Hello

[Guest adam_151]

Adam, 19, Lincoln

In more detail: Finished school last year with A levels, had planned to get an apprenticeship to train as a sparky, unfortunaly due to the rareity of them it didn't happen , still, looking at going to college next year to do C+G 2330, and then get some onsite experience by offering to work free of charge and go from there.

Anyway, I'm here because this industry interests me as well, I guess eventually it would be nice to work for a company that did both alarms and electrics, but if I had to pick one, its electrics I really want to train for and get into.

Oh, and I might be seeking a bit of DIY advice about the alarm at home

[antinode]

Welcome Adam. Hope you enjoy your stay!

[Guest]

its electrics I really want to train for and get into.

Yeah, I was like that once!

Welcom to the forums Adam.

[bellman]

Welcome Adam, Have a good look around, there's plenty to read here and some good passionate debate

Yeah, I was like that once!

It soon wears off

Given the choice of lugging armoured cable around a factory or installing 8 core, I'd rather stick to the 8 core. B)

Anyway Lurch, when even 8 core gets too much for you to install, you can always move to service.

Regards

Bellman

[Guest Peter James]

Hi Adam

I always thought electronics was more interesting, at the time (everything was black and white back then) electrics was just something you plugged the clever stuff into.

Pete

[Guest]

Anyway Lurch, when even 8 core gets too much for you to install, you can always move to service.

Don't worry, it's already in the long term plan.

[esp-protocol]

evening adam, hope you prove to be as popular as amanda !!

(private joke -sorry)

[Guest adam_151]

Thanks for the warm welcome, electronics is pretty much a hobby interest only for me, don't think I could ever do something like electronics design for a living, I like to be able to put things like that on the back burner for months on end, think otherwise I would go mad, lol

Electrics is for me because it strikes the right balence of needing thinking, but not too much most of the time, is a trade, that is there is a skilled element to it, something to take pride in, I'm also the sort of person who gains satisfaction from striving to be one of the best in what I do, if I went into something ungodly complicated then I'm probably not intelligent enough to get to the anywhere near the top, lol

Well thats the best I can put it in words and it at least makes more sense than "thats what my heart is telling me to do"

[Guest G.J.M]

i never wanted to be a spark but when i did i loved it for about two years,then i got fed up doing rewires.

I'm happy doing what i do now.

Serve your time as an electrician and see how you feel. It's an excellent base to train for other things.