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[slack]

Hello,

Someone can help me with one question? I have a health problem and i need to change the my job area... I'm a welder but my lungs can't stand the gases anymore. So if I am forced to work for another 30 years until I retire, i decided that I wanted to change my working area and go for what I really like to do.

 

Does anyone know where I can take a course like this one in the title (Motor Vehicle Repair ＆ Maintenance for cars or bikes)

and if someone say if the schools accept me at my age?

 

I know that it's a little late to do that, but with my health problem, i don't want just try... I have to change.

 

Thank you guys :)

[Icey]

Air fed welding mask? Gotta be easier than an entire career change.

[mab01uk]

Depending where you are located many colleges run such courses:-

https://kingston-col...t/motor-vehicle

[sledgehammer]

Air fed welding mask? Gotta be easier than an entire career change.

 

I have been welding 20 years , with a 3m respirator & enclosed mask / hood , you still get the fumes , filters get blocked quite quickly - still get coughing fits

 

& the air in the workshop is polluted , so as soon as you take the gear off you are breathing the stuff , even with the correct extraction

 

 

only go into car repair / maintenance , if your back / hands / knees are still good , that is why I moved on from cars

 

The car trade has changed a lot in the past 2 decades , when I took my C&Gs & HNC in motor vehicle there were no computers (as such) in cars , 

only the basic ECU , & the odd modules / relay boxes

 

if you want to train on classics & have the back for it , read this book - https://www.amazon.c...lier/0748705317

 

it is known as the bible , you would be told to buy if you start college 

 

I took City & Guilds , as well as motor vehicle foundation courses to start with then went on with the ONC , HNC

 

I believe the courses are more modular now so you can concentrate on the areas you want to work in

 

I think you should stick with classic cars , as newer stuff will take a lot of training & the money is less than welding , unless you are lucky

 

it is a very under rated trade & is a lot of training & responsibility for little reward , you will also need tools - £xpensive 

 

you could go for mobile servicing , without doing diagnostics etc , money could be better if self employed

 

best thing to do is to go on the forums & ask around , pop into the nearest college , they will have advise for you
 

best of luck

Edited by sledgehammer, 02 July 2017 - 09:37 AM.

[minidaves]

would not go into the motor trade to be honest, and speaking to people about them motor bikes things, thats as bad, clean environments maybe think about a outside job around what your doing, or in maintenance, so air is a bit cleaner 

[minimans]

why not try for a service advisor post? still involved with cars but you get a cleaner environment and less pollution, the only drawback is you have to deal with the customers!!  When I put my back out a few years ago that's where they placed me for a year I quite enjoyed at the time and was good training for running my own business which I've done for the last 20 odd years