Is PA1 and 2 worth it?

[PowderedToastMan]

Hi all.
Ag engineering student here, level 2 completed and currently on level 3.
I am thinking of doing PA1 and 2 at college but I am going straight to work for a dealer afterwards. I am however getting weekend farm work to try to aid my driving lesson fund.
Even so, would you think that PA1 and 2 is useful and is it a good idea that i go for it?

Thanks.

 

[Renaultman]

If you can get it as part of your course or even subsidised I would go for it. Can't have to many qualifications imo

 

[7610 super q]

Not much use if you're going to be a gynecologist though.

 

[Lewis821]

Get as many certificates and qualifications as you can, will put you in a good position for the future

 

[Adeptandy]

+1 to the above

 

[Gav]

Get as many qualifications as you can, several independent training providers and assessment centres have schemes in place to help young entrants into the industry get some of these at a reduced rate. Very area specific though.

 

[Hesston4860s]

Not much use if you're going to be a gynecologist though.

Both jobs involve a respirator tho so some relevance !.

 

[richard hammond]

+1 to the above

you can never be over qualified in practical subjects, PA2, but just do the PA1 so you can do the PA2,

 

[richard hammond]

Both jobs involve a respirator tho so some relevance !.

Depends on the quality of the client!

 

[Matt77]

Get as many qualifications as you can, several independent training providers and assessment centres have schemes in place to help young entrants into the industry get some of these at a reduced rate. Very area specific though.

You can say that again!

 

[4course]

Not much use if you're going to be a gynecologist though.

dunno in my ag student days spent a fair bit of time studying gynacology and was always keen on gaining a ticket !!

 

[Robt]

If I was a dealer recruiting and you had PA1/2 you would go high up the list

 

[Paul E]

Once you've got it they can't take it off you.
And you don't need to feed it.

 

[teslacoils]

You can't really wipe your arse on a farm without pa1, pa2, pa6 and telehandler. That's the "ready to go" suite, as well as manual handling and first aid which should be mandatory for everyone in the country.

 

[DrWazzock]

Do it now before they make it more difficult or further subdivide it into more categories.

 

[kiwi pom]

Hi all.
Ag engineering student here, level 2 completed and currently on level 3.
I am thinking of doing PA1 and 2 at college but I am going straight to work for a dealer afterwards. I am however getting weekend farm work to try to aid my driving lesson fund.
Even so, would you think that PA1 and 2 is useful and is it a good idea that i go for it?

Thanks.

How much will it cost?

Everyone is saying go for it because they're not paying for it.

 

[Gav]

How much will it cost?

Everyone is saying go for it because they're not paying for it.

Roughly £200-250 per module for Pa training and assessment

 

[Matt77]

Roughly £200-250 per module for Pa training and assessment

Is that the reduced student rate? Or is that not a thing now, when I was at ag collage I think I did my forklift, pa1&2 for less than the lads had to pay on my family farm to do just the forklift, back many many years ago.

 

[kiwi pom]

Roughly £200-250 per module for Pa training and assessment

If that's the case I'd pass. If the OP is going to work for a dealer and doesn't intend to go farming later then its not worth it at a time when you've more money going out than in.
If they have 500 quid burning a hole there's better things a mechanic could be spending there money on. Perhaps extra welding courses or something that's going to help them. Even putting it towards a HGV licence would probably be more useful for a diesel mechanic than a spray test?

 

[Gav]

I don’t deal with the colleges to know how they do things now. The last courses I did do there though the students were being charged a large amount for the forklift training despite being students, would be 2 years ago now probably.