BlueSmoke

What kind of qualifications do you guys have, and how did you get them?

There's a college in Leeds doing an evening course on it and I reckon it could be a potentially good business to start in Leeds.

Been looking for something car related I could do in the future and I reckon this would be a good career for me. I could really see myself setting something up in 12 months time if I could learn the right stuff.

Cheers for any info guys

Rich_w

Sorry but 12 months. To learn all about car electrics so you can set up a business.


Don't make me laugh. You'll be in for at least 3 years before you have anywhere near the required amount of knowledge IMO

philc

my term was nearly 4 years mate, plus i think you relly need to work on vehicles day to day to learn most of your trade, i left about 6 months before my apprenticeship ended due to the money being crap

It all depends on what side you want to go into as well, very few of the lads at my place could do everything, some specialised in engine diagnostics, some general vehicle wiring etc others tachographs( not strictly auto sparkie but related). Plus alot of it can be general mechanics as well, changing alternators on some things involves the removal of lots of components etc.

I would say stay away if you plan on starting up on your own, but if you just want to learn the basics for your own use then go for it

BlueSmoke

Ah right....

Just wanna do something car related and thought that would be a good avenue to go down. No worries,

Cheers anyway lol

markk

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ive been in the job for about 15 years now, qualified for everything under the sun in motortrade - if youve no previous experiance then i wouldnt bother as its got to be one of the hardest jobs about at the minute, theres technology in cars that NASA can only dream about pal, i am being serious tho, its a very very hard job is auto electrician to be up there with the best take lots and lots of cash, and if you were that good, then 90% of motor franchise dealers will pay you plenty of cash to have you on there team

STUCOS

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Blue smoke,im an hgv technician and in our game they like use to fix as much elactrical faults as possable,ive been on basic electrics ,manufacturers courses for most makes,and it still fuks my head up,for a start do you know what a can wire does or how it works,as most vehicles are using can these days,wouldnt you say mark,no i wouldnt wont to be an auto sparky

cheeRS stu

markk

iTrader: (2)

cars now dont just use CAN, we have LIN, LAN, differant speeds in all cases dependant on priority data transfer, makes PC's look a peice of piss pal

BlueSmoke

I was only really thinking along the lines of installing A/V stuff, but alas it seems it was a bit of a silly idea.

Thanks anyway guys.