Doing electrics professionally

[John Stumbles]

[Alan Dempster]

Thanks to all who replied to my thread on this subject.

The sad thing is, I completed my MCSE+I qualification five years ago. Now everyone wants an MCSE2000 engineer - I'm just not interested in going through all that again.

So I'm going to kick off my training (evening classes, if possible) as an electrician. I'd like to be a plumber too, but I'll go with my first love first; electrical power.

I already have the expertise - no really I do! I just need the bits of paper.

So could someone please advise me which courses I should complete? Things that come to mind are:

C&G2361.

16th Edition regs. Part 1 & Part 2.

I'm hoping to do all this around the Bracknell area; for as many evenings as it takes to complete.

Advice on which courses to register on would be MUCH appreciated.

Regards

Alan

[Martin Angove]

If that is correct...

Then I'd suggest going straight for the 2381; the 16th Edition exam (get yourself a copy of the brown books first, BS7671 and the OSG). That should help you decide if you really do have a clue what you're doing. It's a short course too. You can then start doing some work, and move on to the 2391 (inspection and testing) when you feel able. The 2391 is a rather more involved course.

The 2361 is, as far as I can tell, designed for people who have no real idea of electrics yet. It's a basic training which will cover areas you possibly already know. Certainly when I did my 2381 the college was perfectly happy that I do it despite not having any "real" electrical qualifications - all I had to say was that I'd done A-level physics, a degree in electronic and electrical engineering and know how to manipulate V=IR and P=VI :-) To be honest, if I'd mentioned V=IR first I don't think they'd really have needed to know about the degree...

Hwyl!

M.