plumbing, have seen it from the pov of a British Gas engineer who went self employed after 15 years, a newly qualified lad and my retired father in law who was life time served. FIL put me off, 3 adverts from studying/newly qualified lads in the pub vault, offered themselves as apprentice or free, they couldn't get work. Ironically the NQ lad on our road was/is a roaring success.
Also recently from a electrician who re-wired our house, retrained/qualified at 35, did 5 years commercial work for experience, got fed up with the travelling now SEP.

I did re-train, did my HGV2 then 1/flt/digi tacho, after a few months the Mrs drew the line at the hours, at least I gave it a go, should have done the plumbing

The-Heff

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#19 22 Jan 2021 at 1.07am

Cheers for the replies guys. Ive looked into it all a little more. Hopefully ill be able to get on an evening college course starting in september. I have 3 applications on with 3 different colleges. One is unlikely as its on one evening a week so will take ages. Got the choice of 2 colleges, doing 2 nights a week, one being EAL, the other C&G. Would rather the C&G but need to see what happens.
Pretty much ruled out the intensive ones now, spoke to someone today, was very pushy, quite intrusive about my personal situation, and also spouted wha fet like a load of **** to put me off the college courses.
Im a realist, and know through my current work that experience is 10 tomes better than any qualification, so plan is, level 2 and level 3 diplomas at college whilst carrying on where i am. After that, look at doing some work experience. Good thing with staying where i am for now, is that i can offer myself out to work for free to get the experience. Then do any bolt on courses, and start the NVQ, AM2 bits once i have a bit of experience under my belt

mal

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#18 20 Jan 2021 at 11.58am

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Tinhead

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#17 20 Jan 2021 at 11.04am

In reply to Post #16
Well done, my ageing eyes have problems late at night. My apologies.

BTW that will be the first and last time I apologise so now **** off

mal

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#16 20 Jan 2021 at 0.50am

In reply to Post #14
It's there you senile old git.

Click on 'fight' ....

tazi

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#15 20 Jan 2021 at 0.01am

In reply to Post #13

Stay tuned as there’s a lot lot more to come.

Tinhead

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#14 19 Jan 2021 at 11.33pm

In reply to Post #13
Don't say you can't because I know you can. Do a proper link you lazy git.

mal

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#13 19 Jan 2021 at 11.08pm

In reply to Post #11

tazi vs the builders. a carp forum epic.

reminds me of this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1kJ609ixOk

fight!

tazi

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#12 19 Jan 2021 at 10.21pm

DP.

tazi

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#11 19 Jan 2021 at 10.21pm

I know a sparky who is absolutely fcuking **** and issues safety compliance certificates when regulations have being broken. If he can do it I guess anyone can.

Edit - infact I know dodgy cowboy masquerading builders too that I’m sure would love to set you on. Well, they ain’t builders at all but just simply contract out the work to even bigger got no conscience how do they sleep at night vvanker5.

Phew, that feels a tad better.

Andydave

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#10 19 Jan 2021 at 2.55pm

In reply to Post #1
If you want to do a bit of house bashing then you will need inspection and testing qualification, which is very hard, I think it has a pass rate of about 40% from already time served sparkys.
18th edition qualification isnt particularly hard, everything you need is in the book, and is a multiple choice exam, I think you need 60% correct answers to pass.
Electrical engineering you can potentially do a college course, but may need somewhere to gain experience at the same time, but it's completely different to house wiring.
Best option would be to start as an electricians mate, gain some knowledge, then go for the exams. I'd like to say you can jump straight in, but unfortunately it's not quite as easy as that, which is probably a good thing

Hitman

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#9 19 Jan 2021 at 2.19pm

If you can get on the rail info structure plenty of work about 👍


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