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Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson
[f. spark n.2 + -y.]
A spark or gallant.
1756 M. Calderwood in Coltness Collect. (Maitland Club) 196 Miss Collier the cousine is a well-looked little lassie, and severall little sparkies were in love with her.
Unfortunately not easy to do unless you are lucky & also willing to work for very little for a fair while.
You can either do an expensive "fast track course" which will leave you with a qualification and no experience or do a traditional college course over a number of years whilst working for very little.
The problem will be finding someone willing to give you a go so you can gain experience - Most would rather employ an 18 yr old for next to nothing who they can train up the way they want to.
2 years ago I paid a substantial amount of money for a 6 months plumbing course which gave me a city & guilds certificate with no experience.
i worked on a house renovation afterwards for 8 months doing labouring & plumbing work for £80 a day and then went back to IT as was nigh on impossible to get employed by anyone & I was skint.
Don't regret it & have used some of the skills since but I am not going to make my living out of plumbing.
Good luck whatever you decide to do.
The best cure for 'I want to become an electrician/plumber' is to actually do a bit of rewiring or plumbing and you'll see the 'light' pretty quickly. A spell crawling around in fibreglass in a loft, or crawling around in dirt under a suspended floor should do the trick. Not a job for the over 40s !
The best cure for 'I want to become an electrician/plumber' is to actually do a bit of rewiring or plumbing and you'll see the 'light' pretty quickly. A spell crawling around in fibreglass in a loft, or crawling around in dirt under a suspended floor should do the trick. Not a job for the over 40s !
I personally didn't mind that at all and would rather do that then sit in an office all day but each to their own.
it was the sh1te money and no prospect of earning any better for a good while that did it in the end.
There are also thousands of other people who have decided that they would rather do a trade than work in an office and unfortunately I think most end up going back to what they did previously (Although not all)
It has, however, made me appreciate what money I do earn a lot more which is a good thing.
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