electrical engineering or installation

mufc802

mufc802

mufc802

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I'm starting a course at college in Sept, Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma in Electrical Engineering, but I'm thinking whether I should have done this or City & Guilds 2330 Technical Certificate in Electrical Installation. Can anyone tell me what the different between both is? I was hoping to learn about three phase things and how to wire up control panels for pumps and things like that..
 
If you go straight to Level 3, knowing nothing about Level 2 I guarantee you will fail, Level 3 is is supposedly the hardest course you can take. I've litterally as of this week finished my Level 2 though I'm unsure about Level 3 because I think my college is trying to bend us all over and boot us out.

I've no idea what is happening to the C&G Level 3 as of the moment which is why I said "kick us out" above, they're supposedly getting rid of it for a course that requires you to have full time electrical employment which is pretty pathetic trying to find one these days.

But I assume you must have Level 2 under your belt so far if you're going to Level 3.

btw I'd ask on this forum

http://www.talk.electricianforum.co.uk/index.php
 
Are you talking about the City and Guilds one? If I did that it would be Level 2, but whats the different between that and the level 3 electrical engineering course?
 
Level 3 btec is a bit of a jump if you have not done level 2. You may struggle as you will not understand the basics fully. I went from level 2 to level 3 and a fair few lads struggled.
 
ZG002 said:
Level 3 btec is a bit of a jump if you have not done level 2. You may struggle as you will not understand the basics fully. I went from level 2 to level 3 and a fair few lads struggled.
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It says it only requires 5 GCSE's A*-C though.. My college doesn't have Level 2 for electrical enginerring aswell just level 3.

I did do electronics in GCSE don't know if that would help.. I've got this book called electrical installations I'm using that to go over the maths which could also help.
 
It is just theory work and a lot of maths. They may have tailored their course to suit people coming in with no previous knowledge, All the lads in my course had been through level 2 first, They may have just thrown us in at the deep end.
 
Do they seriously call that Engineering? Because it's not. :rolleyes:

I think you should go with C&G in this case, mainly because the title is correct.
 
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