Becoming A Electrical Engineer

[Matthew kml]

Has anybody been down this route if so what is the salary like and how long do you have to go to uni

 

[Matthew kml]

Anybody been to this route do you know what the salary is etc what is the process

 

[Matthew kml]

Anybody been to this route do you know what the salary is etc what is the process

 

[ProDave]

Be more specific. what do you want to become?

 

[Matthew kml]

I don't know mate Iv just been told I can do a hnc and then go to become an electrical engineer I'm not sure what it entails

 

[Lurch]

I don't know mate Iv just been told I can do a hnc and then go to become an electrical engineer I'm not sure what it entails

I'd recommend you don't.

 

[Matthew kml]

Why do you recommend this and I'm an electrician

 

[steptoe]

salary,  ?

well, according to the people that sell couses,  a spark earns over 50K a year,

so I'd think an electrical engineer would earn about half a mil,,,,,

just,,,,,,  supposing

 

[Lurch]

Why do you recommend this and I'm an electrician

No need for more half-arsed "engineers" with a bit of paper and no idea wtf they are doing.

 

[Evans Electric]

What qualifications have you attained to date ? 

As an electrician you obviously have basic C&Gs

 

[Matthew kml]

get your head out of your ass lurch

 

[ProDave]

I was going to type a constructive reply, but having read post #12 I won't bother.

 

[Matthew kml]

Pro Dave I was not referring to your comment

 

[NozSpark]

I'm just trying to remember how long it took me to do my HNC... I think it was 6 years in total,,,day release and evening

IIRC to top it up to a Bsc would be another 4 years at least (part time)

 

[Matthew kml]

Thanks NosSpark

 

[ProDave]

Okay, day release, 2 years ONC, 2 more years HNC, and 2 more years HND

I didn't go on to do a degree. all my efforts in obtaining the HND would only have exempted me from the first year of a BSc and by then I had had enough of learning.  In the real world experience and ability spoke more than qualifications and I was working alongside and earning the same as people with a degree.

By 2003 (when I jacked it all in and went self employed) I was earning 36K pa. Industrial machine control systems.

You have to choose this as a career path because you like it and think you have a flair for it and finds it interesting. If your motivation is that you think you can earn a lot of money, then it might not be the right choice.

 

[Matthew kml]

Ok mate made it a lot clearer now thanks for the comment

 

[ProDave]

Dave - You've already said that  :innocent

Must have hit quote instead of edit.   :coat

 

[Manator]

It will take me 7 years if I decide to do my masters! I may be dead by then.

 

[Evans Electric]

So Mathew , you're working as an electrician but want to be an electrical engineer ,   I presume this would mean you funding all the courses for a start ?   Would that be right ?  

Can you afford it financially  ?  And is it night school for the next 100 years ?