simon and deb

stoke, i have been here 16 months , just finished 5 months underground in a coal mine, havent been out of work since i got here, if you need some advice drop me a line

Hi Simon and Deb

 

Wow 10 hours and out in 4? thats good mate.. Hope i will have the same luck? Were you nervious before the assessment.. Because i defo is... Any tips guys?

 

Many Thanks

Jonathan

just relax mate it really is no big deal , just brush up on inductance theory , theres a couple of questions on it in the theory exam, its a bit like the AM2 just not as involved, the assesors are good blokes and you get lots of time to get it done, from memory i had an hour to do my motor control =took 30 seconds

we had ten hours to do our assesment , I was in and out in 4 and a half easy mate

just clip the wires where they should go, you even get a drawing, peice of cake

what advice do you need:biggrin:

mate the best thing you can do is ring every electrical company and get any electrical work going dont wait to get your papers ,the whole process will drive you nuts ,if you need any pointers pm me

Hi all

Were are trying to complete our Vetassess skills assessment & are trying to obtain the syllabus for the City & Guilds 2360 Part 1. Cant find a copy anywhere & apperently City & Guilds not hold the syllabus in their archieves either. So what did other people do or has anyone got a copy etc they could give me, ppppplllllleeeeeaaaaasssseeeee.

 

Thanks in advance

OH did vetassess, we didn't include the syllabus, we just included all qualification certificates, references etc.

just applied for mine in QLD and im pretty sure an SA license is not automatically mutualy recognised check out form 11 from the electrical safety office

i'm getting a bit of dejavu here

thought so mate . nice one

Hi all im thinking of buying a new tester then bringing it to oz with me , what if any are the fundamental differences between the multi functional testers we use here and the ones they use in oz?????

the tra wont issue an artc without a visa number , and an adress to send it to in oz

i thought our mate toby said they were stopping peer veet from doing this (i may be wrong)

thanks for the reply and info. I am pretty confident on the practical side of it just struggling a bit trying to remember the 3phase power calculations. Still got till tomorrow night to get it sussed. It says on the tools list to take a drill with you, is this necessary?

Peter

i didnt take any tools

no worries

you going to need to know how to wire a d.o.l. starter but they do give you the schematic, and how to connect a motor up in star and delta

hi, I have my Vetassesse practical on Thursday in Blackburn. Been learning formulas again, its been nearly 20 years since I have done that. Am a right in thinking that you cant take any notes in with formulas on. I have gone over Impedance, capacitive and inductive reactance, transformer turns ratios, rms values. Am trying to get 3 phase power calculations in my head at the moment. Any more I may need or any advice would be appreciated. thanks peter

i wasnt allowed to take any notes in ,from what i remember ,somebody on here told me to brush up on resistor colour codes but that didnt come up

I'm in Darwin mate , been up her about four-five months.

 

Yeah study is the way forward , the revision day and talking through things with the other guys sitting the course sorts alot of the finer points out .

much work going on?

Lets not forget chaps that alot of sparks come from many different fields. One may be house bashing all his working career whereas the another may be only doing industrial motors. Sparky is such a small word for such a vast trade from design engineers to predominatly house bashers. Other than your apprenticeship and learning the trade in the classroom some of the sparks out there never do star/delta remote stop starts, likewise those who do maybe couldnt wire an intermediate switch in a hallway. Its not fair saying " if you cant do this or cant that" then you shouldnt be a spark. Such comments only contribute to the fears of those who havent and have to undertake the tests.

 

All of you have said that "Study study study" is the way forward. ABSOLUTELY! Those who dont know, ask! and post on here... We all can help each other.

 

Chris

fair point well made chris ,was just trying to say that nothing worth having is ever given on a plate . study is the way forward and just because somebody is a graded spark in the uk doesnt automatically mean they will be up to the mark in oz ,without a lot of hard work. simon

where you living?

cheers for the heads up mate , same as over here if a spark can,t answer questions on the basics should he be calling himself a spark,or be allowed too. how many "sparks" did you meet in england that couldn't work out two way switching or star delta motors?.

i still have mixed feelings until i check it out for myself,was the AM2 hard? ,was the 2391 hard? ,when i did my 2391 the instructor tried putting the fear of god into us saying that 73% fail , personally think it was easy. so gonna reserve judgement until i sit it myself.

was there much work going on?

when we were there about 5 1/2 years back it was really good, but looking on google earth since looks a bit built up . is it?

know what you meen about being a trainee after 20 years inc apprenticeship, but if its got to be done then hey. were off to caloundra as deb has an auntie there ,as regards time scale it depends on what happens with the new sol and smp's in july .you on face book?.