Ive got to the point where i want out now. But my qualifications will no doubt hinder me. I have 9 A-C gcse's. Various electrical and fire qualifications. But thats about it. I have 4 years experience at installing and maintaining Intruder,Fire,CCTV and Door Access systems. Is there any scope for moving into another field of work given my security experience or is it back to college for a-levels and then some sort of degree? Or a career with the armed forces?

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As far as career goes, obviously depends what you want to go in to. I fitted alarms for 6 years then was made redundant 3 years ago. Now I make a good sparky. Most customers/client comment how good I am at running cable without excess damage. My alarm fitting experience make me a cut above alot of other tricians (who are good sparkies too by the way).

for new employment just think what you want to do with your life workwise and go for it as you get 1 attempt b4 the grave

I dunno how old you are, but as Chorlton said, lifes not a rehearsal............this is it, if you dont thoroughly enjoy what you do for a living, change it before you get into a rut and its too late.

Edited April 8, 200917 yr by Chorlton

Oh, yeah. one other thing.

Qualifications aint the be all and end all. Theres a lot of field servicing jobs within the electronics / electrical industries your probably well capable of with a little training. you should be used to dealing with clients, paperwork etc etc after 4 years in the job.

Just look hard for one and show that your willing to learn. and look after the company vehicle of course.

Good Luck.

for all the replies but its mainly the driving thats getting to me. I dont mind it but not as often and far as i do.

for all the replies but its mainly the driving thats getting to me. I dont mind it but not as often and far as i do.

if you like the job but not the miles maybe just a matter of finding the right vacancy.

I've never done more than 25,000 a year and that was several years ago now,probably just 12,000 year the last few.

i used to love driving but now it's more of a pain so can see your pov on that front.

get your details into david at MIA (see banner add) and see what comes up.

not the ideal time with the "curret economic climate" and all that but good luck

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I once had a job covering the whole of the UK, did 80,0000 in 11 months i left because most of my life was spent in the car. Even did installs in Belfast and Lisburn.

On the plus side collected loads of Esso tokens and got loads of free stuff.

Is there any scope for moving into another field of work given my security experience or is it back to college for a-levels and then some sort of degree? Or a career with the armed forces?

Sounds like you're just going through a 'fed up' phase. We all get it once in a while.

No point jumping unless you're sure you're going to land somewhere better.

Sounds like you're just going through a 'fed up' phase. We all get it once in a while.

No point jumping unless you're sure you're going to land somewhere better.

Bit of sound advice there Paul, couldn't agree more been through a few of those phases myself. In fact going through one just now!