Intensive Electrician Courses: Your First Step to Become Qualified
Intensive Electrical Courses are a great way to get the skills and knowledge you need to become a electrician.
This web site aims to bring you the most up to date information if you are interested in becoming a electrician.
We'll tell you about the qualifications you need to become a electrician in the UK and we'll show you where your nearest City & Guilds accredited training centre is.
You can become qualified in just 4 weeks of training!
It's true! you can become a qualified in just 4 weeks!
With the advent of purpose built state of the art training centers you can now have intensive electrical courses that teach you the theory and the practical hands on training you'll be doing what electricians do every day at the training centre, essential experience you'll need in the work place.
This site is dedicated to more mature people who want a career change and want to become a qualified electrician.
Training to become a Electrician
With the availability of purpose build Training Center's throughout the UK there's never been a better time to start an course and become a qualified electrician!
The training courses will teach you the Theory of Electricity as well as Practical hands on training so you will quickly absorb the skills you are shown.
To qualify as a Domestic installation electrician, you must have the Electro technical Services NVQ at level 3, which is awarded by the City & Guilds or EMTA Awards Limited.
The City & Guilds 2330 levels 2 and 3 (which is what you'll study during your course) contain the underpinning knowledge for the NVQ level 3.
However, an NVQ level 3 can only be obtained through on-the-job assessments by a certified city and guilds examiner carried out in a place of work place by you.
Most course providers will be able to get you a work placement - make sure to ask if they offer this as part of the training package!
Basic Level of requirements to be a electrician:
- City & Guilds 2330 Technical Certificate In Electro technical Technology level 2
- City & Guilds 2330 Technical Certificate In Electro technical Technology level 3
- Electro technical Services NVQ - level 3
Typical Electrical Jobs you would do:
- Reading architects or contractors plans to work out where to fit wiring, sockets and points.
- Carrying out an initial installation, known as the 'first fix' - fitting wiring along wall cavities and through ceilings and floors.
- Fitting fuse boxes, circuit-breakers and earth terminals.
- Mounting black boxes on walls to take plug sockets, switches, light fittings and appliances.
