Hi all, new here
When i did my time it was 4 * 6 week block release`s at college for the first year (2 1/2 days doing practical work) the rest theory and in the second year 4 * 4 week blocks back in college (all theory).
Then in the 3rd year near the end i took my AM2, The apprentice asked the employer to take the final test, I was holding back, was scared at the time
looking back dunno why
The AM2 was a 3 1/2 day test i did it in 1 1/2 was a breeze But the firm i worked for was mainly industrial stuff.
A while ago (2000) i was talking to an electrician who had just passed his AM2 and he was saying how easy it was.
Breif outline of AM2 when i did it (93),
Each person had a cubicle with a few things fitted, Main DFB, some trunking, motor, motor starter, Pendant. cant remember the rest.
And the test basically consisted of you fitting in all the remaining bits,
20 & 25 mm conduit, cable tray, Trunking + fabricating a reducer 3" to 2", pyro, i think thats all.
Then you had to wire it all/ connect it all, then test it before final switch on.
Also while you were wiring up your cubicle you got pulled of it i think 4 times, for other tests, Glanding in a SWA, Fault finding & Isolation proceedures, wire up a nurses call unit.
Skipping back to the Electrician i talked to saying how easy it was, well he said that now (2000) theres no installation work at all, everythings done for you, he just had to connect all the cables up.
So thats my experience of being an Apprentice. Good times were those