apprentice wage

appspark95 · Mar 21, 2013

does anybody know when an apprentice electrician gets a pay rise? I'm not sure whether it is 18 or 19..

cheers

Anthony King · Mar 21, 2013

I dont know if there is anything set in stone, mine was supposed to be performance based, however i think they can basically pay you what they want to, i was on £80 a week for 18 month of my apprenticeship, and believe me i worked hard for that £80

oldtimer · Mar 21, 2013

Well it used to be what year you were in as your age did not matter

Blaggy · Mar 21, 2013

JIB website offers some guidelines on apprenticeship wages (Joint Industry Board) i got my pay rises depending on what year of my apprenticeship i was in and whether id passed my exams at college though.

Brightspark2 · Mar 21, 2013

Each year at college rather than age like old timer says...

oldtimer · Mar 21, 2013

Brightspark2 said:
Each year at college rather than age like old timer says...

Yep its not hard plus if you are doing modules at college then your employer may insist that you pass them for you to progress to the next year

Sparkytlec · Mar 21, 2013

There is a national minimum wage for an apprentice under the age of 19. it's something like £90 - £95 a weak for a 40 hour week and then it goes up to the minimum wage for a peron under 21 after 19.

AndyOz · Mar 21, 2013

When I served my time the rise was given each year as oldtimer stated. In my case it was:

Year 1 - 40% of an electricians rate
Year 2 - 55% of an electricians rate
Year 3 - 70% of an electricians rate
Year 4 - 85% of an electricians rate

Full sign off was on completion of college and EITB modules.

Robson689 · Mar 21, 2013

Sparkytlec said:
There is a national minimum wage for an apprentice under the age of 19. it's something like £90 - £95 a weak for a 40 hour week and then it goes up to the minimum wage for a peron under 21 after 19.

£2.65 an hour for those under 19 or on their first year.

compex · Mar 21, 2013

If everyones pay within the electrical game was based on performance, im sure it would give the industry the kick up the a r s e it needs!

Spark92 · Mar 21, 2013

I had a rise each year. My first year i was on 90 a week. Seconds year i was 175 a week. Third yeah i was on 250 a week. 4th year i was on 400 a week. All of them are before tax has been taken off.

telectrix · Mar 21, 2013

no wonder i can't get an apprentice. from the above posts, it seems like you need to pay them these days. what is the world coming to?

Spark92 · Mar 21, 2013

My first company i started my apprenticeship with had the attitude of : if your slacking at college and the workplace ...your gone.. so the money i was on i was earning and actually making a difference being on a job. Iv seen apprentices now that just stand around on their phone...but moan about their pay. Earn it!

TaffyDuck · Mar 21, 2013

telectrix said:
no wonder i can't get an apprentice. from the above posts, it seems like you need to pay them these days. what is the world coming to?

I know, pay them 0 year one and a quid an hour year two, that would separate the wheat from the chaff

AndyOz · Mar 21, 2013

Spark92 said:
My first company i started my apprenticeship with had the attitude of : if your slacking at college and the workplace ...your gone.. so the money i was on i was earning and actually making a difference being on a job. Iv seen apprentices now that just stand around on their phone...but moan about their pay. Earn it!

My first company was nearly the same as yours. Where you would get sacked for slacking at college and workplace, I would of been sacked for slacking at either. Also had to keep my EITB log book up to date in my own time.