e.s.b employment

maxamillius

i recently qualified as a sparks served my time doing all sorts commercial residential industrial,just wondering do the esb even give a look in to someone who has not served there time with them or is it possible to gain employment with them,

i do know how hard it is to get into esb!

any replies greatly appreciated

OLP

I doubt they'd take on just a normal sparks that didn't serve their time with the ESB because you're not actually trained to do alot of stuff that an NT would do such as Lines Man work or cables.

Your best chance would be if you had done a few extra courses in specialised stuff or engineering type stuff.

Having said that, alot of the time they will contract in electricians to do basic work in their facilities as they do like to give people work.

Davy

If you went and got an engineering degree you might stand a chance, but i imagine their is thousands in the same boat now.

As for standard sparks its a no, they take on apprentices each year which are trained as electricians but also trained on the networks.

Rev. BlueJeans

They do take on external people the odd time-but you'd want a four leaved clover, I'd imagine.

Steep learning curve too, very different working conditions, and in parts much more technical than the training most unlucky tradespeople will have gotten during the boom (which amounts in a lot of cases to large commercial donkey/metal work, and residential installations one after another, with little variance).

I don't mean to offend anyone-the expertise on this forum is indicative of what's out there-but many sparks have been shortchanged in skillset by the way the trade went throughout the boom in terms of required work.

No harm submitting a CV though. You never know til you try, and training is provided as people move within the company as a matter of course.

2011

If you went and got an engineering degree you might stand a chance, but i imagine their is thousands in the same boat now.

Recently ESBI (ESB International) took on a few people as graduate engineers that I was in class with.

Steep learning curve too, very different working conditions, and in parts much more technical than the training most unlucky tradespeople will have gotten during the boom (which amounts in a lot of cases to large commercial donkey/metal work, and residential installations one after another, with little variance).

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This does not mean that they are not good at what they do though.

i agree,having worked with mercury for 2 years i know a lot of people who served there time installing tray trunking etc,which in my oppinion is not much use unless your gonna be with mercury for the rest of your life,

Yes but it is good to have some exposure to that sort of work. I agree that much of it is not techical, but it is important.

it would prob take them to long to train someone of my background into hv line work etc,

Train yourself up. You can do cable jointing courses etc. if you want. I did a week long MV cable jointing course with the ESB in their training centre.

,i read in an earlier post about some sparks being to proud to ask questions so i think this is a great way of doing so we all forget things now and again

I agree. We all forget stuff. I have found that I have been incorrect about some things when I have looked up the regs for an answer sometimes.

Rev. BlueJeans

2011 wrote: »

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This does not mean that they are not good at what they do though.

Of course not. Some of the lads would make excellent plumbers with all the conduit they bent over the years

But seriously, you are right, some great people are ticking over doing the likes of house -bashing etc.

I've known some "skilled" sparks and indeed other trades that wouldn't join their hands for you, on the flipside.

For the guys with limited experience who wish to climb the ladder, now is the time to get the training in, if at all possible.