Advice please, moving to the UK.

[Donkeydaz]

Hey guys.

I am am a self employed electrician from the island of Guernsey, small island in between England and France. I have been going for my self since October last year and charge £24 an hour. The normal going rate over here for an electrician is anything between £25-£40 an hour and working for someone the average wage an hour is about £16 an hour.

In the next month or so I am looking at moving over to the uk to an area south east of England, West Sussex.
I am just curious what is the average going rate for a self employed sparky and what is the average rate working for someone. I haven't looked into anything yet, it's been a kind of last minute decision to move.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated, I will be looking at working for someone when I get there and look into going self employed again.

I am recently qualified 2 years ago and hold all recent qualifications.

Many thanks.

 

[trev]

One word mate.
Don't.

 

[telectrix]

the rates are fairly similar to your island of cows, but jobs are so hard to get over here when eastern europeans are working for £5/hour. i'd seriously have a rethink.

 

[Donkeydaz]

My partner is from the UK and has been on the rock for 9 years and she knew someone would say that! Lol.

Why, is it that bad?

 

[Marvo]

I believe the rates vary greatly depending where you go in the UK.

 

[telectrix]

and we do know where guernsey is. we let hitler have it but then he gave it back.

 

[telectrix]

My partner is from the UK and has been on the rock for 9 years and she knew someone would say that! Lol.

Why, is it that bad?

it's worse than bad, mate. we have domestic installers churned out every 5 weeks by the bucketload. all thanks to part p. and the scams.

 

[Silly Sausage]

Move to Jersey.

 

[Guest77]

If you do come to the mainland be prepared to fight over work with foreign nationals and Electrical Trainee who charge peanuts, I can only echo trevs post 2, He posted exactly what I would have done, the crafty so and so, beat me too it lol

 

[Octopus]

What sort of work do you do and if you come here what do you plan to do? Start up as self employed?

 

[Donkeydaz]

Part P and the scams???

 

[telectrix]

th UK is a sinking ship. at least on guernsey, you're in a lifeboat.

 

[Octopus]

Part P and the scams???

If you want to do domestic work and want to keep the right side of the law you will need to become a member of a "scheme" - Elecsa, Napit, NICEIC, Stroma, BSI

Google them

 

[Donkeydaz]

I will be moving over there in the next 6-8 weeks so will need to get an income ASAP. I have some savings to keep me going for about 6 months. I do all domestic and commercial electrical installations.

 

[telectrix]

Part P and the scams???

read some previous threads via the search button. you'll wish you'd never asked.

 

[Octopus]

I will be moving over there in the next 6-8 weeks so will need to get an income ASAP. I have some savings to keep me going for about 6 months. I do all domestic and commercial electrical installations.

Another one to join the race to the bottom

 

[Marvo]

and we do know where guernsey is. we let hitler have it but then he gave it back.

I wasn't exactly sure so I googled it. Looks like it's nearer to France than the UK....and the post boxes are blue....

 

[Donkeydaz]

Ah yes. I worked for a company over here which were NICEIC and I am Napit registered to do B&Q Installations.

 

[Guest77]

abandon ship, man overboard.

 

[Octopus]

Ah yes. I worked for a company over here which were NICEIC and I am Napit registered to do B&Q Installations.

How does that work? Does it cost much?