Electrician Starting

[KJBO]

Hey everyone, i hope this is the right place for this thread, i was looking for some advise and feedback. I'm currently 18, i left school at 16, jumped into a media course because at the time i used to use the computer alot and thought that it would suit me the most, however 3 of my friends were doing electrical installation level 2 course, 2330 level 2 or what have you. I decided i had to get out of my course and tried jumping into that, but where i started the year late, i had to do the basic course (level 1), so i completed that, and i completed level 2 last year, now im on my final year (level 3) - inspection and testing. I haven't really done much electrical work, had some site experience from work with my dad but that's from painting, not electrical or anything, and i just feel like i know NOTHING, literally, if i was asked to do something electrical, id mess it up or wouldn't know where to begin. And i keep hearing about it's all experience, today i started a job with someone to do with the family, and it was such a poor job, in a loft, covered in dust and all, no where to move just hell, but im guessing you get bad jobs, it's just i felt like most of the day i was doing nothing, i was asking questions and all, but none of it sinks in or seems to interest me at all.

When i did some work on the boards in level 2 pratical, as long as i knew what i was doing, then i enjoyed it, if i know what to do in terms of wiring and all (don't have a scooby) then id enjoy it more, but i don't know what im going to do, i feel as if ive wasted the past 2 years?

My dad says to stick to it, but to be honest im really not finding it enjoyable, i know work isn't fun, but as least be able to get on with things and find it ok.

 

[Freshstart2]

Thanks again for the feedback, surely electricians can expect to earn £200's a day?

I know there's good and bad of all jobs too, just would like more information about an actual electrician job.

I would be happy with £100 a day let alone £200 lol.

 

[rmc86uk]

I think most people will be wanting to top themselves after reading this thread!

I think most people think that being an electrician doesn't involve hard work, they just assume that a cable gets from one end of the building to the other on its own just slung across the ceiling!

I hate going to work some days and other days I enjoy going to work when I get to donut cherry pickers round the site!

There's good and bad in it all but you've got to look at it and think do I really want to do this for the next fifty years?

Start from the bottom get qualified and then years down the line you could become an electrical engineer which would involve office work and out on site.

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[oldtimer]

I was 22 chargehand electrician industrial & commercial (30 years ago) and said is this it so i moved in to fire& intrude alarms then BMS/HVAC controls
then facilities maintenance and now running my own business doing domestic repairs. Now I have been unemployed for 6 weeks in that period but for me electrics is not my life dont get me wrong when I am doing it I am switched on and dedicated and take a professional approuch to the task in hand because the job is an end to a means or in other words you have to have a life whether it golf fishing family ect so when you are at your work take an interest in what other people are doing to see if it suits you I put a fire alrm system in and a guy strolled in a shirt and tie company car and I thought I want your job 2 years later I did but stuck for 2 years because the industry was full of old sweetie wifes. So if you want a change your the only one that can do it and sometimes its your tempramint some guys stay in the same job all their lives because it suits them.

Forgot to add I am making more money per hour doing the job I have now with less hassle and because it suits me.

 

[theroadblock]

The grass is always greener.............according to the 'for profit' training centres!


You've had one day on the tools and your acting like someone shot your dog!!! My advice......find another career this one obviously doesn't sit well with you.

^Agree! I myself have only just qualified but i have seen alot of people like the OP who become an electrician for the 'money'. in my experience to get on well in the industry you have to have a love for the subject and not treat it as just a job!

 

[pencilpusher]

^Agree! I myself have only just qualified but i have seen alot of people like the OP who become an electrician for the 'money'. in my experience to get on well in the industry you have to have a love for the subject and not treat it as just a job!

Spot on. I know this is an old thread but reading it tells me straight away that the OP just does not want to do the job, he just wants the "money" I love learning something new about this trade and enjoy studying. The OP hated it! He found college boring but that's where it all starts, doesn't it? I think this is more of a vocation that a "job" You gotta want to do it.:8: