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Fastrack electrician training?

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Considering that the country seems to be short of electricians, I wonder who is going to install all the electric vehicle charging points that will be required very soon as the EV really takes a hold.  I understand that the installer needs to be approved by the OLEV and will need to be trained to C&G2919-02 or similar, but its what comes before that stage that I am concerned about.  From knowing nothing about electricity, it is now possible it seems to become an electrician with just 18 days training (C&G 4141-01, 2393-10, 2382-18).


I did a four year apprenticeship and could understand the training becoming shorter, but 18 days?


Once the EV charger install rush is over what will all these "trained" domestic installers be doing?
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    mmm when I first started doing electrical labouring , it seemed very slow and I could never understand why some crews were so insistent on apprentice trained , and I never really met some of the really skilled people , which you don't if your jobbing on lite commercial .We all benefit from good practical skills being taught to us , I am really pleased what some of the old guys were able to teach me , absolutely invaluable , I was literally shaking when on my first big 3 phase board , and as you know some situations you just don't know what's there where you have legacy systems or others that have been done in a way that you would wish they had taken up a different trade.

    Electricians do have to work on and see different things and know the different legacies and what failures look and smell like!  ? I still think it will always need well trained people , but more recently I have come to think that the stuff we install is pretty important , because generally the stuff we put in has to last quite a while and I have seen a number of systems where stuff has been safely added over the years , that the point for a complete re wire is on the horizon .

    So my answer to this is I think domestic electricians can be a group , but all other electrical work needs good people who can be trained to give a good standard , and its a hard subject in the classroom and getting those installation skills and health and safety right
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    mmm when I first started doing electrical labouring , it seemed very slow and I could never understand why some crews were so insistent on apprentice trained , and I never really met some of the really skilled people , which you don't if your jobbing on lite commercial .We all benefit from good practical skills being taught to us , I am really pleased what some of the old guys were able to teach me , absolutely invaluable , I was literally shaking when on my first big 3 phase board , and as you know some situations you just don't know what's there where you have legacy systems or others that have been done in a way that you would wish they had taken up a different trade.

    Electricians do have to work on and see different things and know the different legacies and what failures look and smell like!  ? I still think it will always need well trained people , but more recently I have come to think that the stuff we install is pretty important , because generally the stuff we put in has to last quite a while and I have seen a number of systems where stuff has been safely added over the years , that the point for a complete re wire is on the horizon .

    So my answer to this is I think domestic electricians can be a group , but all other electrical work needs good people who can be trained to give a good standard , and its a hard subject in the classroom and getting those installation skills and health and safety right
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