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Just to add, if by small works you mean problem solving simple stuff like why do my lights flicker or changing broken fittings etc. the course is overkill but gives a lot of confidence. If you've never changed a breaker then the course is very useful for confidence inside the consumer unit.
If you want to add circuits or install in bathrooms/outdoors which is good money but bigger jobs and plenty of demand you will need to be registered and you will at least need this course before you get accepted by a registered body.
They will also test your competence by coming to view work that you have completed and that work will have to be something that requires registration. It all starts to add up to a situation where working for a firm helps you get registered before you start doing small works on your own.
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Aye, basically, I'm currently going from small job to small job as a technician. I'm pretty sure I don't want to do domestic, more interested in industrial, with an eye on getting a full time job and hopefully working in a team. Being a sole trader or running a business isn't for me (at the moment) but I figure if I do the course I have options at least looking forward - fitting in small jobs between my normal technician work for example.
I know I'll probably need some experience to get a job but I figured the course was a quicker way in. I guess I just feel slightly wary about starting an apprenticeship in my 30s, especially when I'm trying to increase my earnings.