has any done a ics training course??

jamesey

hi im wanting to do a home training course and am a bit weiry about using some random internet course , ive had an offer of £100 off a mechanical engineering corse through ics who ever they are , the course should be £460 so its now £360 , i dont know what qualifications that will give me , im actually working as an engineer in a food factory time served but i need some qualifications to move on or if i get made redundant for any reason , can anyone advise , thanks

cazziebo

Don't ever do a course because it's a "special offer" - that's more likely a scam by unscrupulous providers to tie you in to some kind of deal.

Decide what you want to do then research the available courses. Local colleges and unviersities would be a good place to start - and many offer evening or distance learning programmes.

There a few complaints about ICS on this thread - poor materials, poor support and students locked in to finance deals that were not properly explained. There are complaints about other providers, it's not just ICS. It's not a particularly well regulated industry.

Might be worth checking if your employer would consider providing any training.

euronorris

I did a course through ICS and I wouldn't bother again. The support was awful! I only bothered contacting the tutor once, because her response was that she was only there to grade work, not answer questions!

She should've answered the questions, but I just left it in the end and relied on my, already qualified, colleagues for some guidance and support. But, I'm lucky to have such friends/colleagues.

As Cazziebo said, check with your employer first. Also check out local colleges etc. If you already working as an engineer, then your employer may be open to you having one day off per week for college. As, in the end, they will have a better educated employee.

jamesey

thanks , i work a 2 days 2 nights 4 off shift so im moving on 1 day each week so a fixed day realese corse is no good , it would have to be a course from home and train in my own time , ive asked my employer to help and he just said youve been in the job that long now theres no need to train , he classed me as time served , ive been on full money aswell , but im tied to the job and cant really move without proper qualificcatins of some sort , my title is a service engineer , looking after a water treatment plant , boilers , motors , belts , filters , and lots more , ive been doing this for over 10 years and i am really good at my job , people call me jobsworth lol
but seriously you can see im in a bit of a fix cant you

euronorris

In that case, have you had a look at the Open University to see what they offer?