Is a gas engineer a good career choice?

lincroft1710

Stu6781 wrote: »

As the title says. Is being a gas engineer lucrative? Are they in demand?

Thanks

Stu6781 wrote: »

It’s nothing to do with financial gain. I would be earning a fair bit more in finance. I just want to be able to a hands on job.

Your first post would suggest that financial gain is important.

I understand your wish to try something completely different, but your approach is hardly logical. You have no passion for any particular trade.

TELLIT01

Many 'trades' can pay well, but gas or electrical engineers take at least a couple of years to train and the training is expensive. You would need to find an employer prepared to put you through the training, or pay for it all yourself.

Do you have any aptitude for this type of work? It can be dirty and cold work. Looking for a career based purely on potential income is not a good idea.

motorguy

Stu6781 wrote: »

It’s nothing to do with financial gain. I would be earning a fair bit more in finance. I just want to be able to a hands on job.

Really?

So why did your previous topic have a heading of "Which self employed tradesmen earns more?"

Find something you're passionate about and do it.

Maybe the time to realise you wanted to do a hands on job was 5 years ago?

C_Mababejive

TELLIT01 wrote: »

Many 'trades' can pay well, but gas or electrical engineers take at least a couple of years to train and the training is expensive. You would need to find an employer prepared to put you through the training, or pay for it all yourself.

Do you have any aptitude for this type of work? It can be dirty and cold work. Looking for a career based purely on potential income is not a good idea.

Indeed, i would add that it is not a path to be taken lightly and has a very high degree of responsibility and culpability if anything goes wrong.

Registered and sometimes unregistered gas installers regularly get very heavy fines and sometimes jail for various misdemeanors where unsafe/dangerous practices are discovered.
http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/news.htm

When was the last time you saw penalties imposed on a joiner for example, for fitting a door badly?

jobbingmusician

Stu6781 wrote: »

Why can people not just simply focus on the question asked? What on earth do previous threads have to do with this one?

You are asking people to give up their time and help you voluntarily. Some people choose to read old threads to judge for themselves whether it is worth giving their time away. Then they post helpfully to warn others that (for example) 'this poster may be wasting our time - he keeps asking about different careers without any real research behind his questions.'

sparkermarketing

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Talked to a plumber a few weeks ago, who said that gas fired CH would soon be a thing of the past. Heat pumps are apparently the way forward.

There will still be about 20 million homes in the UK with gas central heating that needs to be maintained and serviced, even if they stop completely installing it in new homes from today.

Gas (and electric) meter fitters are in big demand at the moment due to the roll out of smart meters across the UK - but that will come to a natural end at some point in the next few years once they are all installed.

C_Mababejive

sparkermarketing wrote: »

There will still be about 20 million homes in the UK with gas central heating that needs to be maintained and serviced, even if they stop completely installing it in new homes from today.

Gas (and electric) meter fitters are in big demand at the moment due to the roll out of smart meters across the UK - but that will come to a natural end at some point in the next few years once they are all installed.

And then they will have to refit them all again..!

What will happen to all those who jumped on the smart meter bodgers bandwagon? Will they then go fitting boilers etc with their limited knowledge once someone has sold them a ticket for it?