Now what an idea. I did 3 years college, 5 years training and another 2 years to get approved status.
About 15 years ago they tried this 3 months training to be an electrician and i happened to be at the training centre for an upgrade.
So i asked the class of trainees, how would you wire 1 lamp, switchable at any one of 4 switch locations. Off at any one and on at any one in any order. Not one had any idea about basic intermediate switching.
At about 2 years into my training i was getting quite confident but still a lot to learn. At 3 years i could happily wire a house alone.
The reason for the 5 year training was to learn all the cable types and various reasons for doing certain jobs.
I learnt the steel conduits and trunking, the armoured cables, fireproof mineral cables, PVC twin and earth etc. Asking the 3 month trainees, they asked what mineral cable was. Its the copper sheathed fireproof wire used in churches and often in thatched roofs where there may be rodents.
I have 3 Nephews that are long term trained electricians so the fires these new boys create should keep them busy.
I would love to watch a new trainee finish his course then try and wire a 3 storey house with all its wiring for stair lighting and large circuit breaker boards followed by the computerised testing at the end of the job.
Be very wary if employing the very young as they really need 10 years experience to be very competent.