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1. Your electrical career starts here
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2. Electrical Programme
The domestic electrical trade:
A great opportunity for you!
The demand for electricians
6,720 new electricians are required every year
(according to Construction Skills, the Government’s
skills council for the industry).
In 2010 the annual salaries earned by employed
electricians ranged from £20,000 to £50,000, with self-
employed electricians earning more. We have trained
7,500 students for a new career since we started in
1998. There is great opportunity for you to train now for
a secure, fulfilling and well paid career - whatever your
background.
Add solar photovoltaic panel installation
to really profit
Thanks to the financial support provided by the
Government’s Feed In Tariff to home owners installing
solar photovoltaic panels (solar PV), the demand for
solar qualified electricians is at a high point. Summit
Skills (the industry’s sector skills council) forecasts that
there is a need for 124,000 trained solar photovoltaic
electrical installers in the UK. Our advanced electrical
programme includes solar photovoltaic training and
advice on setting yourself up as an installer.
An end-to-end service
We will train you in the theory and the practical skills
for domestic electrical work; we will help you achieve
the certificates you need to work safely; and most
importantly we will help you to find work or start your
own business as a domestic electrician. And once you
are out working in your new career our tutors are there
should you need support, and you will have access
to our exclusive NCS community of qualified trade
professionals.
To Find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9909

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Your career as a domestic
electrical installer.
As a qualified domestic electrical installer you will (solar PV) panels are a fast growing new area for
enjoy a fulfilling and varied career. It is a challenging, electricians, as more and more homeowners install
satisfying job which involves high amounts of individual solar panels on their roofs to generate electricity from
freedom and responsibility. As successful New Career the sun, supported by Government financial incentives.
Skills students will tell you, it is also financially very New Career Skills is one of the UK’s leading providers
rewarding. If you haven’t already seen the testimonials of solar PV training.
and videos from them on our web site - why not take a
look? Other areas of work you can choose from include:
• Re-wiring
We recognise that we need to deliver you first class • Electrical Installation
training and that we also need to support you once • Fittings
you’ve graduated, unlocking the value of your training • Emergency Work
and your new skills. That is why we offer a staged • New Builds
training and support programme – theory and • Maintenance
certification, practical training and hands-on experience, • First and Second Fix
help finding work or starting your own business, and on • Conversions
going support once you are out working. You will find • Portable Appliance PAT Testing
out how we do this as you read on. • Design
• Appliance Repair
And when you have completed your career change • Estimating
programme you will discover the wide range of • Solar Photovoltaic Panels
potential areas in which you can work and some areas
where you may want to specialise. Solar photovoltaic
A complete career change programme
New Career Skills delivers a complete programme to give you (1) skills for your new career, (2) help bridging the gap
between training and working, (3) support finding work and (4) continued support while you are in work. With our
unique approach to re-training we can confidently deliver the results you want – here’s how:
Blended Career Ongoing
Learning Development Support
• Flexible delivery • Work experience programme • Join the NCS community
• Hands on practical in centre • Support finding work • Exclusive access to jobs
• City & Guilds, EAL, BPEC • Help starting your own • Tutors available for advice
Accredited Training business • Career Search continues
• Pass rates over 95% • 73% of students start in their to support you in work
new career after training with us*
73% of students start in their new career after training with us*
* 2011 survey of 200 NCS graduates
To Find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9909

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What makes New Career
Skills different?
New Career Skills was founded in 1998 as a specialist Excellent
training provider. Recent years have seen New Career • Our tutor to student ratio is typically 1 to 8
Skills expand and in 2008, we were named by the • We achieve pass rates of over 95%
Sunday Times as one of the 100 fastest growing • A first re-sit (should you ever need it) is free and
companies in the UK. We believe the secret to our you can even retake a week’s practical free
success is delivering a service that’s best in class. • Student satisfaction rates are consistently over 95%
and we publish these rates on our website every
Established month
• We have trained thousands of successful students
• We own our training centres, and deliver all training End-to-end
ourselves, using an employed team of tutors, so we • Our fees include everything – there are no hidden
can be confident of quality charges (some other organisations do not include
• We are an accredited examination centre for exam fees or retakes or extra weeks training)
City & Guilds, EAL, BPEC and Logic • You receive the services of NCS Career Search –
help finding employment or starting your own
Expert business, plus offers and discounts on vital services
• All our course materials are written by experts and and free professional development courses
lead to industry standard qualifications, accredited • You can join the NCS Community - a free resource
by top awarding bodies centre and a place where you can source work or
• Our tutors are all qualified and also have real world work alongside other trained NCS graduates already
industry experience running businesses
• Students practise hands-on in specially constructed • A tutor is contactable even after you graduate to
training bays offer advice while you’re working
To Find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9909

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How the New Career Skills
training programme works
for you.
We recognise that some people learn best from books, the quality of tuition they receive in centre. These
some in a class and some by doing rather than reading. results are published on our web site. Our tutors
We try to offer what suits you best. You will train for consistently achieve satisfaction grades of 95% and
your new career using our special blended above for training style and delivery, helpfulness
learning approach. and friendliness.
The structure is very simple – you study a block of Even after you have finished your course, our tutors will
theory at home and then you book in for a week of be available to give you advice while you’re working.
practical hands-on learning at one of our training So if you get stuck when you are out on a job, you can
facilities. We try to offer you maximum flexibility and call. Or if you have a big project and you need some
break everything down into bite size chunks. guidance, go and see your tutor for a chat first.
At the training sessions you will be guided by your tutor
and practise hands-on in a safe, controlled environment
the theory you have learnt in home study. Because you
do the theory at home you do not have to spend days
sitting in a classroom. You can get started straight away.
You are in control of when you learn and the pace at
which you learn. This approach is taken so that you
do not have to give up your job until you are ready to
become a full-time electrician.
How you tutor will support you
You will have access to our team of tutors while you
learn your theory at home. Later, during your practical
weeks in centre, we have around 1 tutor for every 8
students. You will work in a specially designed bay
which is a replica of what you will find on a domestic
job. As you work through the different practicals each
week, your tutor will be at your side, supervising and
guiding you through.
All tutors have many years hands-on experience in
their relevant industry and also a number of years in
education, which means you get the best possible
support available, and a lot of common sense advice.
At the end of every week we ask our students to rate
To Find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9909

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Getting your first job; starting
your own business with NCS
Career Search.
NCS Career Search is a division of New Career estimating, renewable technologies and many other
Skills which supports you starting out and growing your courses which may be of use to you.
new career. Career Search will help you get a job in the
electrical industry or start your own business and, once The NCS Career Search web site also gives you access
you are working, it can help you to succeed. to a range of products and services at exclusive
discounts which will be helpful to you in your new
NCS Career Search has a dedicated team in centre, career – services like web design, financial and legal
a web site www.ncscareersearch.co.uk, and also an advice, low cost van hire, insurance discounts, and
exclusive community, MyNCS, to serve you better. money off tools and workwear.
Help you will receive from NCS Career Search NCS Community - MyNCS
During your course you will be contacted by your Throughout your course and beyond you will be able
Career Search advisor and right from the start you to access the NCS community, called MyNCS. Through
will be offered advice on preparing your CV, interview this community you can keep in touch with the other
technique and creating a business plan (including sales, students you meet while training, and stay in contact
marketing, finance, staffing issues and legislation). even after you graduate, so you can share jobs with
them. New Career Skills trains people as electricians,
Work experience – NCS Access plumbers and in renewable technologies (like solar
As you progress through your course, subject to and heat pumps), so there are plenty of jobs which
availability and on recommendation by your tutor, you can be shared amongst the community. Early on if
may be eligible for the NCS Access programme. This is you have a large job you may wish to share it with a
an opportunity for you undertake work experience with more experienced NCS graduate, who can give you
an NCS graduate who is already running a business a few pointers as you start out. Job opportunities are
in your area, and provides a real world environment also posted on the community and there is a library of
for you to test out the skills and knowledge you have materials you can download for free and use in your
learnt in your practical sessions. Because we have business, including quote sheets, sample contracts,
trained thousands of trade professionals we are in a customer satisfaction forms, marketing materials and
position to offer this exclusive financial planning templates.
Career Manuals NCS Career Search is an important part of your career
Towards the end of your course you will receive change programme. Its services are only possible
manuals on working as an electrician or setting up your because we have been delivering trades training for
own electrical business. These manuals contain plans so many years and can draw upon the experience
and techniques for starting and growing your business of people who have successfully completed our
and some invaluable tricks of the trade. You will also programme and are now running new businesses. It is
be introduced to a range of other opportunities to a unique and vital ingredient in your success. Visit the
further your skills, with free workshops on pricing and web site www.ncscareersearch.co.uk to find out more.
To Find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9909

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Successful students!
From advertising hell to electrical heaven
Ivan was tired of work stress and long hours and realised he needed a change.
After completing his training, Ivan has his own electrical business and is looking
to take on additional staff. “A year ago I had no idea that I would be able to get
to where I am now. Anyone thinking about re-training shouldn’t think about it too
long otherwise the opportunity will pass you by.”
From a desk job to entrepreneur with a van
Before he had even got half way through the course Ben, with the help of the New
Career Search job search service, found work with a local electrical contracting
firm. “Within four weeks I had got the hang of it and now I don’t look back as my
confidence has grown. I’ve worked on many domestic jobs, as well as a few
commercial jobs, including a Toyota garage.”
Fast learner
Natasha was a professional make up artist working in TV and film. She wanted
a job which would give her more freedom and still an opportunity to earn a good
living. Less than a year after enrolling with us she was qualified. “It’s hard work, but
women aren’t any less capable of doing it then men. I enjoyed it!” She now runs her
own business, called Electra.
Like father, like son
Nigel Crossman runs Blue Lightening Electrical, having trained with us as an
electrician, “The package over all just seemed to outclass the competitors. NCS
offered something which would equip you with all you needed to know to allow
you to go out on your own as soon as the programme finished”. Last year his son
Antony trained as a plumber with NCS and joined his father’s fast growing business.
In control of his destiny
For Neil James from Salisbury, changing career aged 43 and setting up his own
business was not just about being his own boss. The former infantry soldier wanted
to be ‘in control of his own destiny’ and retrained as an electrician to make his dream
a reality. Neil immediately set up his own firm, Bourne Valley Electrical Services. Now,
three years later, Neil has a large base of happy clients and gets to spend more time
with his wife, Lynn, who works with him as the company secretary.
To Find out more, contact New Career Skills. Freephone 0800 037 9909

8. What you need to do next...
The shortage of domestic electricians provides an Some successful New Career Skills students left school
opportunity for those who want a well-paid, secure at 16 with no qualifications, others went to university -
and fulfilling career. New Career Skills has helped whatever your age or background it does not matter.
many people like you into the electrical industry who The single most important factor in making the break
are now very successful. Remember, you don’t need into the industry is your determination to succeed.
any previous experience or qualifications.
We can answer all your questions about the course, your new
career, qualifications, job prospects, work experience and support.
Call New Career Skills free on 0800 037 99 09
NCS worked for them: now make NCS work for you!
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