Electrician Courses - Our Approach To Your Development

“I had 30 years experience in retail but my last 7 years were wearing 10 different hats, I didn’t do ‘A’ job I did whatever was required at the time, from store manager to IT trainer to project manager.”

The trouble was also that Nigel was used to making £30,000 or so a year and having a company car but he didn’t want to take a big pay cut ... unfortunately that was looking increasing likely. The longer it went on the more Nigel decided that maybe a career in retail was no longer what he wanted.

Nigel always had the burning ambition to run his own business but never really believed it would happen ... until now ... he came to the realization that his redundancy presented a fantastic opportunity to follow his ambition, learn a new trade and start up the business that he had long dreamed of.

He liked the idea of learning a trade for a number of reasons - number one being that there is a constant supply of work available ... a very important point to consider when changing career or starting a business.

So it came down to a choice of either becoming a plumber or electrician. Nigel didn’t like the wet stuff and found electrics interesting ... decision made, an electrician Nigel would become. But how would he train and where would he get trained?

Being a thorough and diligent man, Nigel spent a large amount of time considering his options and researching training providers and their courses. In the end New Career Skills ticked all of his boxes.

“The package over all just seemed to out-class the competitors. NCS offered something which would equip you with all you needed to know to allow you to go out on your own as soon as the programme finished.”

To make sure he had an income whilst training with NCS he decided to work in car valeting. He didn’t have any issues fitting his electrical training around work - in fact he found it easier than he expected.

Although at the start he did struggle with the home study part of the course as it had been 20+ years since he had done any studying. But with the help of his tutors he soon got back on track and actually enjoyed it and grew in confidence.

“My tutor was absolutely fantastic, really helpful, he will go out of his way for you, I still email him now months later, he is still more than happy to answer queries.”

After Nigel finished his training and gained his City & Guilds electrician qualification he has the help and support of NCS Career Search, which is a free service offered by New Career Skills to assist students in finding work or starting their own business.

So what happened next? Nigel jumped straight in and setup his own business ... Blue Lighting Electrical and it’s all going very well. In fact it’s going so well his son decided to retrain as a plumber with New Career Skills and now they have a partnership. Nigel’s dream became a reality ... see if yours can too and request a free information pack by clicking here.