council - work advice

[shadewakka]

hi there,

just wondering if any of you know how to get a council works contract or at least get into sub contracting for them?

any info would be of help

thanks

 

[driverman]

Be as cheap and as as fast as possible! I think nower days, they like to employ teams of sparkies.

 

[Amp David]

Would agree regards being fast.

Last year I started for a mate whos the builder doing refurbs. On the 5th one now, but soon learnt after the 1st that if i wanted to make any money, i'd have to get my arse into gear a graft.

So far so good, always been paid 2 weeks after each property is signed off by the council.

 

[kingeri]

Council work has been my bread and butter for the last couple of years. I consider myself lucky because I got into it through chatting with a manager whilst doing my other (non-electrical) council job. I get jobs emailed to me in a morning and normally have a week to get round to doing them. Quite an informal arrangement. Most of the jobs are repairs, fault finding, like for like replacements, heating etc. Occasionally get roped into doing rewires.

 

[7029 dave]

Are you nic/eca? most council's want this for starters.

 

[shadewakka]

nope not niceic or eca, was going corgi awhile back but decided against it as the work i was getting didnt warrant it.

If needs be im willing to register with Niceic.

Just wondering if anyone knows what the process would be to get into council work, and also who the best person / people to talk to are.

Thanks

 

[telectrix]

a few grand to grease a few paws .

 

[Steve_P]

If you're within 50 miles of Plymouth, post your CV online and every agency in the country will be on to you to get some refits done for next to nothing as an hourly rate.

 

[Amp David]

Are you nic/eca? most council's want this for starters.

ELECSA here and never been an issue. They only want it notifying under part p

 

[simpson93]

depends what area you are looking for work in. and also what type of council work you mean, decent home projects would probably be the easiest to get into imo but its not for everyone.