Leccy-Lee
27th August 2007, 02:19 PM
Finally sat here applying for my provisional license, and at the same time enrolling for the regulations exams etc at my local college (Weltec), Getting a little confused with what i need to study for etc?
I believe assuming my experience and qualifications check out all ok (should be all ok) that i need to sit the Regulations, and also the stage 3 practical assesment, correct me if i am wrong there?
But, contacting the EWRB they just give me details of the local college, and when i speak to local college, they say i can enroll on a 2 week course !:uhoh One week being the course for the regulations with the exam on the friday, and the second week being a week of all three stage of practical from stage 1 to 3 with internal assesment? Now what i need to try and get my head around is this:
-Do i actually need to take a weeks Regs course and tuition? Or can i just study and take the exam only? And can i just enroll anywhere for only the exam?
-How do i "just" take the stage 3 practical when all courses i see are a week long and cover all 3 stages of assesment?
-As the 2 weeks of courses plus fees come to a $1450 figure :mad: and with unpaid time off work i would rather not waste 2 weeks doing something i already know just so i can sit and pass an exam etc?
I have also emailed and asked Paul Mcgrail and EWRB, but not yet got any replies, but i was more looking for other emmigrating sparkies experiencees and how you did it? If its just a couple of exams/assesments etc i would rather sit those for a day or two, than lose loads money on a 2 week course covering ground i known for 17+ years in the trade.
Thanks for help
I believe assuming my experience and qualifications check out all ok (should be all ok) that i need to sit the Regulations, and also the stage 3 practical assesment, correct me if i am wrong there?
But, contacting the EWRB they just give me details of the local college, and when i speak to local college, they say i can enroll on a 2 week course !:uhoh One week being the course for the regulations with the exam on the friday, and the second week being a week of all three stage of practical from stage 1 to 3 with internal assesment? Now what i need to try and get my head around is this:
-Do i actually need to take a weeks Regs course and tuition? Or can i just study and take the exam only? And can i just enroll anywhere for only the exam?
-How do i "just" take the stage 3 practical when all courses i see are a week long and cover all 3 stages of assesment?
-As the 2 weeks of courses plus fees come to a $1450 figure :mad: and with unpaid time off work i would rather not waste 2 weeks doing something i already know just so i can sit and pass an exam etc?
I have also emailed and asked Paul Mcgrail and EWRB, but not yet got any replies, but i was more looking for other emmigrating sparkies experiencees and how you did it? If its just a couple of exams/assesments etc i would rather sit those for a day or two, than lose loads money on a 2 week course covering ground i known for 17+ years in the trade.
Thanks for help