Becoming A Electrical Engineer

[Matthew kml]

Ye I would finance it and i dont think I would choose the option of night school for 100 years i think I would get a bit bored of Evan don't you think?

 

[Evans Electric]

Well I certainly would  !    ( The 100 yr reference was somewhat toungue in cheek)   But to go from an on the tools electrician to a ..what ...design, project or consulting engineer  is quite rare in my experience .

An apprentice with us in the '60s  ... '70s did just that but he left us to join the NHS who I presume , assisted him through college. 

 

[Matthew kml]

My training officer ended up doing that a while ago now

 

[MajorOak]

I did that just after I got my papers. I did a 4 year MEng in Electronic & Electrical Engineering. Luckly back then I got a grant, still left with an 6k debt. If it was today I had to decide with the large debt you are lumbered with I don't think I would? Actually yes I would, I had no mortgage back then and was pretty care free!!

 

[Matthew kml]

Iv heard you can earn 80k a year but that doesn't seem to be the case haha

 

[ProDave]

Well I certainly would  !    ( The 100 yr reference was somewhat toungue in cheek)   But to go from an on the tools electrician to a ..what ...design, project or consulting engineer  is quite rare in my experience .

It's what I did. but I had the support of a very good employer at the time to pay for all the courses and give me paid time off to attend them. I was only on the tools for a couple of years after apprenticeship.

Now it's gone full circle, now semi retired working part time self employed back on the tools.  Sort of "been there, done that, now lets have an easier life"

 

[Matthew kml]

Haha is right mate

 

[davetheglitz]

As an electrician you are very portable. If you specialise as an engineer you will have to be where the work is. (I'm from an Electrical/Electronic Engineering background with OND/HNC/BSc) and I specialised to such an extent that there were only about 20 vacancies for my experience in the whole area. Like Pro Dave - I'm back on my tools - and loving it!

 

[binky]

if you want to make money invest in your own business and make it work, in theory it should pay better..... ray

 

[ProDave]

As an electrician you are very portable. If you specialise as an engineer you will have to be where the work is. (I'm from an Electrical/Electronic Engineering background with OND/HNC/BSc) and I specialised to such an extent that there were only about 20 vacancies for my experience in the whole area. Like Pro Dave - I'm back on my tools - and loving it!

It was the lack of choice of employment, and the fact that every time I needed to change job, the next one seemed to be further from home / worse commute, that made me give it all up.

 

[davetheglitz]

if you want to make money invest in your own business and make it work, in theory it should pay better..... ray

Eventually!

 

[Nicky Tesla]

Look out for engineer vacancies in the papers and online etc to see what the pay and conditions etc are like.

Another option is open university but i dont know the costs involved with that.