The electrical training specialists

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Optima Electrical Training

We provide electrical training courses for beginners and qualified electricians. All our courses are City & Guilds approved and delivered both online and in-centre. We are a family ran business and here to support all your training goals and needs by offering daytime, evening, and weekend courses.

Optima Electrical Training have been delivering courses for over 20 years with training centres strategically located in Birmingham, Glasgow, London, and Manchester.

 

GLASGOW

Pentagon Business Centre, 6 Washington St, Glasgow G3 8AZ

 

LONDON

3 BESSEMER PARK, 250 MILKWOOD RD, HERNE HILL, LONDON SE24 0HG

 

MANCHESTER

EMPRESS CENTRE, CHESTER RD, OLD TRAFFORD, M16 9EB

 

WEST MIDLANDS

4 ROSSWAY BUSINESS PARK, WALSALL, WS9 8BX

 

Delivery

Our City & Guilds accredited electrical courses have been designed so that they can be tailored to suit your personal needs we can even offer our services to help you complete outstanding modules from previous courses taken at other establishments and arrange exams or re-sits at short notice throughout the year.

  • Smaller class sizes

  • One to One training

  • Fast Track programmes

  • Evening and weekend options

  • Free additional drop in sessions

These factors allow us to provide a more intimate, personal and tailored learning experience which directly influence both course length and our exceptional pass rate. 

“Great people to deal with, my tutor George was very professional and approachable. Vast knowledge of the electrical industry, and very helpful.”

—Andy F.

Course packages and programmes

 

The Gold Card Training Programme

This is the most comprehensive of all our electrical training packages available here at Optima Electrical Training. This programme will provide you with all the training and assessments required to achieve JIB Gold Card status in a Fast Track format saving you time and money. From beginner to fully qualified, this programme has everything that you will need.

The Fast Track Package

The Fast Track course package is by far the most popular course package that we offer and this programme will lead you to becoming a Level 3 qualified Electrician in under one year.

The course is specifically built for individuals with little to no experience and other tradespeople.

Domestic Installer Programme

this course is designed for individuals looking to get started as a Domestic Installer.
The skills learnt on this course will enable you to carry out all kinds of installations in a domestic setting, additionally you will be shown how to safely isolate and carry out initial inspection and testing for your own installations.

Individual courses

 

The Portable Appliance Testing course or also known as the PAT testing course

Design & Verification of Electrical Systems C&G 2396

Inspection & Testing of Electrical Installations C&G 2391-52

C&G 2919-01 Electric Vehicle Charge Point Installers Course

18th Edition BS 7671 - C&G 2382-22 Amendment Two 2022

NVQ Level 3 in Electrical Installations C&G 2357 and 2346 Experienced Worker Route

Solar PV (Photovoltaic System) Installers Course

The Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations - C&G 2365-03

The Level 2 Diploma in Electrical Installations - C&G 2365-02

Popular Courses

Start an exciting new career

Electricians are needed everywhere, and the job outlook for electricians is expected to perform better than most other professions, including other trades, over the coming years.

The average yearly income of an electrician is now £39,984, whilst some established electricians can earn in excess of £90,000 per year! To become an electrician you will need to combine training, experience and a final assessment.

How can we help you?

The shortage of electricians has lead to an increased demand nationwide and in turn a sharp rise in salary. Our training solutions can help you gain nationally recognised qualifications such as City & Guilds and NVQ. Not only you will train in state-of-the-art training centres, but you can also have the opportunity to attain the Work Based Performance Units and complete a portfolio of diverse evidence of onsite work.

Our courses are designed to allow you to work and study around your current situation, and we offer weekends and evenings courses too.

Would you like to find out more? Please click the button below and one of our team will be happy to help.

Payment Plans

We offer financial assistance for some of our courses and programmes by the way of our interest free payment plans. 

Our flexible payment schemes have helped many students to complete their courses by spreading the cost throughout the duration of their course, we call this LEARN WHILE YOU EARN.   

For more information please click the link below.

See how we can help you today. Call us now and have a chat with one of our dedicated course advisors.