Some advice from the Engineers please

[michaelizere]

Hello

I’m Mickey – Nice to meet you.

I’m currently working for a Miele dealer and I had been offered to be trained up (about a year ago) as a service engineer on Semi-commercial laundry & catering equipment. I have had several Miele/Electrolux training courses in dishwashing a laundry equipment & I have also been out with a few senior engineers and picked up a few good tricks of the trade. However (no disrespect)my boss has no go in him and this seems to be going no where fast – he only uses me as a get out of jail free card when no one wants to do the tough jobs. – I want to be out on the road repairing machines and pursue my career.

So I am asking some of you guys/gals for some advice – I want to be a full time service engineer, I have no electrician qualifications i.e City & guilds (I’m sure a lot of manufacturers/employers like Indesit and so on like to see this on your CV & it may be crucial to show you are competent to work with electrics?)

So I’m looking to do this on my own (paying for my own training & moving on to another company where I can be a full time engineer.

I’m looking to be a domestic engineer so what kind of qualifications do I need? If there are any employers on here it would be great to know what you look for when employing your staff.

All the best
P.S Sorry about the essay! 😆
Mickey.

[Seamy]

Re: Some advice from the Engineers please

Not sure that certificates are what you need.
To be honest you mentioned picking up tricks of the trade and i’d think that good habits you pick up with going out with another engineer would be of more value than weeks in the classroom.
Not sure you need any formal qualification though.
Being trained up on semi-commercial Miele equiptment would be a good basis to start though if this is being offered i’d take the opportunity. I’ve done courses with Miele years ago and if you know how to work on there product any other you come in contact with are handy enough to grasp.
The testing for faults is important but its the testing that the product is safe for the customer to use after you have been with it that is the most important.

[michaelizere]

Re: Some advice from the Engineers please

Many thanks for the reply friend.

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