Last year I paid a college to do my nvq level 3 but I can never find the time to complete it. friends of mine used a firm where they just made a couple of site visitors and that was it.
Does anyone know if there is someone I can pay just to complete the write up for me?
I can provide...
Hi, I have done some renovation in customer's kitchen which was changing place of few sockets. After that I certified my job. It was all included in price details before I started anything and she said ok, the price is fine, do it.
So I finished everything, asked for money and she was like...
Hi guys, I`ve had an apprentice on a government scheme for 9 months now he has previously had 2 sick days which I have paid him for, but this week he hasn't been in at all saying he is ill. I have no contract of employment in place. Do I need to pay him? thanks
Hi all, has any one tried the likes of pay leven for taking card payments from customers? Have you had good or bad experiences with the service? I noticed the stand last year at the elex show so presume they must be fairly legitimate and have been recently considering giving them a try as I'm...
Hello guys,
I recently needed a hand , so advertised for a mate on here, and he's been working for me for about a week now. We obviously agreed payment and I have paid him, but I wondered if you guys had any sort of template you use as a receipt, stating such things as "I'm liable for my own...
I've been offered a post (electrical improver) by the building site I've been doing work experience on. They take you on on a self employed basis,so you have to jump through the hoops and be grateful whilst not getting sick, holiday etc. This'd be my first proper paid job as a spark, am...
All the money we pay for these books and what not, you would think that the IET would be able to find a printing company that could actually print something with a bit of quality.
Below is my OSG and I must have had it about a year now, and well that big white splurge on the left is not a flash...
Hello all, i work for a non jib company so they dont pay the jib rates.
I would just like to know what you all think an jib graded approved electrician should get paid.
I mostly work in london and have a company van with all expenses paid.
Ive been qualified 2391-10 since may 2012 (sat the march...
We've got a bit of interest and little urgency from our customers who say they want us to install - as a customer I'd be the same.
Yesterday, we visited a customer, their next door neighbour had been lucky enough to get their system installed before the Dec deadline (a debatable argument...
Hello all,
I've been offered a job as a Quality Supervisor here in London for a small firm I am subcontracting my services to. The role will obviously involve lots of testing, dealing with the NIC, part office based and partly on site. There will also be design work involved, depending on the...
Hi all i am looking for a bit of advice on the rates of pay for a foreman and electricans in the newcastle area.The project is a new build bus station running for around 16 weeks
Any feedback would be much apreciated
Thanks
What are your thoughts on this scheme?
The client account is free for me through my bank but I do like the idea of the full amount being available so no chance of getting scammed, but the £25 price tag is yet another expense?
Hello,
Can anyone suggest the best possible way of getting the money back off a customer who won't pay?
It's a conservatory company we worked for installing all the power for it.
It's been ongoing since February and I have took a very down to earth approach about claiming the money back.I...
For all those times when we say we are but aren't.
Have ever noticed how, when you want to make a point in a presentation, no one really seems to be paying attention? Here's a guy who's got it licked. None of his students will EVER forget the point he was making:
Anatomy Class:
First-year...
What can one do if a contractor they subbed into won't pay?
He has been fobbing me off since mid January.
Speaking to other sparks, this seems to be his trade mark tactic.
How this guy hasn't had his big loaf cracked open yet I will never know!
I sent original invoice recorded signed for so...
Hello,
I have a new electrician doing some work for me but i'm unsure at the rate he is charging and how long he is taking to do the jobs. I think he is taking his time on the jobs to make it feel like the amount we are paying him is justified.
At the job the inverter, isolators are already...
We are revising at our hourly pay scale for our 17th edition electricians and wanted to gauge the current market rate.
A ball-park figure would be a help if you don't want to put the exact figure.
Asked to put a new 32amp cooker circuit into an old wylex 6 way board. Explained that I needed to split meter tails and install a new CU with RCD protection for cooker. Suggested a new CU for the whole house but customer unwilling to pay and insists on wiring new cooker circuit to old board...
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