City and Guilds 2391-52, Initial and Periodic Inspection and Testing of Electrical Installations Reviews

The course length is just about right, albeit that there is a lot to take in, in a short amount of time I feel that it is achieved well by the tutor. Mark Appleyard did an excellent job at conveying the information and went into a more in depth explanation of anything we were unsure about. Overall I feel the course is very intensive but does work well provided you have the previous knowledge and experience of testing.

Mock exams have should have an answer sheet with references to the page numbers where to find the answers. More structure in course is required, ie when a formula is being presented it would be good to write down all the page number where to find the relevant factors.

It's tempting to be negative about this, but the tutor did a very good job in the time available to him. The problem is that it's not really enough. It's five days, of which much of the fourth and basically all of the fifth is taken up sitting exams. So you've essentially got three days' teaching, with only a couple of hours dedicated to the practical assessment. Most of the contact time is devoted to prepping for the theory exam - all well and good: none of it's rocket science but the pass mark is 75% and C&G's questions can be equivocal and oddly worded, so don't underestimate it. You can see the problem, though: without previous, relevant experience you're not going to be prepared for the practical. If you're a practicing electrician or you happen to have done the test procedures before - even just once or twice - then it's fine. But if you're new to testing and inspection, then there's a good chance you're going to find yourself in the situation I was in: carrying out the tests and filling in the forms for essentially the first time in your life, under exam conditions with the clock ticking. It's not a nice experience!

I have never learned so much in such little time. Brilliant course and am so pleased with everything thankyou all so very much

Tom our tutor was excellent, he clearly enjoys what he is doing, as he has a way of imparting his knowledge in a way that you actually remember what you have been thought. The food provided was of excellent quality and selection was very good. I can't recommend Tom and the Newcastle Center highly enough.

I cannot thank mark enough for all his help, support and motivation throughout the whole course. From the moment I sat to the desk on the first day to the handshake at the end of the course I cannot say enough good things about him. His knowledge on electrics was second to non he answered everyone’s questions and helped you navigate through the relevant books to confirm the answers. What a tutor fantastic

The course was great Wendy is superb very engaging knowledgeable and friendly to everyone she put everything in a understandable way, loads of information to take in in a week so lots of homework but I would highly recommend taking the course with Wendy

Wendy was exceptional, I’ve gain so much knowledge on this week , her way of explaining the course it’s excellent, I’ve been on other training but nothing like her , I would really like to thank her for all her effort she put for us on this week ,she is the best out there ! About the venue again excellent! I’m really happy and I will definitely chose the same venue for the future training, with Wendy of course

Enjoyed the course, Mark made the content easy for me to fit into my poor small brain, happy with my pass, would take similar courses in the future

Thomas was very knowledgeable and helpful, well delivered course.