QUALIFIED SPARK ON £10:50ph In WEST WALES!!!!

[Jay 1987]

Hello everybody

So I met a guy last night who has just recently completed his nvq3. Fast forward we started speaking about the type of work he likes, whether it be domestic, commercial etc and why?
We then moved onto the more interesting topic of wages !!!! To My surprise he revealed that he had done work last week, for a whopping £10;50 last week! My face dropped!!!

Is this normal ?

I mean he is in West Wales near Newcastle Emlyn and I know there are nothing but farms and fields out there! But i never expected the price he stated, those wages hurt my pockets and it never went into my bank account!

Surely this isn’t normal !

I mean, I get when your training the price of wages fluctuates however I thought once qualified there is a jib industry standard for electrical pay rates! Which is no where near £10:50?


Someone shed some light .....

 

[cliffed]

No that’s criminal,get that @ Tesco,loading shelves.
Saying that after 6 years waiting,I’ve had a pay rise of 50p,you can’t buy a pkt of crisps for that.
Not happy.

 

[suffolkspark]

Presume he's on the cards with a company and not running his own ?

 

[bailes1992]

We pay our labourers more than that!

 

[Nigel]

That is the problem with JIB rates. With the exception of London they are the same nationally.

£10.50 cards in West Wales seems about right for someone freshly qualified.

 

[Simonslimline]

That is the problem with JIB rates. With the exception of London they are the same nationally.

£10.50 cards in West Wales seems about right for someone freshly qualified.

Jib for country rate install spark is just above 15 quid an hour. More inside the M25(London rate)

10.50 for a qualified spark is an insult. I would not work for that ever.

 

[Toneyz]

Was he on the books or S/E?

 

[telectrix]

on the books? his company's employment policy must be the Beano Annual.

 

[Nigel]

Jib for country rate install spark is just above 15 quid an hour. More inside the M25(London rate)

10.50 for a qualified spark is an insult. I would not work for that ever.

I know exactly how much it is an hour. I stand by my statement. £15 an hour for someone in the trade 20 years is poor when compared to someone freshly qualified.

 

[Simonslimline]

I know exactly how much it is an hour. I stand by my statement. £15 an hour for someone in the trade 20 years is poor when compared to someone freshly qualified.

Jib rates are crap. Getting time and a half after 37.5 hours eases it slightly. Better off being a Subby.

 

[rapparee]

He's only out of his time

Is he any good, what is he worth?

Some guys are top gun at third year of their apprenticeship, some could take seven years before they're any good.

 

[simpson93]

Qualifications are one thing, Being able to do the job well is another. At the end of the day if you know what the normal rates are you wouldn’t accept £10.50 if you have all of the above.

 

[rapparee]

Qualifications are one thing, Being able to do the job well is another. At the end of the day if you know what the normal rates are you wouldn’t accept £10.50 if you have all of the above.

Then again, what sort of place is West Wales, personally I have no idea.

I've seen boys in Derry get paid minimum wage if they were working in Newry they would be getting £35,000+, if in Dublin €50,000+

 

[123]

Then again, what sort of place is West Wales, personally I have no idea.

I've seen boys in Derry get paid minimum wage if they were working in Newry they would be getting £35,000+, if in Dublin €50,000+

There is a self employed spark round here that charges a tenner an hour(runs his own "business"). Also another that if slack will go in at similar rates

I was in and around a tenner an hour, on the cards, nearly 20 years ago as an apprentice

 

[Jay 1987]

Presume he's on the cards with a company and not running his own ?

I’m sure it was agency work!