electrical industry advice

[Dalecross1991]

I've just paid to do my city and guilds 2365 level 2 (doing level 3 next) also doing 17th edition will be finished level 2 and 17th edition in September as most are probably aware doing this off your own back is quite expensive the problem is ill have relevant qualifications but not a lot of electrical on site experience anyone know of any companies who would be interested in taking someone like myself on ??(I can't work for Pennies due to still needing to pay for my next level of course) Or know a good way of getting experience I already do a couple of days a month for free with a solar PV company helping the electrician just for experience.
Any feedback would be great.

[Paulm4]

It won't be easy is all I can say. You can't get experience without a job and you can't get job without experience, catch 22! It doesn't help that people who don't do a full apprenticeship tend to be looked down on and passed over due to the number of experienced tradesmen left jobless by the recession.

I'd suggest go to a few local companies but offer to work a couple of days a week for free to get experience. It'll look good on your CV and help you get practical skills. Either that or go self employed and look for agency work. Be wary of taking on jobs you don't feel ready for though. Electricity can and does kill, I've seen plenty dodgy jobs over the years that it's just been good luck that someone hasn't been fried!

[Dalecross1991]

Yeah definitely isn't going to be easy yeah I think ill start calling all local company's and try get some more experience cheers