Just what should an Electrician get paid

[MDJ]

Thought I would start another post, there are different ideas about what an electrician can and should do. What is his skill level in regard to other trades etc. I feel a proper time served Spark has done the same time as a junior Doctor and yet is on a lot less pay, I thought I would stick a poll up and hope you all chip in, well until it gets trashed of course lol, I reckon a time served electrician even at 21 years old should be on at least £15.00 an hour, what do you think? options in the poll

 

[Marvo]

Is this an in an ideal world type question?

 

[MDJ]

Well it is just a question of what we feel is realistic in today's world I suppose

 

[Guest111]

The problem is peoples perception,in the paper the other day there was a brief mention of a soldier who had been killed in Afghan,on the following page was a big headline'hero footballer injured' with a picture of the guy with a small cut over his eye! If Joe publics electric went off on Christmas day who would they rather have turn up,an undervalued electrician or one of our 'hero footballers?

 

[guest119]

Approved spark at the moment is JIB something like £14.50 but the non existant pay rises in the last 3/4 years should have brought that to well over £16.
Therefor electrician like you say £15 ish.

Boydy

 

[danzor]

£17-£20 an hour. Personally I feel a spark subbing should be on £200 a day.

 

[MDJ]

Approved spark at the moment is JIB something like £14.50 but the non existant pay rises in the last 3/4 years should have brought that to well over £16.
Therefor electrician like you say £15 ish.

Boydy

That what I think, whack your vote up then Bud.

 

[danzor]

I thought JIB rate was £16.70? Or is that just London?

 

[MDJ]

I think new spark 15, approved 17.50, technician 20 and thats basic rates at this moment in time, thats outside london, add 3 quid on all those inside IMO, and I wouldn't be unhappy if it was more, we are under paid IMHO.

 

[telectrix]

cards in £16 with company vehicle . s/e £25 - £30.

 

[MDJ]

This poll is for employed sparks tel, but I agree with you regarding S/E

 

[camerabloke]

Sorry guys. I voted S/E rates. Reckon on the cards 15-16 per hour for new sparks

 

[cmac70]

I'm with tel on this the sums £16 with van. £25-£30 s/e.

 

[Marvo]

That's a big difference, why are the s/e wages nearly double?

 

[MDJ]

That's a big difference, why are the s/e wages nearly double?

No holiday pay, no van, no company pension, no payed for telephone, no work clothers etc etc, self employed sparks have to spend a lot of money and employed not much, most firms even supply electric drills and battery drills.

 

[Marvo]

Ahhh, I completely misunderstood, I thought s/e was short for South East....as in London, not self employed.

 

[telectrix]

sorry marvo, my mistake for not being clearer. a bit like SA to you is south africa, but here it's a beer, brewed in wales by brains brewery, it's called SA, commonly referred to as skull attack.

 

[guest119]

I thought JIB rate was £16.70? Or is that just London?

No, £14.57 approved.


http://www.jib.org.uk/documents/pub...rmination CORRECTED version February 2013.pdf

Boydy

 

[Sintra]

£15.00 cards in is what I would think is a fair wage for completing a 4 year apprenticeship.

 

[VoltzElectrical]

I was on £15 S/E a few years ago. The problem is that was a decent rate until the price of everything went up. Suddenly that £15 an hour doesn't go very far then.

We can't carry on year after year getting this sort of money. The unskilled labour force is catching us up fast.

Have you seen what the staff at Aldi are on?