PAT On The Back

We love seeing our customers pleased with the training they receive at ET4U! Here’s a quick testimonial from one of our recent students:

“I’ve recently finished a pat testing course with ET4U and I’m absolutely delighted with my experience. When I first spoke to Nigel Best, the MD, he was very interested in my story and, sensing I was a little hesitant, put me at ease by suggesting that I come and visit the facilities and see if I liked what I saw.

I did visit and I was extremely impressed with the new centre. The classrooms and workshops were smart and comfortable, and I had a great chat with Steve Chambers the Electrical Trainer about the pat testing courses. I told him I worked at a shopping centre doing maintenance work, but wanted to broaden my skill set and learn how to inspect and test the centre’s electrical equipment. Steve explained what the two day pat testing course involved, the skills I would learn, and how it would benefit me in the future. Nigel also mentioned that I could take an additional experience course at ET4U so that I could put my new skills to a practical test under supervision, ironing out any problems and ensuring that I make my mistakes before I take on any real world challenges.

The friendly and knowledgeable manner of both men made my decision an easy one. I took the pat testing courses and now I’m fully qualified to test and inspect electrical equipment, and am earning a lot more than I used to! My task was made a lot easier by the steady stream of teas and coffees while I studied—although I’m not sure if I should be revealing this trade secret! So thanks a million Nigel and Steve, I’d happily recommend your excellent and professional training centre to anyone!”

For more customer feed back, click here: http://www.electricaltraining4u.co.uk/testimonials

Make sure you Visit the Electrical training Facilities

When you are considering booking Electrician Training Courses you should always try to visit the centre rather than relying purely on the pictures posted on their Website. Quite a few of us will have experienced staged photographs that make things look more appealing and larger than they really are in real life and in our experience this can be said about some Electrical Training Facilities.

By also visiting and seeing the Electrical Training Facilities first hand you will get an excellent feel for the training environment which is why at ET4U we would like as many people as practically possible to come and see our Electrical Training Facilities for themselves as we can boast that 100% of people who visited us booked with us!

PAT Testing Course Benefits

If you take our PAT Testing Course it will expand your electrical market and most importantly increase your income.

British law (the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 in particular) requires that all electrical systems (including electrical appliances) are maintained (so far as is reasonably practicable) to prevent danger.

The best way to prove this has been done is to Visually Inspect and PAT Test so get booked on our PAT Testing Course Now!

Part P Training Explained

There seems to be a lot of confusion about Part P Training Courses and Part P Registered Schemes so we thought we would put the record straight.

Part P Training Courses should really be referred to as a Building Regulation Courses as Part P is one of the 14 Parts included in Building Regulations 2000 and relates specifically to Electrical Safety.
As for Part P Registered Schemes they do not exist and are known as Approved Competent Persons schemes.

Don’t be confused by industry jargon.

What to look for when choosing an Electrical Training Centre

We have recently had feedback from our customers and potential customers that finding the right electrical training provider can be very difficult, time consuming and extremely confusing so we thought we would take this opportunity to list a few key points that must be considered when making your decision.

1. Class Size – In this case smaller is better. Ideally you should be looking at a class size of no more than 8 Students per instructor as this will allow the trainer to highlight very quickly any additional support that you may require. Any more than 8 in the class and you may get lost in the crowd! Make sure you ask before you book!
2. Approved Centre - Make sure that the courses the training centre offers are accredited by awarding bodies which in our case is the City and Guilds. We would encourage all customers to go to the awarding bodies’ website and check that the training centre is approved for the qualification it is delivering.
3. Learning Environment – When considering workshop based courses make sure that these are as close to real life scenarios as possible. Simply training in work bays alone will not give you the real life training you need. Make sure you ask the question before you book!
4. After Course Support – Find out if your training provider is prepared to go the extra mile by holding you back at the end of the day if required to give you one to one training to address an area you may be struggling in.

We strongly recommend that all customers wishing to undertake any Electrical Training address the points mentioned above to ensure they receive the right training, Qualification and support.

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ET4U partner with Megger UK

ET4U have recently broadened their services by teaming up with electrical testing equipment experts Megger UK. Megger UK have provided high quality electric test equipment for over a hundred years, having first registered their trademark in 1903, and are best known for their world-renowned range of insulation testers.

The aim behind the strategic partnership is to provide ET4U’S customers with an opportunity to get their hands on key equipment at affordable prices, and the chance to get familiar with these instruments during the course.

Nigel Best, the director of ET4U, thinks the partnership will be extremely beneficial to his customers, and the availability of equipment such as the MPU690 Proving Unit, the MFT1700 Series and the TPT200 Series will ensure that his clients will “leave our centre with a quality and reliable product, and a full understanding of how to use it”.

For further information, please click here.