With a shortage of 37,000 electrical workers, there’s a massive demand for qualified electricians.

Becoming a qualified electrician can provide you with a fulfilling new career, an excellent income and a job for life, in which no two days are the same.

As your own boss, you can enjoy a flexible lifestyle, with a secure and satisfying new career and a guaranteed income. You can take on the jobs you want, when you want. You can set your own fees, and keep the profits to invest in your business or spend as you see fit. You can enjoy career independence, knowing your skills will always be in demand. Unlike most careers, you will have a job for life – a passport to lucrative work for as long as you want.

Alternatively, you may choose to work for a contractor. You could even go on to do other work in the electrical industry such as design, distribution or consultancy.

Looking further

Once you’ve achieved City & Guilds Levels 2 and 3 Certificates in Electrotechnical Technology (2330), you can then register for the NVQ 2356 in Installing Electrotechnical Systems.

To gain this NVQ qualification, you need to have work experience and be assessed on-site. We can help you get work experience by promoting your CV to electrical and specialist recruitment companies. We sometimes are able to find placements through our industry links, although this is not guaranteed.

You will be recognised as a technically qualified electrician by achieving the City & Guilds 2330 Electrotechnical Certificates Levels 2 and 3 (Become an Electrician Courses 1 and 2). However, to become a fully approved electrician recognised by the JIB (Joint Industry Board), you also need to gain the City & Guilds 2356 Level 3 NVQ Certificate which verifies practical competence in electrical work by way of assignments not only in a domestic environment, but also in commercial and industrial environments. We strongly recommend that you achieve this qualification as well.

Become an Electrician home-study Course 1 - City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology (2330)

This course gives you a thorough grounding in the basic theory of electrics. It is designed to help you achieve the City & Guilds 2330 Electrotechnical Technical Certificate Level 2, and your course assessments contribute to that qualification.

Core units
The course has three core units and you need to successfully complete assessments for each of them:

1. Working Effectively & Safely in an Electrotechnical Environment
2. Principles of Electrotechnology
3. Application of Health & Safety and Electrical Principles

Occupational pathways
After the core units, you then need to successfully complete the assessments for one of the two
occupational pathways:

1. Installation (Building & Structures)
Or
2. Electrical Maintenance

What you need: Key skills Level 2 or GCSE Maths and English or equivalent*.No previous electrical experience necessary.

Study time: 200+ hours.

Practical Training: 13 days required** (practical training total 5 days, assessment total 8 days). You don’t need to complete all your practical training at the same time. You can split them up into several series of days; choosing the dates and locations that suit your individual needs.

The qualification you receive:
City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology (2330).

*If you don’t hold this qualification you can complete a short Maths and English home-study course alongside Become an Electrician Course 1. Please enquire for Maths and English course details.

**Practical training sessions are additional cost to the Become an Electrician Course 1 course fee.

Become an Electrician home-study Course 2 - City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology (2330)

This course follows on from our Become an Electrician Course 1 and helps you achieve the City & Guilds 2330 Electrotechnical Technical Certificate Level 3.

Core unit
The course has one core unit and you need to successfully complete the assessment for it:
Application of Health & Safety and Electrical Principles

Occupational pathways
After the core unit, you then need to successfully complete the assessments for one of the two
occupational pathways:

1. Installation (Building & Structures)

• Inspection, Testing & Commissioning

• Fault Diagnosis & Rectification

Or

2. Electrical Maintenance

• Inspection, Testing & Commissioning

• Fault Diagnosis & Rectification

What you need: City & Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology (2330) or City & Guilds Levels 1 or 2 Certificates (2360) (uncompleted) or considerable experience working as an unqualified electrician. Please call us to discuss your experience if you do not hold the required qualifications.

Study time: 200+ hours.

Practical Training: 10 days required** (practical training total 6 days, assessment total 4 days). You don’t need to complete all your practical training at the same time. You can split them up into several series of days; choosing the dates and locations that suit your individual needs.

The qualification you receive:
City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Electrotechnical Technology (2330); helps to prepare you for NVQ Level 3.

**Practical training sessions are additional cost to the Become an Electrician Course 2 course fee.