Advice on what to do next.

[nsalam]

Hi fellow sparkys ,

I would be very grateful if i could gauge the knowledge of electricians on what. Should do h3xt in m career to become an electrician.

I completed my L2 & 3 City and Guilds last year aswel as obtaining my ECS. I been working under a domestic electrician from March this year.

I am working two days a week and have gained a tremendous experience. I am not sure on what I should do next, NVQ LEVEL3, 18th edition? I want to continue to gain experience in my current role at ATMOS Electrical but also continue to study and become a qualified electrician. My current role is heavily domestic but I informed by a course provider that NVQ require evidence of work done in an industrial action.

any advice on what I should do now would be grateful.

Thanks

 

[Sharpend]

You will need to do the NVQ Lvl3, the AM2, you should not have to do 18th Edition as you are trained to this.
Is there a reason why you only do two days a week? Are you working in a different position the rest of the week?

 

[sirsparkabit]

Hi , same as Sharpend said earlier .
I did my level 3 a good few years ago before AM 2 became a must have ,however you will need industrial and commercial plus domestic evidence based work plus write ups to show understanding of what your doing , if you can't find a company to gain the evidence and assignments needed to show this in all fields you could do what I did and work via agency's as a improver .
This way you should get or be able to target jobs in the fields you are lacking .
It's not a quick fix and you will have to self fund your NVQ . I started at the bottom as a mate to get into the industry as a mature student ,however I will never know as much or be as experienced as those who did full bona fide apprenticeships.
Wish I had been more sensible in my youth and gone for less money and better later term prospects .
Good luck with it

 

[nsalam]

You will need to do the NVQ Lvl3, the AM2, you should not have to do 18th Edition as you are trained to this.
Is there a reason why you only do two days a week? Are you working in a different position the rest of the week?

Thank you for the help. So if I do the NVQ l3 and AM2 I would not need to do the 18th?

I just started the position in March and it’s a small company that required someone to work 2 days a week. It’s my first role so I wanted to get to grips with it but have the opportunity now to do more days. I am also looking for more local roles because I am travelling quiet far out to St Albans when I’m from London.

Hi , same as Sharpend said earlier .
I did my level 3 a good few years ago before AM 2 became a must have ,however you will need industrial and commercial plus domestic evidence based work plus write ups to show understanding of what your doing , if you can't find a company to gain the evidence and assignments needed to show this in all fields you could do what I did and work via agency's as a improver .
This way you should get or be able to target jobs in the fields you are lacking .
It's not a quick fix and you will have to self fund your NVQ . I started at the bottom as a mate to get into the industry as a mature student ,however I will never know as much or be as experienced as those who did full bona fide apprenticeships.
Wish I had been more sensible in my youth and gone for less money and better later term prospects .
Good luck with it

Thanks for this information ! I’m in a similar situation, I retrained quite late in my age as I wanted a career change.

With the NVQ L3 is there a time limit to complete the write ups and portfolios once I pay for it? I think there’s a lot of things I am doing in my current role in domestic I could be evidencing but I don’t know what exactly they are looking for.

Do they give you a list when you pay for the course ?

Any help on the structure of the NVQ would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

 

[Sharpend]

Give these a call and have a chat, I have found them to be helpful when assisting others with obtaining the NVQ.
https://jtltraining.com/about-us/other-services/nvq-assesment/nvq-level-3-electrical/

 

[poni]

I completed my L2 & 3 City and Guilds

what course was it ,
if it was 2365 then that should be under the 18th ed, you should not have to take a separate 18th ed exam
but you will need to do an NVQ( don't think this is a Level 3), then AM2 or AM2s, and then after that a C&G 2392-10 (This is a NVQ level 3)

Not sure how long you have for the NVQ (but I have read anything from 6 months to 3 years )

 

[nsalam]

what course was it ,
if it was 2365 then that should be under the 18th ed, you should not have to take a separate 18th ed exam
but you will need to do an NVQ( don't think this is a Level 3), then AM2 or AM2s, and then after that a C&G 2392-10 (This is a NVQ level 3)

Not sure how long you have for the NVQ (but I have read anything from 6 months to 3 years )

2265

Oh upto 3 years is good, I thought it would be much shorter. Thanks

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