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<blockquote data-quote="MarcP" data-source="post: 479116" data-attributes="member: 28867"><p>Hi Barwics, I'm a complete newbie to this forum thing so forgive me if my advice is a little late. I started an on-line training course 2 years ago as I was running my own business (unrelated) and was aged nearly 60 at the time and so couldn't consider an apprenticeship. I enrolled with a well-known provider who also offered a series of week-long practicals at training centres (5 in total). They sold me courses I found out I didn't need (see PAT testing above). Told me my quals would get me to level 3 (they dont). And they refused to honour some of my accomodation costs incurred during those practical weeks in spite of including this aspect in their initial offering. Caveat emptor....</p><p></p><p>The area wher you might struggle a bit is when trying to join a competent person scheme as these quite rightly want to know that you know what you're doing and you'll need to do some work for them to assess you on. This is difficult without having the knowledge/confidence etc to get the work in the 1st place. its a real conundrum that you'll have to find your way around yourself. I have found that by talking to local electricians here, that a huge amount of advice, support etc is on offer, including a solution to the above problem.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps and that you enjoy the job as much as I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarcP, post: 479116, member: 28867"] Hi Barwics, I'm a complete newbie to this forum thing so forgive me if my advice is a little late. I started an on-line training course 2 years ago as I was running my own business (unrelated) and was aged nearly 60 at the time and so couldn't consider an apprenticeship. I enrolled with a well-known provider who also offered a series of week-long practicals at training centres (5 in total). They sold me courses I found out I didn't need (see PAT testing above). Told me my quals would get me to level 3 (they dont). And they refused to honour some of my accomodation costs incurred during those practical weeks in spite of including this aspect in their initial offering. Caveat emptor.... The area wher you might struggle a bit is when trying to join a competent person scheme as these quite rightly want to know that you know what you're doing and you'll need to do some work for them to assess you on. This is difficult without having the knowledge/confidence etc to get the work in the 1st place. its a real conundrum that you'll have to find your way around yourself. I have found that by talking to local electricians here, that a huge amount of advice, support etc is on offer, including a solution to the above problem. Hope this helps and that you enjoy the job as much as I am. [/QUOTE]
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