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Re-training as an electrician?

  • 01-05-2015 8:37pm
    #1
    tradhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    My boyfriend qualified as an electrician about 4 years ago and then very soon after the company he was with went bust and he was out of a job. He couldn't find work in the trade at all, so took up another, completely unrelated job which he's been in ever since.

    I was wondering if it's possible to re-train or do some kind of refresher programme if he wanted to work as an electrician again? I think he originally did it through Fas so I don't think he'd be eligible for that as a) he's already done it once and b) he's not unemployed at the moment!

    If anyone has any ideas at all I would be so grateful!


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  • #2
    micks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 840 ✭✭✭micks


    tradhead wrote: »
    Hi everyone,

    My boyfriend qualified as an electrician about 4 years ago and then very soon after the company he was with went bust and he was out of a job. He couldn't find work in the trade at all, so took up another, completely unrelated job which he's been in ever since.

    I was wondering if it's possible to re-train or do some kind of refresher programme if he wanted to work as an electrician again? I think he originally did it through Fas so I don't think he'd be eligible for that as a) he's already done it once and b) he's not unemployed at the moment!

    If anyone has any ideas at all I would be so grateful!

    I don't think there's any refresher courses as such. There are extra courses to top up trade. Off top of my head - instrumentation and process control. C&g test verification 2391 I think
    Prob a few others

    He won't be unique lots got unrelated work.
    Now it's just about getting the next job. Do up a decent cv. Word of mouth or knowing someone could be crucial in getting a job. There is work just not lots of it.
    Apply for jobs and don't be sorry for doing what job he had to take to make ends meet.


  • #3
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    Hi tradhead, kicks is correct there are no "refresher" courses for electricians.
    But there are plenty of other courses that may interest your partner ranging form one day to a degree programme.

    The good news is that demand for electricians is increasing.

    It is normal for a qualified electrician that has limited / little experience working as an electrician to feel that they do not know as much as they should. I suspect that this is the case with your partner. When I first qualified I panicked because I thought "Holy sh!t, I should have all of the answers and clearly I don't". I did not realise that I all newly qualified electricians felt the same. When I was on my tools (over 10 years ago) this was recognised within the industry and this is why an electrician with "full proficiency" was recognised. It took 5 years post apprenticeship experience to gain the unions top rate of pay for working as an electrician full proficiency (so 9 years in total). I don't know what the position is on this now, because I no longer work as an electrician.

    A thread on the Electrical forum may help you.


  • #4
    tradhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭tradhead


    Thanks guys, I really appreciate your help. Maybe a Mod could move this to the Electrical forum then if it would be more suitable?

    I should have also said that the reason we're looking into this is because there has been talk of emigrating to somewhere like Australia, and it would obviously be great for him to be properly qualified and able to work as an electrician over there.


  • #5
    2011
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 12,641 Mod ✭✭✭✭2011


    tradhead wrote: »
    Thanks guys, I really appreciate your help. Maybe a Mod could move this to the Electrical forum then if it would be more suitable?

    You can just start a thread there yourself.


  • #6
    aido79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,374 ✭✭✭aido79


    tradhead wrote: »
    Thanks guys, I really appreciate your help. Maybe a Mod could move this to the Electrical forum then if it would be more suitable?

    I should have also said that the reason we're looking into this is because there has been talk of emigrating to somewhere like Australia, and it would obviously be great for him to be properly qualified and able to work as an electrician over there.

    I can't see why he would want to retrain if he is already qualified. I have worked with lots of guys who have taken a break from being an electrician and gone back to it.
    He may have to show a company through a cover letter and cv why he left the industry, what he has been doing since and why he wants to return to the industry but I can't imagine it will go against him if he can prove that he can do the job.
    If you are thinking of going to Australia make sure you do plenty of research on licencing for electricians as it is not that easy. Being a qualified electrician in Ireland doesn't mean he can work straight away as an electrician in Australia.


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