Is this really the state of the industry?
Yes GTB, it can but look how this looks to the public! Both these men need a nasty shock. Two "electricians" saying that they do not know the regulations well enough to get the derisory pass mark without the BBB. Unfortunately that appears true of 90% of the industry, and I have taught them, and the problem is not the teaching, they simply have insufficient knowledge. My biggest shock has been that they don't know haw to use the index at all, and largely don't know the term to look up from the fairly simple question. Only a few of the questions are significantly tricky. I have yet to see a student get 100%, it is perfectly possible to do this in less than 2 hours, looking up every answer.
David,
Totally agree with your sentiments, basic electrical engineering theory and the correct application of the Regs is sadly getting worse. Im involved in assessing those technicians who are or wishing to work in potentially flammable atmospheres, and the vast majority we are seeing now have poor handskills, cant carry out basic isolation procedures and also basic testing of circuits. Unfortunately we are now seeing generation/s coming through that have never had to retain and then use technical information after a long period of time, I remember many sleepness nights going over two years of electrical engineering detail hopeing a lot of that would come up in the three hour written end of year exams.
Many of those I see are children of continual assessment, so personally their memory retention is not great,, why? they simply have not had to do that before, also alass, people are looking for a guaranteed pass, and too many so called training providers do just that, they are training people to pass rather than ensuring those candidates can actually apply that knowledge.
Having watched that video and listened to their comments, I'm totally embarressed by that video. Having served my own craft apprenticeship in the early 80's, in fact we were the first class cohort to use the first 15th Edition book!
The industry needs to really sort itself out, I have been reading with intrest the thread on this forum on certification and the article about costs and validity of EICR's, given it is myself that worked and provided factual evidence to the writer of the article.
Regards GTB
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