Career as an electrician - would appreciate some advice

jobbingmusician

If one of the things that is depressing your son is the idea of getting up early for EVER, he could consider developing a more advanced career in stuff like domestic appliance repairs - a good maintenance man, with a great reputation, could set their own hours (or charge a premium for visiting in the early morning so that people don't have to take a day off work. He could even develop a service which worked from noon to 8 or 9pm for the same reason!)

System

The thing is, he cant pick and choose at the moment. He's going to have to take whats given to him and work for it.

My husband is on site at 7.30 every morning but his work is largely on a building site. If he comes home on a weekend he has to be on the road by 6am to get him on site in time. Its always been this way.

paddyrg

There are also night shifts, probably less common, but some people need sparks for shopfitting, etc.

baldelectrician

I now work for myself and leave home after 8.30 (I like to see the kids in the morning) and then go to work


Previously (in my last employed job) I had to be on site for 8am, which meant leaving home at 6.30.


This was similar during my apprenticeship.


If he gets the chance he should take it- my ex apprentice (now 22 and fully qualified) is now working in London and earning good money on contract work.

Doshwaster

Early starts are part of the job in most trades. My brother did his apprenticeship with a shop fitting company which did jobs all over the region (and often further afield). They usually had to be onsite by 8am to get as much work done in one day as possible and that meant early morning picks in the gaffer's white van. Now he's qualified and has his own business he can pick and choose his hours but the fact of life is when you are starting out in the world of work you have to learn to get up in the morning.

Look on the bright side. Training as an electrician is an excellent idea and often better than going to University and coming out with a useless degree and a lot of debt. Once he becomes qualified he should never be out of work and be will useful around your house. My mum really has no use of an IT business consultant who struggles to change a lightbulb!