just as a sidenote, I have seen a batch of Electricians mate jobs advertised at 5 pounds 86 an hour (I take it that this is the minimum wage level?) and they used to get 9 pounds an hour - 5 YEARS ago.....everything is going down, do you know that they are looking for ECS, 2377, 17th edition plus anything else they can get, just to be classed as a sparks mate by agencies.....I have spoken to somebody in the last few weeks who was on the phone to an agency, was asked did he have this and that-they then asked him for his 17th edition to be a sparks labourer, he told them he didnt do it yet as he was on unemployment and couldnt afford it, they said "WELL YOURE NOT AN ELECTRICIANS MATE THEN ARE YOU!!!" and slammed the phone down on him....
I think there are a lot of career changers out there going from IT, Painting, Delivery driving etc that have a few pounds in the bank and some time to spare,or are maybe on paternity leave or on the sick or something, they are doing these tickets then selling themselves as Electricians mates to try to get jobs from agencies, then the agencies are expecting everybody to have all these tickets to be a Labourer, in turn the agency "sneaky chancers" are trying to charge for Electricians and use them for that on mates wage levels....driving sparks with years of experience and on the job training out of work...
I think there are a lot of career changers out there going from IT, Painting, Delivery driving etc that have a few pounds in the bank and some time to spare,or are maybe on paternity leave or on the sick or something, they are doing these tickets then selling themselves as Electricians mates to try to get jobs from agencies, then the agencies are expecting everybody to have all these tickets to be a Labourer, in turn the agency "sneaky chancers" are trying to charge for Electricians and use them for that on mates wage levels....driving sparks with years of experience and on the job training out of work...
