The Faraday Centre Reviews

Well delivered course.

Balance of theory and practical was quite good, and the general course materials were interesting. Some of the sections such as the power system protection had such a large volume of material that had to be rushed through out of necessity that it felt a bit pointless, as there was almost a semester's equivalent worth of work covered in the space of an hour or two and expecting people to take this in meaningfully seems a little ambitious. All the lecturers were very personable and easy to get on with and clearly very knowledgeable in their field. I did feel the delivery of the course could be improved; the pacing for instance was somewhat inconsistent, with some sections rushed through as mentioned above and other points belaboured ad nauseam. I would say a little more credit could be given to the candidates in terms of usage of imagination, in that not every extremely basic and almost obvious point necessarily needs to be qualified with an anecdote or example of why it's important which takes another 10 minutes to go through. In general I felt the course could have probably been completed in 3 days rather than 4-5. Finally the general delivery could have also been a bit more engaging; reading out text from Powerpoint slides verbatim is not the most interesting or effective way to convey information. On the venue side, unfortunately the room we were in was very warm, poorly air conditioned and lacking in natural light and this was extremely conducive to tiredness throughout the day when combined with the large volume of Powerpoint presentations. Partly this was exacerbated by the exceptionally hot conditions that week but it was not a particularly comfortable learning environment. The building itself was nice enough and the food was very good. Coffee could have been a little bit stronger for me :)

All very good. The venue was okay however the classroom was quite hot and stuffy. Air-conditioning and natural light in the classroom would have helped

John is an excellent Lecturer, he had the difficult task of teaching our group, who had different levels of knowledge ranging from me, who had the least pre-course knowledge up through Christian, Anderson, Jack and Lee. John is a very good communicator, checking our understanding each step of the way, he had to impart a lot of information in too short a Time period which is why I scored 4 for the course. For me the course should be spread over 3 or 4 days. All Staff friendly and helpful, thumbs up for the food and facilities. ( hope I passed ).

Good content

Overall a very productive course. Excellent trainer with knowledge that helped greatly. Only thing but still very minor, hottest day of the year and not really any air con.

Lecturer very good, venue good, lecturer had plenty of experience and kept the level just right for a refresher course. The course done what it said in the title good refresher.

The course venue was very good with a wide range of switchgear to practice on. The lecturer was good and vastly experienced which meant we got additional information and practical experiences, rather than just death by power point. The level it was pitched at was right for a refresher course.

Ejoyable course overall. Lecturer was very knowlegdeable and kept your interest with his stories. Found John patient and helpful as a lot of the subject was fairly new to me. Plenty of notes and handouts for reference. Air con in the room was not great which made it a bit of a struggle to concentrate at times due to it being very warm. Other than that facilities and lunches were fine.

Venue is best to us, with a healthy environment. Overall course contents and material are very much useful, knowledgeable to us as we came with some activities which we were not performing as a Safe Work previously. I am very much thankful to Mr. Gary Wilson, and found myself lucky for having him as teacher for enhancing my knowledge and skills. He is a kind and experienced knowledgeable person. Special thanks to Mr. Andy for helping us in our troubleshooting. Many thanks to facility for hosting us in a best way. Cheers to all.