Female considering retraining as an electrician ????????

HMCK

Thanks everyone for the post's, its good to hear that people have retrained at my kind of age :eek: .In terms of the physical constraints of the job im hoping i would be able to hold my own ..... i might be little but am scarily strong :rotfl:

And just a wee update: contacted my local college, went in for an interview today for their electricians course (2years with a further year on the job) and have been offered a place, they had also suggested that being a female may be a big advantage in the future for the same points raised here (i.e vulnerable customers can feel safer with a female trades person)

Cheers all xxx

bungle4by4

you will need a city and guilds 2330 parts 2 and 3. your local college will be able to help you. and then you will need an employer willing to teach you the trade skills.

Good luck with it

DCFC79

Thats good, well done, good luck.

ERICS_MUM

My best wishes for your future career :beer:

Lgas

Brilliant :j the world needs more ladies on the tools! I'm a (female) gas engineer, when I first started my apprenticeship I was 26 and another girl was 29 so age really doesn't matter

Most customers really like the fact that i'm a girl but obviously some of them are old fashioned in their ways and are suspicious of you and whether you are capable. Just develop a tough skin (mentally and physically!). You get nice strong arms lugging a tool box around anyway! (and I have never had long nails anyway from always being horsey).

Small hands and smaller stature is a definite benefit in my eyes, I can do the fiddly awkward jobs (especially wiring in a cramped junction box) the men struggle with a lot of the time!

Best of luck! :T

Mistral001

Instead of training to be an electrican, why not try to be trained in something like chartered accountancy or some other profession like that. There are lots of professions where a 2.1 in Business Studies is a good starting point. It will involve getting a job probably in a fairly junior position in the relevant profession, and studying in the evening after you come home from work and the pay is low until you qualify, but it will mean that the end you will have a professional qualification with very good job prospects and you will be able to use your degree to the full.

Instead of two years trairing as an electrican, two years training in a firm of accounants, will go a very long way to becoming a chartered accountant for example. There are other professions like chartered surveying and cost and management accountancy. All hard work, but when you get qualified, the hard work will have paid off.

Or you could try a masters. Though a masters is high risk unless it is something that in which there is a shortage of jobs.

dmliverpool

Go for it you can market to those who prefer a straight answer to things instead of a mans groins when it comes to the price... coming from a bloke. I can't stand being held to ransom.