@Lee Lewis What’s N4 mate?

@Lee Lewis Hello Lewis, I take it you are directing me to response for Chris and Cristian? Thanks

Hello Amina, great to have a woman form another part of the world in the group! I suspect you are technically more knowledgeable than most here, from a theory standpoint at least 😄

To be fair, I’d I were a Trend contractor I’d be incentivised to charge an arm and a leg too!! As Jevgenij points out: A)these pay days are for commissioning professionals/specialists B)In my experience Trend and Tridium are most frequently used on larger projects, Trend are a nightmare and Tridium online training is quite expensive The goods news though is that: - it’s a growing industry with plenty of opportunities so if we apply ourselves we can progress quickly - Not having specific software training may not be the end of the world, there’s no reason why a company won’t provide this training if we can convince them it’s a worthwhile investment - Adding to this, schematic specialise has shown me that the software really is not important, I’d you can meet a design spec and fully understand the system you are delivering, the software kind of sorts itself out - palm a full design off to a manufacture and they’d be happy to specify everything you need! - then just sub out the final commissioning to a BMS master like in this advert 🤣 - We are going through training like nothing available on the market, and our trajectory to reach senior status is pretty short in some cases. Just after schematic specialist I honestly think I’m more competent than a lot of the BMS engineers I’ve seen on site So the future is bright 😄😄😄

Spot on! Certs will get your foot in the door and can make you stand out from the crowd, but if you can get sat down in front of a decision maker it’s all in your hands

Walking away is not a sign of weakness 😄