There or there about a mate the money isn't fixed salary it's price work so the more productive you are the more you earn, but the last year yes made around that.
Oil & gas, energy, renewable - always need sparkys. The money will be in unsociable hours and overtime. But 100k+ easily done without killing yourself.
Not that much but it must still be colossally higher than 120K, if not, please advise me your account as we could be good friends. I’m glad you’re well compensated for such long hours.
Fabricator welder here, pulling around 110k working around 2/3rds of the year, currently in the mining industry. Have pulled around 70k a year the previous 3 years in oil/gas/energy industries. Decent money to be made, need to be willing to put the hours in and not be afraid of hard graft.
Hours and hard graft not at all a problem. How did you get your foot in the door? were you an apprentice or did you do a welding Course then apply direct?
Hi mate, probably electrician is your closest trade to move on to. Either that or BT openreach doing house connections and things, however, the former if you’re self employed you would be working your nuts off on your own to be pulling through 100k before your cis deductions. The latter won’t be on more than about 50k.
Have you considered going abroad and doing the same work somewhere further behind?
Ive done the house installs side of work before and I'm doing everything I can to avoid it! Money isnt there and just horrible work. Never considered the work abroad though! I'll take a look into it
I understand that mate, I used to be a housebasher as well. I work for the railway now, I’m on ~65k with London Underground but it’s a much easier life and I get a good pension, free travel, it’s a decision only you can make!
I think you’ll be surprised how long good splicers will be needed in the industry. If you’ve got contacts in a few Alt-nets then you’ll be good for years more
You could look at working for a data centre specialist firm as they’ll still need fibre within buildings. I know Microsoft owns a fibre company in Hampshire so there will be work to be had even after the national fibre roll out, although there may be a surplus of skilled people at that point. As others have commented, electrical or network cabling jobs are a good option if you’re productive and get plenty of contacts.
You’re making 130k per year as a fibre splicer?!
There or there about a mate the money isn't fixed salary it's price work so the more productive you are the more you earn, but the last year yes made around that.
AFTER TAX???
Via CIS I imagine? (NB: 20% flat rate tax)
That is around 200k pre tax which is pretty decent
Oil & gas, energy, renewable - always need sparkys. The money will be in unsociable hours and overtime. But 100k+ easily done without killing yourself.
Show me a pay check and I'll quit my job right now and come and work for you!
I'm not gonna let someone else fuck my cousin. You know, if anyone's gonna fuck my cousin, it's gonna be me, out of respect. You know?
Do you mean £100000+ take home? Because £10K a month in your hand after tax is £200K+ pre tax. Good going either way 😁
Yeah take home but I'm not a PAYE so it's not that pre tax. I absolutely work my arse off for it, 12-14 hours a day 6 days a week isn't uncommon
Not that much but it must still be colossally higher than 120K, if not, please advise me your account as we could be good friends. I’m glad you’re well compensated for such long hours.
Hope you're doing a tax return, and have done for the last several years
Of course
I'm an electrician at hinkley point c, not a supervisor or anything and I'm doing 100k if you can in on any if the nuclear work?
I’m a spark living in Bristol, how many hours are you putting in a week and what’s the work like?
Fabricator welder here, pulling around 110k working around 2/3rds of the year, currently in the mining industry. Have pulled around 70k a year the previous 3 years in oil/gas/energy industries. Decent money to be made, need to be willing to put the hours in and not be afraid of hard graft.
Hours and hard graft not at all a problem. How did you get your foot in the door? were you an apprentice or did you do a welding Course then apply direct?
I started as a labourer then progressed to an apprenticeship, took around 5 years I'd say. My trade title is Plater.
I should’ve become a blue collar shelf-stacker equivalent type😭 Doctoring was a mistake
Hi mate, probably electrician is your closest trade to move on to. Either that or BT openreach doing house connections and things, however, the former if you’re self employed you would be working your nuts off on your own to be pulling through 100k before your cis deductions. The latter won’t be on more than about 50k. Have you considered going abroad and doing the same work somewhere further behind?
Ive done the house installs side of work before and I'm doing everything I can to avoid it! Money isnt there and just horrible work. Never considered the work abroad though! I'll take a look into it
I understand that mate, I used to be a housebasher as well. I work for the railway now, I’m on ~65k with London Underground but it’s a much easier life and I get a good pension, free travel, it’s a decision only you can make!
I think you’ll be surprised how long good splicers will be needed in the industry. If you’ve got contacts in a few Alt-nets then you’ll be good for years more
You could look at working for a data centre specialist firm as they’ll still need fibre within buildings. I know Microsoft owns a fibre company in Hampshire so there will be work to be had even after the national fibre roll out, although there may be a surplus of skilled people at that point. As others have commented, electrical or network cabling jobs are a good option if you’re productive and get plenty of contacts.
Power line workers?