S@M
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just done mine today has anyone else done this?
did the full 4 day course with 2hr exam. Found it pretty hard tbh.
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carey
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am sure u did good sam 
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S@M
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 i passed yeh
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carey
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well donr what does that make u?
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S@M
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not alot. its basically just a course you can take that advises you about the different regulations to do with electricity.
work sent me on it. As im an electrician
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carey
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o ryt kewl i wish i had a 'real' job lol
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SXI - Matt
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Been looking into doing the coarses ect to become a sparky, an the college im in talks with said about some new regs coming i and new coarses which makes my list longer lol am looking forward to it though just hope when i get to it i can find some one to take me on
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Bart
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S@M, what sort of things did it cover? (can you be quite specific?), im very interested in this myself.
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S@M
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yes mate, its split up into different sections which cover all sorts:
starts off with lots of info about current regulations and legislation
Lots of info about circuit protection (fault and basic protection), eg- fuses, mcb's and RCD's, etc
Lots of formula's to work out basic things like current, voltage, volt drop, cable deteriation rate, what size cable to use, what type of breaker to use, etc
The biggest part of the book maily installation work... in various places such as homes, bathrooms, kitchens, caravans, construction sites, fairgrounds, etc,etc (lots of info on this)
also lots of diagrams and tables. Also lots of info about IP (international/ingress protection)
To be honest the biggest part of the exam is been able to find you way through the book as fast as possible. Its 60 questions (multiple choice) in two hours so you only get 2 mins per question... 
however may sound easy but you need to look 95% of the answers up in the book as they ave very specific answers...
You can buy the book for about £65...
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S@M
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quote:
Originally posted by SXI - Matt
Been looking into doing the coarses ect to become a sparky, an the college im in talks with said about some new regs coming i and new coarses which makes my list longer lol am looking forward to it though just hope when i get to it i can find some one to take me on
yeh i left school and got an apprentaship where i did one year full time at college and 3 years at work on day relese back to college. (totalling 4 years)
In that time ive done my NVQ level 2 and 3 in elecrical maintenance, and got my ONC and HNC in electrical engineering. to be honest ive only just come out of my time this year so still learing alot
most of the work i do is maintenance like fault finding etc. However, my work put me through alot of other training courses etc aswell. Ive done courses in, driving forklifts, cherrypickers, fire, breating apparatus, scaffolding, safety passport, etc etc. If you can get in with a big company then ya sorted
although i must say i do like insallation work better! would love to do house wiring... just the moneys not as good
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C2RL R
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i'll be doing mine when the project i'm running finishes. i've already got the 16th edition so i'm pretty well prepared for it. i remember when i did my apprenticeship my wiring regs had about 50 post-it notes sticking out to help when looking up answers
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S@M
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yeh i used the post-it-not-technique
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
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have you done the inspection and testing course? think its 2391?
also the portable appliance testing 2377?
[Edited on 26-04-2008 by C2RL R]
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Matt_b
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Registered: 13th Jul 07
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Went to a seminar with work on this, found it completely boring to be honest the main thing I picked up from it was you need more mcb's on circuits!
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by carey_corsasport
o ryt kewl
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