| An online course is available to teach you the basics of how to run a business installing equipment that will provide Digital TV viewing. I've left the description wide open because I may extend the course to add new systems in the future. (I do update the course periodically, to keep up with current trends.) (A couple of people have asked "Is the course still running?" Well, "Reload" this page. If it reloads then the course is still running.) The course will interest fit and healthy people in the UK and nearby Europe with a driving licence who are interested in making money by running a business installing satellite TV and terrestrial TV systems. It will also be of interest to those who want to save money by installing their own system in (say) a guest house or similar. The course includes but is not limited to: - Setting up a one man/woman business
- Buying equipment and transport
- Dealing with customers
- List of real wholesale suppliers and contact details (lesson 7)
- Installing Sky Digital (including a small movie)
- Installing other satellite TV equipment
- Installing a motorised dish
- Installing indoor distribution systems (coaxial, CAT5E, multiswitches)
- Installing terrestrial digital aerial systems
- All relevant SatCure eBooks for free download!*
- Web Site template
- Private forum where you can have discussions with course members and get updates.
- Audio interviews with successful installers.
- Additional lessons cover air-conditioning and plasma-screens,
*Download details for each eBook will be supplied in the relevant lesson email. They are not all supplied at once. Throughout the lessons, the emphasis is on maximising your earnings for minimum work. You'll find many useful hints and tips on this plus actual audio interviews from successful installers. When you sign up for the course you will be asked to pay by Paypal. Paypal will pay your monthly £10 subscription for the duration of the course (currently 20 weekly lessons). Please note that you'll be required to spend another £20 on the recommended reference book. That's a total of just £70 for the whole course! (But you get eBooks to the value of at least £15.95). I'm sorry to disappoint those who wanted to pay up to £250 but I wanted to keep it fair and affordable. When you are rich and famous you can make a donation to my retirement fund. :-) Your questions answered How do I get the lessons? After you sign up you will immediately receive an email with the link and password that directs you to the first lesson on a web page. Thereafter, you will receive a similar email each week until the end of the course and your Paypal account will pay us £10 per month until the course ends or until you cancel. (Cancelling is easy but you will not receive any more lesson notifications if you cancel). Will I need to take time off work? No, the entire course is provided via the Internet and you can read the lessons and do the homework in your own time at your own pace. What qualifies you to write this course? I'm 57, have a university degree in Electronics Engineering, have been writing and publishing technical books and manuals since 1987 and was Technical Manager for a major Satellite TV hardware Distribution company in the days of analogue satellite TV. (I also repaired over 25,000 satellite receivers so I understand how they work). I have carried out and helped with installations and continually offer advice to Joe Bloggs at home, as well as to professional installers who have momentarily lost their way. (I'm a lateral thinker). But enough about me. This is about your earning money. Will the course give me a professional qualification? No but it will give you a very good grounding in making money (legally) by installing systems. If that's not your bottom line then please don't sign up. Will the course teach me all I need to know in order to do installations? If you do and read all I tell you to do and read - yes. You will certainly know enough to do a successful satellite dish or aerial installation. Is there really an opportunity to make good money in this business? Yes, yes YES! In the run up to "digital switchover" more and more people are getting Sky and Freeview systems installed. Those who already have systems are getting additional rooms wired up. Hotel and apartment block owners are already panicking because they need the entire building rewiring and they can't find a professional to take on the job. You need to get onto this "bandwaggon" now! Just yesterday I was talking to Phil, a one-man installation company. He told me: "It's going crazy. I had twenty-one phone calls in the morning before I left. I could have spent all day just answering the phone. I had to put the answerphone on and leave". So how much could I realistically earn? I'd say realistically £50,000 a year but it's certainly possible to earn £100,000. Phil said to me yesterday (12/12/06): "I had to install a dish and an aerial on a mast, connect them into a multiswitch and connect the multiswitch to the 16 cables that had already been installed by the contractors. It took me four hours and I charged £1200. The cost of the parts was under £100. Not bad, eh?" I reckon that earning nearly £300 an hour is "not bad", don't you? (Phil is an ex-Sky installer, by the way. Sky used to pay him £25 per job. He decided he wanted a proper wage). Is this really an easy way to make money? Heck, no! Who told you it was easy? You need to be fit, able to carry and climb a ladder. You need to handle sometimes awkward customers and abysmal weather. This job is not for a wimp. You'll arrive home knackered but, hopefully, feeling a sense of achievement. (That's something that most jobs don't offer). No, it's not easy but it can be fun. And you'll be your own boss. You can take time off when you need to, not when the boss says you can (or can't). How do I know you won't rip me off? Ask anyone who knows me. I deliver on my promises. And you can cancel your subscription through Paypal at any time. But I urge you to give me a chance. The first few lessons are for beginners to the business. But it gets harder and more "technical" as the lessons progress. I am interested in doing the Installation course but would like to know if it can be completed any quicker than 20 weeks? Yes it can. You receive the first lesson link immediately so you'll get the 20th after only 19 weeks! :-) Of course you can start your business before the end of the course. In fact we encourage you to get some practice because that's when the learning really begins. Can I buy all the lessons in one go? I've already started my business! No it's designed as a course of weekly lessons. There's a lot to learn. Can I miss out the bits about starting/running a business? No, the course is designed as a complete series of lessons to give you everything. Experience shows that most installers are reasonably good at the installations but hopeless at making real money. The course aims to change that. How do I sign up? Please click HERE to sign up using Paypal. (Sorry, Paypal is the only option).
I can't do this kind of physical work so I'm interested to know whether you give any training for workshop repairs - repairing Digiboxes and stuff like that? We don't provide specific training but we do publish a couple of eBooks:- http://www.The-Cool-Book-shop.co.uk/book.htm#repairsat In addition, if you can carry out fairly simple soldering work on power supplies, you could register on our Repairers page:- http://www.satcure.co.uk/psu_fix.htm
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