What advice would you give to kids interested in sparkying?

[johnboy6083]

If you get an industrial apprenticeship why start with domestic? I’m sorry it doesn’t make sense to me. Set off as you mean to go on. OK I started my time in the machine shop, later in my career I was better than most of the fitters I worked with. House bashing bears no resemblance to industrial maintenance.

with maintenance i agree tony, but for an installation spark, then i beleive that you should have a grounding in domestic sparkying. If you can understand how a house is wired and why, and the earthing arrangements ect, then it will be easier to progress onto 3ph, and then large 3ph.
testing is also easier to grasp starting in domestic, and then progressing onto commercial/industrial.

before anyone mentions it, im fully aware that there are some houses that are very involved, eg ground source heat pumps, house automation ect.

 

[Dcf]

How much does a trainee at sse expect to earn at places like sse?

It's a thought i have had about a possible route into the electrical industry. There are also other companies such as HVMS. Or do you need an electrical engineering degree for these places?

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My lad applied for 2 posts.the app electrician one was about 8k starting salary and the trainee engineer was 16.5k starting salary not bad in my book.i know for a fact they had hundreds of applicants or the apprentice spark one.beats my 32 quid a week first pay packet....