Electrician courses in Coventry

There are three main routes. They end in different places, so check what a course leads to before you pay for it.

1. An apprenticeship (Installation and maintenance electrician). You are employed by an electrical firm, paid while you learn, and spend part of your time at a college or training provider. It ends with the AM2S practical assessment, and you also need the Level 3 Electrotechnical Qualification (plus Level 2 maths and English if you were under 19 when you started). It is the standard route to fully qualified status and the ECS Gold Card.
2. A college course (a Level 2 and 3 diploma, such as City & Guilds 2365). Full-time or part-time study of the theory and practical skills. It is a good start, but on its own it does not make you a qualified electrician: you still need on-site experience, an NVQ Level 3 and the AM2 later.
3. Routes for adults already in the trade. If you already have years of electrical work behind you, the experienced worker route assesses that experience and finishes with the AM2E practical assessment. A short domestic installer course is different: it does not make you a fully qualified electrician.

See the full step-by-step in how to become an electrician and what the ECS Gold Card needs.

Colleges deliver the apprenticeship training and the electrical installation diplomas. The courses listed are the ones we could see on each college’s own website on 23 October 2026.

• Coventry College

  College · Coventry (City campus)
  • C&G 2365 Level 2
  • C&G 2365 Level 3 (adults)
  Visit Coventry College

• North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

  College · Nuneaton
  • Installation electrician apprenticeship (Level 3)
  • Electrical installation Level 2
  Visit North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

• Solihull College

  College · Solihull
  • EAL electrical installation Level 2
  Visit Solihull College

Private centres run the short courses qualified electricians book, such as the 18th Edition and inspection and testing (2391), and many also run courses for adults. Courses shown were listed on each centre’s own website on 23 October 2026.

• CBWA

  Training centre · Exhall, Coventry
  • Electrical installation Level 2 and 3 diplomas
  • NVQ Level 3
  • Experienced worker
  • 18th Edition (C&G 2382)
  • Inspection and testing (C&G 2391)
  • Part P (C&G 2383)
  • EV charging
  • Solar PV and energy storage
  Visit CBWA

• Trade Skills 4U

  Training centre · Coventry (Westwood Way)
  • C&G 2365 Level 2 and 3
  • Experienced worker (C&G 2346)
  • 18th Edition (C&G 2382)
  • Inspection and testing (C&G 2391)
  • EV charging
  • PAT testing
  Visit Trade Skills 4U

Firms that follow the JIB pay apprentices by stage. The JIB national rates from 5 January 2026 are:

• Stage 1

  £8.16 /hr

• Stage 2

  £10.60 /hr

• Stage 3

  £13.05 /hr

• Stage 4

  £14.03 /hr

Not every employer is a JIB firm. The legal floor is the apprentice minimum wage, £8.00 an hour from April 2026 for apprentices under 19 or in their first year. More in apprentice electrician pay and the full JIB rates for 2026.

Two courses come up again and again once you are qualified: the 18th Edition (City & Guilds 2382, the BS 7671 wiring regulations) and inspection and testing (City & Guilds 2391). Providers above run both.

Revise for them with the free 18th Edition mock exam and the 2391 guide.

Courses in other cities: Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Reading, Cardiff.