What are your hours of work as a sparky?

[OllieNotts]

Hi, just wondered what your hours of work are in the spark game? I'm a HGV driver and on 4 shifts a week at min due to college and I still do 50+ hours most weeks average shift is 13 hours long so wondering how many hours and what time of day you work. I'm on afters and nights at the minute

 

[alarm man]

Dom, do yourself a favour and stop trying to be a know it about **** all
We drive to eu regs in this country, the domestic rules you're pointing out only apply to a very small number of uk HGV drivers.
Try to find the facts next time to stop you looking such a numpty
I'm not going to explain unless its absolutely neccessary as it's off topic, in interested to know what I'm letting myself in for if in the future i am fortunate enough to gain employment after training. Tar.

and i thought i was abrupt:whatchutalkingabout

 

[glasgowbiker42]

tickety boo! wis thinkin of retrainin as a lorry driver! another illusion shattered:49:

 

[sythai]

Self employed..... between 20-40 week + paperwork 5-7 hours a week

No Saturdays (unless totally in the sh!*) anymore done my fair share of them, along with enough stints of 2 weeks of 12/14 hour days

Much happier working for myself earn same money or more for half the hours that i used to do.

 

[rmc86uk]

38 hours paid a week, that'll do me!

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[SPARTYKUS]

38 hours paid a week, that'll do me!

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Did that for 15 years, and don't get me wrong it was alright, but then went self employed ....a few years back(!). And the thought of it (working for one place each and every day) makes me shudder. Couldnt do it. Even if times were hard.

IN FACT

just been offered a job, not looking for one, was just offered out of blue, which in these times is a massive compliment whichever way you look at it. But just couldn't do it. Driving to one place then being told "yeah, forget that, need you here now". Too old. Ahhhh Cannae be doing wiv it laddie

 

[alarm man]

Did that for 15 years, and don't get me wrong it was alright, but then went self employed ....a few years back(!). And the thought of it (working for one place each and every day) makes me shudder. Couldnt do it. Even if times were hard.

IN FACT

just been offered a job, not looking for one, was just offered out of blue, which in these times is a massive compliment whichever way you look at it. But just couldn't do it. Driving to one place then being told "yeah, forget that, need you here now". Too old. Ahhhh Cannae be doing wiv it laddie

would make a good thread,the benefits of guaranteed work/pay or self employed

 

[Marvo]

I own a small company, Monday to Saturday inclusive I'm normally in the office sometime between 5 and 5.30am. I can miss the traffic at that time and I can get more done between 5am and 8.30am when everyone else rolls in because the phone's not ringing and I'm not getting interrupted every ten minutes. I usually leave around 7pm, sometimes later if I'm busy. Sunday is my day off, I usually sleep in till 8 and spend the day with the family. I draw a decent salary but if you worked out the hourly rate I could probably earn more if I worked in big industry....plus I'd have shorter hours and a lot less gray hairs.

 

[Sintra]

Mondays 5.5 hours travel, 9 hours onsite, 2 hours evening paperwork.
Tuesdays - Thursdays 12 hours onsite, 2 hours evening paperwork.
Fridays 8.5 hours onsite, 5.5 hours travel.
Saturdays Off
Sundays 2 hours evening paperwork.

Total 88.5

I must be mad

Total

 

[electromonkey]

5 and a half hours travel!!! How long have you been doing that for and from where to where?

 

[mogga]

Mine varies week to week
1 memorable week was like this
mon 6hrs drive 2hrs work 2hrs drive to next site 2hrs work 5hrs drive home wick,elgin 15-13paid
tue 1hrs drive 8hrs work 1hrs drive edinburgh 8 paid
wed 2.5hrs drive 4 on site 2 hr drive 4 on site 1hr drive 4 onsite 1.5hr drive home galashiels,berwick,edinburgh 18hrs 16paid
thurs 3hr drive 2 on site 30min drive 4 on site 10mins drive 2 on site 3.5 hrs home inverness ,inverness inverness 15hr 13paid
friday 2hrs drive 12hr shift 2hrs drive home carlisle 16hrs 14paid
but next week was 3hr travel monday 10hrs each day (Paid 12) 3hr travel friday
then the next week was 8-10hr days nothing special
average over month 50hrs a week some anything over 50 attracts a bonus of£1 P/H

 

[Sintra]

5 and a half hours travel!!! How long have you been doing that for and from where to where?

Belfast to London, been doing that now for 4 months on this job, 7 more months to go!!!!

 

[Knobhead]

My record would be 38Hrs in one shift. It was a major breakdown. Forget having regular hours whether you go in the industrial or domestic! You can always chuck the phone out of the window!

 

[mogga]

god how I miss those"call outs" always when the rugby ,F1 ,Footy just got to the nail biting bit Or the steak youd been smelling had just been put down or The wife decided "your gettin it whether you want it or not" these are all triggers for the phone to ring with the CANT WAIT call outs

 

[OllieNotts]

Surely call outs mean more money though? It seems on hand a lot of members on this board say there's no money in this game, but then it seems a lot are working excess hours due to call outs outside of the usual working week so surely that means the wages must be better then average? Or else what's the point? I know I'm judging this based on a little bit of info in the scale of the industry but it still confuses me. I'm just about to leave the house for a 13.5 hour shift at royal mail zzzzZZZZZ

 

[rmc86uk]

Yea but your forgetting call outs that may be still under warranty and the electrician has to visit the customers house probably just to switch a circuit breaker back on!

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