BUP – Basic Electrical Upskilling Reviews

Training was lead by phil Fantastic lecture and made the course joyful

Course was taught with a unique style which worked very well, trainer was very inclusive and was pleased to see ingenuity.

Dave led the course instead of phill, Fantastic instructor explained everything thoroughly and answered any questions we needed

Course was ran very well and the course instructor had a unique but very approachable style of teaching which really sunk in well.

Course had a good mix of practical and theory. Phil was great, very knowledgeable and helpful. Many thanks to him and the faraday center for running the course.

Phil is very knowledgeable and has the strength and patience to explain all the unclear subjects. Well done

Our instructor Phil has been brilliant. He’s very knowledgeable and helpful. The course has been interesting but sometimes a little repetitive.

Course has been interesting and the practical sessions have been enjoyable whilst challenging. Phil has been an excellent lecturer and is very knowledgeable. He is also able to keep the class engaging when the material gets a bit heavy with legislation. The coursework is at some times repetitive and contains some things which aren't necessary. Phil navigated through the coursework well.

Good course for people that need a basic understanding of electrical safety and how to work to the standards

Did not learn one thing on this course! The course isn’t worth 1p never mind the £2000+ my company was charged! 90% of the course was PowerPoints with lecturer just reading through them for hours! Lecture asked us to take extended breaks to waste time. When asked questions the lectures answer was always the same “I don’t know I worked on HV not LV” which is not helpful! 1 day we spend 6 hours wiring in a single timer as lecture “hadn’t a clue how to do it” even after asking for help himself and then being shown by 3 other lectures still no clue! The few practicals we did were not even planned out and the lecture didn’t know how to do them!!! As a group we would get stuck and ask him for help to be replied with “honestly guys I haven’t a clue”. How is this the environment for learning! The course is about upskilling but PowerPoints don’t increase a persons skills. When fault finding the lecture would pull the wire out and jab it into different terminals to see how it would react but this is not realistic to be doing in our jobs as this would cause tripping, blown fuses and huge downtime! The lecture when informed by all 4 of us that he wasn’t teaching us at all and we all don’t understand the diagram he replied with “you don’t need to understand it as you don’t need to be a good electrician you just need to be a lucky one”. The lecture also said that we shouldn’t use multimeters but instead got us to test machinery with equipment from the 1960s not realistic for a modern work environment. The lecture also spend the last 3 days sitting at his desk booking a stag do on the PC taking the diagram we needed to view OFF the big screen to display his Germany stag do flights. When we informed the lecture and another lecture in the room that this course was £250 a head so £1000 a day for 4 of us they both couldn’t believe it and began laughing hysterically. All in all this ‘training’ if you can call it that has been a total waste of time and money not 1 thing learned and no skills improved now all 4 of us are having to go back to work after 2 weeks with our work gaining nothing from the money invested!