Electrician - Experience??!?!?
Feb 11th 2008, 7:23 pm
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Electrician - Experience??!?!?
Hi,
I am going to be studying for my qualifications to become a fully qualified UK Electrician. I have the funds to do it and it will take me about 8-9 months all in all. My mate is a self employed sparky and has said he can give me a job and will obviously be doing more in depth thingd as my knowledge gets better.
What i want to know is.... I have been told i need 2yrs experience to pass the vetassess. If my course takes 12 months (to be safe) , can i count the years experience with my mate towars the 2 yrs , so for example if i started working for him and started the course at the same time (April 2008) and then completed the course in 12 months , could i then apply to vetassess 2yrs from April 2008 , or do i have to wait 2yrs from the day i am fully qualified?
Matt
I am going to be studying for my qualifications to become a fully qualified UK Electrician. I have the funds to do it and it will take me about 8-9 months all in all. My mate is a self employed sparky and has said he can give me a job and will obviously be doing more in depth thingd as my knowledge gets better.
What i want to know is.... I have been told i need 2yrs experience to pass the vetassess. If my course takes 12 months (to be safe) , can i count the years experience with my mate towars the 2 yrs , so for example if i started working for him and started the course at the same time (April 2008) and then completed the course in 12 months , could i then apply to vetassess 2yrs from April 2008 , or do i have to wait 2yrs from the day i am fully qualified?
Matt
Feb 11th 2008, 8:28 pm
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Re: Electrician - Experience??!?!?
Hi,
I am going to be studying for my qualifications to become a fully qualified UK Electrician. I have the funds to do it and it will take me about 8-9 months all in all. My mate is a self employed sparky and has said he can give me a job and will obviously be doing more in depth thingd as my knowledge gets better.
What i want to know is.... I have been told i need 2yrs experience to pass the vetassess. If my course takes 12 months (to be safe) , can i count the years experience with my mate towars the 2 yrs , so for example if i started working for him and started the course at the same time (April 2008) and then completed the course in 12 months , could i then apply to vetassess 2yrs from April 2008 , or do i have to wait 2yrs from the day i am fully qualified?
Matt
I am going to be studying for my qualifications to become a fully qualified UK Electrician. I have the funds to do it and it will take me about 8-9 months all in all. My mate is a self employed sparky and has said he can give me a job and will obviously be doing more in depth thingd as my knowledge gets better.
What i want to know is.... I have been told i need 2yrs experience to pass the vetassess. If my course takes 12 months (to be safe) , can i count the years experience with my mate towars the 2 yrs , so for example if i started working for him and started the course at the same time (April 2008) and then completed the course in 12 months , could i then apply to vetassess 2yrs from April 2008 , or do i have to wait 2yrs from the day i am fully qualified?
Matt
2 years from the date your qualified
and your formal qualification has to have been a minimum of 900hrs thats the classroom bit on its own,
personally i`d ask this question to an agent who is a tra / vetts expert as i personnally dont know wether they would accept someone with only a years training,
my gut feeling is that they wont but like i said i`d pay and find out the definative answer form some one who does best of luck
regards steve
Feb 11th 2008, 8:56 pm
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Re: Electrician - Experience??!?!?
Cheers Steve,
Dont happen to know any TRA or Vetassess experts?
Matt
Dont happen to know any TRA or Vetassess experts?
Matt
Feb 11th 2008, 9:18 pm
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Re: Electrician - Experience??!?!?
George Lombard or Alan Collett.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?u=8124
http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?u=2105
You'll have to contact them away from the forum though, as some idiot decided to hassle them
and now they don't post anymore 
Feb 25th 2008, 8:15 pm
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Re: Electrician - Experience??!?!?
can anyone confirm that you must have 2 years experience from when qualified to take the vetasses?
i rang them and the guy said i can sit it straight away (passing it is another matter)
i rang them and the guy said i can sit it straight away (passing it is another matter)
Feb 27th 2008, 6:12 pm
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Re: Electrician - Experience??!?!?
Look at the following link:
http://www.vetassess.com.au/index.cfm?menu=1.3a
This tells you everything you need to know. There is a lot to ready but some really worthwhile stuff in there!
