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Advice on route to take to become an electrician
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<blockquote data-quote="Bane" data-source="post: 178660" data-attributes="member: 1559"><p>Hi Dan.</p><p></p><p>I moved back to the UK 3yrs ago and had to rethink what direction I was now going to take.</p><p></p><p>Looked into the various trades and, like yourself, the only one that really interested me was electrical.</p><p></p><p>My gf and I had bought a house and, like yourself, we had bills etc to pay.</p><p></p><p>I looked into what my options were and was seriously debating one of these "Become An Electrician In 6 weeks" courses and frankly, I am very glad i didn't.</p><p></p><p>I am now into my 3rd and final year of college and, touch wood, I have only had 6months out of work throughout that duration. I had plenty of offers through recruitment agencies but once i told them about college once a week, their usual reply would be, "We need someone 5 days a week" however through the Summer I got a job and when the academic year was due to start again, I told my supervisor and he had no problem whatsoever with me taking that time off. Any firm that moans about you being at college isn't looking at you long term and just want a bit of man power for the duration.</p><p></p><p>I guess what I'm trying to tell you in a roundabout way is...</p><p></p><p>Go for it. Look into college. Maybe before enrolling try and get on as an electricians labourer to see if it's what you expect. Don't advertise yourself for free labour and, if you've got half a brain, come across well and find a half decent firm...You'll get on.</p><p></p><p>BUT ONLY TAKE THIS ADVICE IF YOU DON'T TRY AND MOVE TO NZ!!!!!!!</p><p></p><p>GET YOURSELF OVER THERE!!!</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 8px"><span style="color: #C0C0C0">---------- AUTO MERGE Post added at 21:41 ---------- Previous post was at 21:41 ----------</span></span></p><p></p><p>PS: I'm 32</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bane, post: 178660, member: 1559"] Hi Dan. I moved back to the UK 3yrs ago and had to rethink what direction I was now going to take. Looked into the various trades and, like yourself, the only one that really interested me was electrical. My gf and I had bought a house and, like yourself, we had bills etc to pay. I looked into what my options were and was seriously debating one of these "Become An Electrician In 6 weeks" courses and frankly, I am very glad i didn't. I am now into my 3rd and final year of college and, touch wood, I have only had 6months out of work throughout that duration. I had plenty of offers through recruitment agencies but once i told them about college once a week, their usual reply would be, "We need someone 5 days a week" however through the Summer I got a job and when the academic year was due to start again, I told my supervisor and he had no problem whatsoever with me taking that time off. Any firm that moans about you being at college isn't looking at you long term and just want a bit of man power for the duration. I guess what I'm trying to tell you in a roundabout way is... Go for it. Look into college. Maybe before enrolling try and get on as an electricians labourer to see if it's what you expect. Don't advertise yourself for free labour and, if you've got half a brain, come across well and find a half decent firm...You'll get on. BUT ONLY TAKE THIS ADVICE IF YOU DON'T TRY AND MOVE TO NZ!!!!!!! GET YOURSELF OVER THERE!!! [SIZE=8px][COLOR=#C0C0C0]---------- AUTO MERGE Post added at 21:41 ---------- Previous post was at 21:41 ----------[/COLOR][/SIZE] PS: I'm 32 [/QUOTE]
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