all i would say whichever books you buy you should read them often my learners over a 19 year period
will buy the books suggested by the staff and not read them if you're the sort of person that
won't read a book don't bother buying it save the money maybe buy yourself a tool and then
go back into the classroom and when they say to you have you got the book just say no i haven't
because i wouldn't bother reading it hopefully by clicking on this video already you're the sort of
person that's interested in the books required in order to further develop yourself as an apprentice
please note first of all depending on when you're watching this some of the colour schemes
especially for the IET books will change over time and you're always looking for the latest book at
the latest edition so we're shooting this in April 2020 and we're currently in the blue version of
BS 7671 amendment effectively one but it isn't there don't you change the book for amendment
one so you're looking for blue stripes or blue books to do with the iut but this will change
over time so make sure you look for the latest edition especially if you're searching online you
might find the book with the wrong colour the previous edition will be considerably cheaper
than the book you require to buy for the latest edition so with this in mind let's look at some of
the books that i believe that you're going to need as you work your way through your apprenticeship
i don't believe there's a college course up and down the country that's doing anything
to do with electrical that won't require you to buy your on-site guide and again all my learners
that i've taught over the years will buy their version of the on-site guide and very few of them
will actually read it i understand it's mildly technical especially when you come into a course
maybe as a full-time learner at level one some of the words and some of the information here is way
more complicated than the level you're at there is no better time to start reading the book than when
you first start the course and over time the stuff that you've read more than once will start to mean
something as the college lecturers layer in the information that you require so you're going to
need the on-site guide okay so that's the first book that i recommend that everybody has and i
would have a copy of it maybe even before a start of course so if you're looking to start a course
maybe in September of an academic year to look for the on-site guide but just confirm first of
all that it's the latest edition failing that hire it out of a library and start reading it
before you start the course so that's almost a compulsory book that you're going to require
in order to become hopefully an apprentice eventually if you're already an apprentice
again you're going to need this book so the on-site guide been the first one so now it's
it's choice uh there's loads of choice out there and i recommend in the comments below if there's
a book that you absolutely love that you've used over the years please put it in there and it'll
be one that probably isn't in front of me uh also at these difficult times i haven't got all access
to all the books that i've got at college i've only got the ones that i've kept for personal use
so let's go on then to one of my favourite books so we've got this one here this one here
the electrical installations book one also has a book two so there must be a reason why there is
two books so the first book concentrates on the city in guilds 5357 which is currently
the apprenticeship number required for your apprenticeship scheme if you're doing city and
guilds and it concentrates on the first element of science and principles health and safety and
your installation theory within the workshop so in other words the techniques required in order to
fabricate wiring systems really important because at five three five seven you have a practical
assessment 107 and all the skills in this book are covered um in your 5357 so whatever skills are in
here a lot of those skills will be required in order to pass your practical assessment
it also covers a qualification called the 8202 and as we sit in early 2020 this is the qualification
it looks like a lot of colleges up and down the country moving towards there is a 7202 which is
a level one there's an 8202 at level two and level three this covers the 8202 at the level two aspect
of it it also covers an EAL level two diploma as well within this book so this is really your
opening book if you're doing the first part of your apprenticeship or a level two qualification
at college now often books aren't written specifically for a level one course they're often
written for level two and above so if you're doing a level one course i still recommend this book
because you'll carry it through to years two and three of your actual qualification whether
it be a full-time learner or an apprenticeship so i strongly recommend this book also some of
the practical techniques in here i've covered on videos on GSH because i know they come up in the
three five seven practical assessment the second book so the book two version of this continues on
for the rest of the five three five seven qualifications so it takes on to the more design
and the more difficult signs and principles aspects of that qualification it also then
jumps up to the 8202 level 3 so that's the book 2 version of this and it goes on to do the EAL level
3 diploma so i'll recommend this book in your early part 2 studies and then obviously as you
progress through to pick up the second version of this book always remember to look for the latest
edition of the book it will change over time especially with changes to the wiring regulations
these two books here if you're lucky enough to be doing an EAL qualification should be given to
you for free so if your college lecturers have ticked the right part of the enrolment form you
actually get the book sent to you so they did say to me they were doing a level one version
of the book which at the moment hasn't been seen by me so whether it hasn't been released
i don't know but i certainly do an EAL level 2 diploma book which is this one fantastic book
if they've written a book at all about their own qualification it'll be one definitely worth
reading and there are also questions in there to help you with your multi-choice exam so this is
an EAL level 2 diploma book and it's changed recently it's now written by Trevor Lindsay
again a gentleman that you should look out for when buying books Trevor Lindsey has wrote some
fantastic books over the years and this is the latest one for EAL qualifications at level two
this book here hasn't been changed yet but might be by time we get to academic year
uh 2021 so this is their level three EAL book again both books can be bought online
but if you're lucky enough to be doing any ale qualification you should get the book for free
and again it covers all the aspects of the syllabus of which they've set out and obviously
a good read of this but you're in fantastic stead to pass all your exams whether they be written or
online exams so again for EAL qualifications i strongly recommend getting access to these
books buying them being given them as part of the course or maybe getting them out of the library
there are some other books which i haven't got in front of me that i want to mention on the way
through i want to mention uh the student's guide to the wiring regulations now it's physically the
same size as an on-site guide but he's black which i think is a really cool colour to have for a book
and in that book it doesn't just concentrate on sending students through the wiring
regulations aspects of their course it actually stops and looks at things like ohm's law how to
wire one way two-way and intermediate switching etc it's a very very good book and unfortunately
i've left mine at college and i haven't got access to get back there to show you i've
hopefully brought a picture of that book in on the screen and again as a supplementary book maybe to
the ones for an EAL diploma or the books one and two that i like that follow you through as well
this would be one of those books i strongly recommend to my students
i never tell them they have to buy books okay different people different circumstances
but um obviously the on-site guide is a must on all courses but the additional books
are down to the discretion of the actual learner themselves but that guide book which is black
in colour would be a strong recommendation as an extra book to go alongside your course as you work
all the way through your apprenticeship again you've got to look for the latest version compared
to the regulations so now we're in a stage where maybe we're progressing deeper into our course
maybe look at the apprenticeships or the level three full-time learners and you're gonna have
to start adding books to your collections so which books will we look to add there's a chance to have
the NICEIC and Elecsa site guide book that's a really good book and what we like about these
style of books they're full of glossy colour pictures to go with the text within the book so
therefore making it an easier to understand books so example premature claps for the wiring system
small section on it and then they show you some clips that actually can form them where you
would place them around the cables etc on a bear joist things like that so really good book to go
alongside other books that you may want to buy on your course and one that i would recommend to my
learners so we're deep now into a level three or an apprenticeship course and you're doing lots of
testing and fault finding i know there's no need to do electrical installation conditions reports
okay so you're just testing new circuits and verifying them but there is a fault finding
section so within the fault finding section you're obviously going to look what's wrong with the
installation and this leads you nicely into this book it's a second version of this this is the
Codebreakers by Napit it so very very good book it's probably three times bigger than the original
book and we'll give you scenarios so you can code them C1 C2 C3 further investigation so this book
here would be a strong recommendation from Gaz as you're towards the very end of your apprenticeship
also if you're looking the contributors towards the book so if i look in the front of this book
here and the people and organizations that contribute towards that GSH electrical and
Gary Hayers are noted within that section there so there's another good reason to buy them so
that's that book obviously we're going to be needing during our apprenticeship to complete
the latest regulations course so you're going to need a copy of BS 7671 wiring regulations
that goes without saying so these are some of the books that i recommend that you can
use during your course you're obviously going to need guidance notes three as well and the latest
version of that as you get towards the back end of an apprenticeship again in the comments below
if there's a book you absolutely think got you through your apprenticeship and was a fantastic
read please note it in the bottom if you can put it in the comments along with the ISBN
number that will help other people search for or maybe even a link to where they can go and buy it
so these are some of the books that i believe will help you through your electrical apprenticeship
a question often asked me and now i've answered it so as always i hope this video has been some help