What can I expect to earn once I'm qualified?

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Nick740

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Hi all,

here to introduce myself and to ask for some advice as I'm fairly young but certain I want to have my own electrician business eventually. I'm training for my qualifications and once I gain these I hope to start working and then grow my own business.

Now a mate of mine told me that he's earning £28,000 a year but he's been working as an electrician for 4 years now. Can I expect to earn the same even in my first year of employment? I'm asking as I want to aim to save a good few grand for a few years to help me get started with my business. TO be honest I'd be happy to earn even £25,000 but not less as this is a take home salary of £1690 according to this income after tax calculator I found online: Tax Calculator for £{{earningsSliders.yearly | number : 0 }} salary - Income Tax UK - http://www.income-tax.co.uk/calculator/25000

I just want to know I'm on the right path and my salary expectations are realisitic. I live in London by the way so inevitably salaries are slightly higher here.

Cheers, Nick
 
You say, eventually.....
A lot depends on what type of electricky business you are planning
Domestic, commercial or industrial?
Work for yourself, employed by a main contractor?

I went self-employed in the domestic electric arena. I guess it took 3 years plus to get my name established and to get some decent sized jobs.
Up to that I was scratching around and doing anything that came along. Sometimes there were Fridays when I had nothing booked for the coming week. So get yourself a buffer money fund in the bank.
 
Taylortwocities said:
You say, eventually.....
A lot depends on what type of electricky business you are planning
Domestic, commercial or industrial?
Work for yourself, employed by a main contractor?

I went self-employed in the domestic electric arena. I guess it took 3 years plus to get my name established and to get some decent sized jobs.
Up to that I was scratching around and doing anything that came along. Sometimes there were Fridays when I had nothing booked for the coming week. So get yourself a buffer money fund in the bank.
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Or a Solar Electrician, I heard that on e the other day, Solar Electrician, what next a Lunar Electrician, a plumber electrician, even worse a kitchen fitter electrician, what the ---- happened to "ELECTRICIAN"?
 
Salary reflects experience obviously. I would love to go self employed but I can’t afford it. With a young family, a house and a missus that’s a student it’s impossible for now.
I have 10 years experience and the only job I’ve done all my working life. I’m happy being employed in a steady commercial company, I earn 31.5k in Norfolk. With travel and good overtime.
Expect increases yearly but you’ll need a lot of experience behind you. 25k is a good figure to start with
 
It all depends whether you are doing a full apprenticeship or a domestic installers course or whatever other choices there are and what sort of work your doing
 
Daywork on building sites ranges from £130-£200 a day

most companies put you on price and you can earn £1000+ for a 40 hour week

But your first year you'll be lucky to earn half that to be honest. Just don't sacrifice neat work for an extra few £££££
 
At the start off my 3rd year in my apprenticeship I'm earning £25,000. Now when I qualify I've been offers £35,000 or £175 self employed. (Essex/London) £25,000 for a fully qualified sparks seems abit low to me. But maybe that's a reflection of the area I work in.
 
Salary Calculator:
If you go Commercial, expect £18-£22p/h
Multiply that by how many hours a day you want to do, how many days a week, and how many weeks a year, not forgetting to subtract hangover related hours!
Simples!
 
I was chatting to a council Spark during the week and he is on less than £12 an hour. Which apparently is about going rate in NI according to a local college tutor.
 
Matthewd29 said:
Id agree with that Phil I know a lot of guys on £10 working in Belfast
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I'd assume on the cards at that shocking rate?

Only rates I know of in Belfast are £14-£21 an hour Self Employed and some others on JIB rate on the cards.

Not heard of anything so low a long time...I pay my helper more than that.
 
I know a guy pays tenner an hour in the hand for a helper to do clearance & removals, could be out 5 hours, do half an hours work, get a fry bought for him and home with £50 and sparks on the cards not getting much more than that before the taxman takes his whack.
I was asked to subby in on a job earlier in the year, though was busy, but think it was £17 an hour.
 
123 said:
I'd assume on the cards at that shocking rate?

Only rates I know of in Belfast are £14-£21 an hour Self Employed and some others on JIB rate on the cards.

Not heard of anything so low a long time...I pay my helper more than that.
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Yeah ok the cards with a well known company from the lisburn road and another I was working with from mallusk it is shocking
 
123 said:
I'd assume on the cards at that shocking rate?

Only rates I know of in Belfast are £14-£21 an hour Self Employed and some others on JIB rate on the cards.

Not heard of anything so low a long time...I pay my helper more than that.
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Yeah ok the cards with a well known company from the lisburn road and another I was working with from mallusk it is shocking
 
I bet you lads are looking forward to this border carry-on...where you can work "abroad"...and be back in time for tea ;)
 
To be fair I worked for a firm for 3 months on the cards, he was paying newly qualified sparks £10 an hour until they ‘proved themselves’
Didn’t want to work for someone like that for too long so did the job and then jacked!
Down to the individual I guess. You know what you’re worth. The younger or inexperienced are easier to take advantage of.
 
James Clyne said:
To be fair I worked for a firm for 3 months on the cards, he was paying newly qualified sparks £10 an hour until they ‘proved themselves’
Didn’t want to work for someone like that for too long so did the job and then jacked!
Down to the individual I guess. You know what you’re worth. The younger or inexperienced are easier to take advantage of.
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Sounds like the sort of guy were you could be proving yourself for about 20 years
 
James Clyne said:
To be fair I worked for a firm for 3 months on the cards, he was paying newly qualified sparks £10 an hour until they ‘proved themselves’
Didn’t want to work for someone like that for too long so did the job and then jacked!
Down to the individual I guess. You know what you’re worth. The younger or inexperienced are easier to take advantage of.
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Scandalous...my paper-boy gets a fiver for the half an hour he does,every morning,that's £10/Ph...

...and yet the lad that turned up,from one of our illustrious power companies,to fit an E10 meter,couldn't understand how to adapt the 4 pole isolator,to enable a single point of isolation,across the standard and RHT outputs :)

He will be on minimum £28,000 pa.

He got the concept,after some explaining and a drawing,but back-healed the job,and a techspec dude came to do it,a week later :rolleyes:
 
There is no reason why you cannot save the money you want,
if and I mean if, you are willing to do the hard yards to earn it !
Are you prepared to go above and beyond,
work long and odd hours ?
Do the little and sometimes shitty little jobs others don't want ?
Anyway you get my drift !
 
IMO,it all depends on how well you do, what you can turn out at the end of the day,when I was a subby in the mid 80's I was on £100 a day. (house bashing)I was worth every penny.
 
Phil Thompson said:
I know a guy pays tenner an hour in the hand for a helper to do clearance & removals, could be out 5 hours, do half an hours work, get a fry bought for him and home with £50 and sparks on the cards not getting much more than that before the taxman takes his whack.
I was asked to subby in on a job earlier in the year, though was busy, but think it was £17 an hour.
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Normally seems to be about £12.50 ph labour-only subby. Across the border it's more like €25 ph labour-only subby. Of course this is below the Registered Emplyment Agreement which used to be in force.
 

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