freelance self employed electrician

[dicky.ty]

I need advice pls I have been offered a job with a company doing meter installation and call outs, does anybody else do this? I have been given prices of £25 single phase £35 3 phase, call out for breakdown £30 in 60 mile radius. The company are putting me through the meter installation course but I have to work for them for 6 months after or will have to pay for the course myself. As I have always worked as an installation electrician I am not sure if this is for me or if it will actually pay the bills any advice would be great

 

[cagedanimal2010]

£25 dont sound alot for a meter installer, you would have to do about 10 a day? and what if you got to drive 10 miles to each....

danny

 

[Mr.Si]

Not got experience to advise about the electrical side of things, but the policy they've set for repayment sounds like most company policies.

 

[tonys]

I have been As I have always worked as an installation electrician I am not sure if this is for me or if it will actually pay the bills any advice would be great

Only you know the answer to these ? Where abouts are you, Ill have the work and make it pay.

 

[dicky.ty]

I live in Greater Manchester and I don't know how far I will be expected to travel a day they seem unsure about where I will be working

 

[Engineer54]

£25 dont sound alot for a meter installer, you would have to do about 10 a day? and what if you got to drive 10 miles to each....

danny

That's about 5000 a month or 60,000 per annum. Is that bad for UK these days??

 

[cagedanimal2010]

That's about 5000 a month or 60,000 per annum. Is that bad for UK these days??

sorry i am coming from my own company point of view, with all the outlays it doesn't leave much to pay the bills as you may well know.

 

[tonys]

That's about 5000 a month or 60,000 per annum. Is that bad for UK these days??

Mate if the truth be known, people earn a lot less than they dare to admit. I know people who are in bits and on their bums due to the down turn and bounding figures of £250 a day ? bull

 

[tonys]

I live in Greater Manchester and I don't know how far I will be expected to travel a day they seem unsure about where I will be working

That's all part and parcel of being self employed, Ive had to put up with it for 22 years, no security and still raising a family and put a roof over our heads.

 

[dicky.ty]

the bloke that interviewed assured me that he has guys working for him are doing £250 a day but is that just a one off are they just telling me what i want to here, don't get me wrong if there is a chance i can earn 250 a day i'll rip his hand off just how likely is it.

 

[tonys]

the bloke that interviewed assured me that he has guys working for him are doing £250 a day but is that just a one off are they just telling me what i want to here, don't get me wrong if there is a chance i can earn 250 a day i'll rip his hand off just how likely is it.

Look mate I believe nothing I'm told by anyone offering me work, because imo good jobs are rarely advertised or if they are its because certain jobs have to be by law ie public funded jobs. But are normally taken when you enquire, give it ago and your find out who's right, me of him ?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Look mate I believe nothing I'm told by anyone offering me work, because imo good jobs are rarely advertised or if they are its because certain jobs have to be by law ie public funded jobs. But are normally taken when you enquire, give it ago and your find out who's right, me of him ?

you are bang on there tony, they advertise just cos the law says they have to, but its always the old school tie types who get the job.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I need advice pls I have been offered a job with a company doing meter installation and call outs, does anybody else do this? I have been given prices of £25 single phase £35 3 phase, call out for breakdown £30 in 60 mile radius. The company are putting me through the meter installation course but I have to work for them for 6 months after or will have to pay for the course myself. As I have always worked as an installation electrician I am not sure if this is for me or if it will actually pay the bills any advice would be great

I suppose your personal circumstances will dictate if it pays or not. I would do it and be happy with 6 a day. The callout seems a bit on the low side, potentially 120 mile round trip, at least 2 to 2 and half hours travelling plus fuel, plus time on job. But then again it could be your next door neighbour, no time no fuel and out of house 10 minutes.

The choice is yours, if it were me i would do it, but would try and negotiate the call out part, especially if you are on standby. If you are on a rota where the first to answer the phone gets the job, then no problem, just dont answer the phone.

Cheers.......howard

 

[dicky.ty]

they have sent me a contract to read most of it is standard some of it's quite confusing. i'm going to have a good think about it tonight there is a lot of working away, so will be away from the family all week. tony's right i've been promised the world of so many employers and it never turns out the way they said it would. if i take the job the course starts in march for a week and then it's another 2 weeks after that till i can start earning some money, if i accept i will post in a couple of months how it's turned out. thanks for all your replys

 

[tonys]

Mate

Ive had a few promises over the years, now I'm a little bit older and wiser than the people who offer me work, once they twig it they normally try and employ someone a little younger and more gullible than me lol

Does the job come with the course in Scotland ?