Trying to Become an Electrician through the City and Guilds 2365 route, this is Dex's experience. 

I'm making these video's to help those of you looking to join this industry, by giving you real life experiences.
In this video I talk to Dex, who I've been interacting with through social media for some time now, and he has been very supportive of the e5 group and those looking to inspire others to achieve their best.
Dex approached me to give you his experience through the City and Guilds 2365 diploma route. When Dex first set out he was able to get funding for the level 2 2365 which was a year long course, but the level 3 2365 is being phased out so he was forced to take the City and Guilds 8202 level 3 course at a cost of £2500.
The thing I like about Dex is that he has completely the right attitude towards learning, which you will discover when you are watching this video. He reads up on anything that will improve his knowledge, buys tools to learn on and incentivise him to push forward, and is in the middle of building himself a practical board at home, so that he can hone his skills while watching RU-vid videos and reading books.
Dex has found it hard to find a job in his chosen profession, partly because of a lack of experience, which those of you looking to choose this route may also face. This course is purely college based in classroom conditions and as such you will not be getting on site experience with this route. (There are 3 main routes into the industry which you can find here www.electricalcareers.co.uk/j...
You are then also purely reliant on the tutor who is training you, (unlike in an apprenticeship where you are on site 4 days a week) unless you are working with an electrician outside of college. This could be because you are either doing this full time, or around existing commitments like changing career, but on top of this Dex also has a disability which means that he has to really push himself to succeed, which he appears to be doing rather well.
Please watch the video and if you are able to help Dex in anyway fulfil his ambition of being an electrician in spite of his disability, I'm sure you will not be disappointed.