Intensive Electrical Courses: Your First Step to Become Qualified
Intensive Electrical Courses are a great way to get the skills and knowledge you need to become an electrician.
This web site aims to bring you the most up to date information if you are interested in becoming an 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 centres 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 an electrician
With the availability of purpose build Training Centres throughout the UK there's never been a better time to start a 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 an 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 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.
Entry to an intensive electrician training course is open to almost anyone as there are no formal entry qualifications, however you must have good colour vision to become an electrician, you can get checked by an optician if you're unsure.
Find a training course near you on our interactive map!
Job Profile
Electrician's can earn:
- Starting around £17,500 - £20,000 per year
- £30,000 per year or more with experience
Hours Worked
- up to 39 per week Monday to Friday
You may be required to work weekends and evenings for emergency callouts or in order to meet a customer's deadline.
If you are self employed the more you work the more you can make.
You also choose the hours you work to fit around your own lifestyle.
Electricians usually work indoors although these can be in unfinished builds i.e. Construction sites.
Information on Electrical Apprenticeship Schemes
You can get a headstart learning by reading some of these great electrician training books, that are used to teach trainee electricians.
