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Should Electrical Tutors at FE colleges in the UK be mandated to complete a minimum of 1 week per year working in industry?

Sergio Fernandez

Should Electrical Tutors at FE colleges in the UK be mandated to complete a minimum of 1 week per year working in industry?


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The work placement could be in Domestic/Commercial/Industrial and could also include specialisms like ATEX (ATmosphères EXplosibles)

The placement could be seen as a type of Enhanced CPD (Continuing Professional Development) so to speak

Experiences onsite could filter back into the educational space with regards to new techniques and modern day materials being used,  EG use of RCBO type B or SPD type 2 in CU/DB(Consumer Unit/Distribution Board) or GRP containment.

Broadening the horizons of the FE tutor could also lead to more rounded educational experience for the learners, this could include activities like commenting on feedback on the public draft of BS 7671

This tutor placement/work exchange could also help form a better relationship between the local FE college and future employers when the learners progress to requiring evidence for NVQ modules.



As always please be polite and respectful in this purely academic debate.





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  • On the whole, I dislike mandating things. The best tutors will find a way of keeping up to date because of pride in their work.

    I was taught mainly by tradesmen who would take 3 weeks (or one week) out of their normal business, but there were a couple of salaried tutors who had retreated to the warmth, security, and pension of the classroom.

    Breaks were strictly observed, so there was plenty of opportunity for the tutors to cross-pollinate. I do not think that the salaried tutors were stale, but with a sample size of n = 1, I cannot generalize.

  • in reply to Chris Pearson
    Chris Pearson said:
    The best tutors will find a way of keeping up to date because of pride in their work

    Totally agree

    Chris Pearson said:
    I do not think that the salaried tutors were stale

    I disagree.  Some tutors may be stale,  some tutors don't have the real industry experience to become stale.  There are more FE colleges who are finding it difficult to recruit and maintain an Electrical tutor thus some have resorted to employing the Inexperienced at teaching.  I heard a recent story that a new tutor at an FE college was a student at that very same electrical college only 3 years prior.

  • in reply to Sergio Fernandez

    But the tutor who only left FE college 3 years earlier will know how to pass the exams.  Which is obviously much more important than experience.

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  • in reply to Sergio Fernandez

    But the tutor who only left FE college 3 years earlier will know how to pass the exams.  Which is obviously much more important than experience.

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