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hi all,
So its october now and i have just started my third year at college as a apprentice im 25 years old (yes late starter). I passed my 2330 level 2 first time with a distinction and a credit in my AM 2 practical exam. And i work souly in the domestic area in the west midlands.
In the work place i find my self introduced to the client and my boss gives me a brief run though the job and then im left to it start to finish. This can be any think from fitting down lighters in a bathroom to extention wire ups or part rewires. Im left responsiple for the all testing and inspecting and filling out of the paper work after all of my work. All he does is sign the certificate and look over it to ensure every think looks right.
I find my self doing the full testing (and paper work to go with it) after i or he has carried out DB change then as im testing i have to carry out a periodic inpestion report and write out what is wrong with every think room by room. Then he quotes for it and i do the correction work. All of my work is to BS7671 and i have a good understanding of the regs. I work mostly independently and can start and finish a job down to the tee, paper work, as fitted drawing, circuit shedules, max demand calcs, lighting lay out drawing, marking up the board and filling out and putting the correct stickers on the board at the end of the job. I have to explain to the client about the new rcds and rcbos and give them a hand over walk round. All the info a cleint gets at the end of a job in a hand over document: paper work, as fitted drawing, circuit shedules and light lays drawings is all my own work apart from the final invoice.
So just wondering how much i am really worth? As my pay rise took me to £200 after tax per week. I was hoping for at least £220 after tax per week as i feel i have a lot of responsibilities and my work isnt realy checked 100% as my boss knows im competent.
What are electricians paying their apprentices? Would be nice to know if im being a bit short changed!
so fellow apprentices reading this what are you paid and what are your responsibilities? And employers what are you paying your lads? And do they have as much responsibility as i have?
Funny thing.. we had a NICEIC inspection earlier this year so that the company could go approved.
So one of the jobs the company i work for showed the NICEIC, was a full rewire that i had fully tested and inspected and worked on before the NICEIC inspestion. All the testing and paper work was filled out and the job was fully tested top to bottom start to finish by me on my own. Now my boss must trust me as, he double checked none of my readings. All he did was check the paper work and calc that Ze + r1 + r2 equaled roughly the Zs reading that i got. And the NICIEC guy checked the results his self at the board and watched my boss test at the board and checked my boss results with the certificate that i filled out with my test results.
The NICEIC guys final comment to my boss was "Your testing is good then, every think is fine here and all adds up and look correct"
many thanks for reading
So its october now and i have just started my third year at college as a apprentice im 25 years old (yes late starter). I passed my 2330 level 2 first time with a distinction and a credit in my AM 2 practical exam. And i work souly in the domestic area in the west midlands.
In the work place i find my self introduced to the client and my boss gives me a brief run though the job and then im left to it start to finish. This can be any think from fitting down lighters in a bathroom to extention wire ups or part rewires. Im left responsiple for the all testing and inspecting and filling out of the paper work after all of my work. All he does is sign the certificate and look over it to ensure every think looks right.
I find my self doing the full testing (and paper work to go with it) after i or he has carried out DB change then as im testing i have to carry out a periodic inpestion report and write out what is wrong with every think room by room. Then he quotes for it and i do the correction work. All of my work is to BS7671 and i have a good understanding of the regs. I work mostly independently and can start and finish a job down to the tee, paper work, as fitted drawing, circuit shedules, max demand calcs, lighting lay out drawing, marking up the board and filling out and putting the correct stickers on the board at the end of the job. I have to explain to the client about the new rcds and rcbos and give them a hand over walk round. All the info a cleint gets at the end of a job in a hand over document: paper work, as fitted drawing, circuit shedules and light lays drawings is all my own work apart from the final invoice.
So just wondering how much i am really worth? As my pay rise took me to £200 after tax per week. I was hoping for at least £220 after tax per week as i feel i have a lot of responsibilities and my work isnt realy checked 100% as my boss knows im competent.
What are electricians paying their apprentices? Would be nice to know if im being a bit short changed!
so fellow apprentices reading this what are you paid and what are your responsibilities? And employers what are you paying your lads? And do they have as much responsibility as i have?
Funny thing.. we had a NICEIC inspection earlier this year so that the company could go approved.
So one of the jobs the company i work for showed the NICEIC, was a full rewire that i had fully tested and inspected and worked on before the NICEIC inspestion. All the testing and paper work was filled out and the job was fully tested top to bottom start to finish by me on my own. Now my boss must trust me as, he double checked none of my readings. All he did was check the paper work and calc that Ze + r1 + r2 equaled roughly the Zs reading that i got. And the NICIEC guy checked the results his self at the board and watched my boss test at the board and checked my boss results with the certificate that i filled out with my test results.
The NICEIC guys final comment to my boss was "Your testing is good then, every think is fine here and all adds up and look correct"
many thanks for reading
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