Highest paying specialty?

[littlespark]

Nevermind the money. Can you change your name @Littlespark99 ?

There can be only one.....

 

[snowhead]

I'm sure it's easy enough to achieve less than 250 a day

Really

That's £32 per hour before stoppages, working 12hrs per day, every weekday of the year.
No holidays off, Bank holidays not worked and no allowance for sick days.

 

[Tes369]

I was on a chemical plant in Scotland and the Scottish sparks that were their doing maintenance and upgrades told me the Electrical engineer on the job was on 4k a week and he had a brand new Audi in the car park to prove it still with the knobely bits on the tires. Alot of money being thrown about... I remember I saw him once in his beautifully clean overalls.

* imagine the scene a bit like a admiral walking down the guts of a submarine pipes running everywhere instruments everwhere dirty sweaty greasy Electricians watching in amazement and the words "At ease gentleman as you were" spoken by his number 1.

 

[Octopus]

Only electricians i have ever heard on that sort of money were in the wild west of Iraq after the invasion but you ran risk of getting blown up, or your head hacked off. so was a judgement call on the rewards verses the risks! they were on couple of grand a week tax free.

I meant in any industry, let alone sparking

 

[Deuce]

Really

That's £32 per hour before stoppages, working 12hrs per day, every weekday of the year.
No holidays off, Bank holidays not worked and no allowance for sick days.

I said easy enough to achieve 'less'

 

[Squid]

I was on a chemical plant in Scotland and the Scottish sparks that were their doing maintenance and upgrades told me the Electrical engineer on the job was on 4k a week and he had a brand new Audi in the car park to prove it still with the knobely bits on the tires. Alot of money being thrown about... I remember I saw him once in his beautifully clean overalls.

* imagine the scene a bit like a admiral walking down the guts of a submarine pipes running everywhere instruments everwhere dirty sweaty greasy Electricians watching in amazement and the words "At ease gentleman as you were" spoken by his number 1.

£600 to £800 per day for a contract project manager is the norm.

 

[Deuce]

I have zero income at the moment since the flat renovation, okay I have something coming in but not that much and am looking for new opportunities, like buying another Lotus, the Caterham I think is far too small.

I'd hurry up on the lotus. I was chatting to a guy who does a lot of automotive work the other day and we got to discussing how micro brands like Lotus can possibly survive the end of internal combustion sales. The problem being that development of a new electric platform is way beyond the resources of the smaller firms.

I always admire the Evora when I see one... Lotus's way of thinking appeals to me very much.

 

[Squid]

I'd hurry up on the lotus. I was chatting to a guy who does a lot of automotive work the other day and we got to discussing how micro brands like Lotus can possibly survive the end of internal combustion sales. The problem being that development of a new electric platform is way beyond the resources of the smaller firms.

I always admire the Evora when I see one... Lotus's way of thinking appeals to me very much.

I was taken for a test ride in a GT 430 what a machine....... I ran a 111R for 3 years and miss it Lotus with Geely's input may survive as they can just build a copy of the Tesla Roadster.

 

[Littlespark99]

Nevermind the money. Can you change your name @Littlespark99 ?

There can be only one.....

Ah a fight to the death then?
*unsheathes philips

 

[Littlespark99]

Alright thank you all for your suggestions, I will look into electrical+mechanical engineering, Control & Instrumentation, railway, going private/starting my own company. Any other suggestions are welcome but you've all been a great help

 

[Deuce]

I was taken for a test ride in a GT 430 what a machine....... I ran a 111R for 3 years and miss it Lotus with Geely's input may survive as they can just build a copy of the Tesla Roadster.

I was saying to my mate that hopefully they could at least survive doing R&D and development work for other firms, as they always have. For some reason this made him smirk so perhaps they don't make as much from 'developed by Lotus' work as I thought!!

Anyway, getting out of Caterham because it's too small, but also missing the Elise - another tiny car haha. I like the Evora because I had a poke around one and it felt like a car that had genuine performance credentials but also had at least a functional and complete interior that I could live with. Also, the looks...

life's to short to hold back mate, go buy one

 

[littlespark]

Ah a fight to the death then?
*unsheathes philips

I’ve got a pozidrive

 

[Squid]

The Elise has a roof thats a bonus, Lotus do a lot of work for other companies on weight loss/suspension setups etc etc.

My old one,

 

[PEG]

The Elise has a roof thats a bonus, Lotus do a lot of work for other companies on weight loss/suspension setups etc etc.

My old one,

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...The OP's anticipated earnings,mean he'll be buying one each of them,for the apprentices...

 

[StephenRowley]

HV earthing systems I hear is paid well.

 

[simpson93]

100k a year??? Easy just copy the rates of Pimlico plumbers.

 

[pirate]

Lotus? Really? well, I'll raise you my Reliant Scimitar, and throw in my Gilbern Invader!
In exchange for something that works...

 

[Deuce]

Lotus? Really? well, I'll raise you my Reliant Scimitar, and throw in my Gilbern Invader!
In exchange for something that works...

Scimitar? Not caught fire yet..?

 

[jonny5]

For controls ... search 'systems integrator or automation company' in your area and see if they are taking on apprentices. Following this route would lead to a lot of options. Also, have you looked a specialising in something like ATEX installation?

 

[Deuce]

This kid probably earns a few quid more than average...