If I total all the hours a week I put into my work & running my business it may come to about 100 hrs a week, my mind is never off work, in the evenings it's paper work, invoices, quotes, test sheets and keeping my books.. If you break my hours down into my pay I would probably earn more working in asda! I honestly think at the moment that any other job will be financially rewarding than being a spark.
Just think..I could be any other trade...
Have No test equipment, No part P yearly fees, No books to keep buying, No regs courses to keep studying, No 4 years in collage with all the course fees, Not having the responsibility of putting my name on test certificates to say your house is safe, not risking my life day to day, without all these things I can still earn the same day rate as a spark and customers will pay it no problem, it's ridiculous!
If you want to get a trade behind you because you want to earn a living... Don't become an electrician..