Different career in the plumbing industry?

[lame plumber]

grass is always greener, till you hop over the fence

 

[kris]

grass is always greener, till you hop over the fence

So very true lame so very true.

 

[julesverne]

Cousin teaches electrics at Oldham college he's on £28,000 a year doesn't sound a lot but has the usual 13 week holidays and a decent pension. he says gas tutor there are on about the same. thats a half decent wage up north maybe not down south/london.

 

[T & H Plumbing]

28k and 13 week hols is good

 

[chris watkins]

I get 2 weeks Christmas, 2 Easter & 3 in the summer. No pension, but it is local.

 

[Ermintrude]

grass is always greener, till you hop over the fence

Defo. One of my construction directors jumped to carillon to manage early stages of the PFI boom. Asked if I would join him said I wanted lots and lots of money they obliged. But carillon is a horrid company full of incompetence / jealousy Few have to drag the many! Wished I had stayed with the medium sized civils company and managed a few roads / tunnels and open casts .

 

[Swift2506]

Worked for Alfred mc alpine and loved it taken over by planed matiance and they were brought
by carillion
I hated it they manage to take everything away from the blokes and manged to ruin a good thing was with them for 3year and left to work for a local company that I love.

haven't enjoyed work like this for years

treated with respect

already spoken about me taking more control of the job and quoting for work

you need to do the extra bit to show an interest and show you want to progress as they will have to invest time and money into you


This is my plan anyway

all the best in what ever you do

 

[kirkgas]

Not a bad shout wonder what's the pay is like.

After about 4/5 yrs you will be on £36k, you teach 22hrs a week, get 9hrs to prepare and mark papers etc, and only work 40 weeks per year for permanent, if you can get regular hrs via a temp rolling contract you get about £24per hr, but you get nearly half your hrs on top for prep, so this equates to about £32-34 per hour for every hr worked, most colleges hold back about £9ph as your holiday pay

 

[kirkgas]

Crap !! & I am not just saying that.
Your local FE college does not want to pay even plumbers wages for someone to teach it, let alone any premium for someone you can stand in front of group youngsters & effectively deliver Level 3 pump sizing, heatloss, electrical, un-vented etc etc.
Its a vocation they say !!! my bum, I still have to feed the kids & house.

Go for supervisor then site manager then contracts manager or try your luck on the design side ?? Move around as much as poss to see how different company's do things, hope you like paperwork & lower pay, but keeps the old grey stuff active.
PS, I am getting out soon !!!

Chris what area are you in, Ive posted further on what the pay scale is up here in colleges, it's very difficult to get in full time, I'm in a lucky position that I only need to work part time, if at all, so I wouldn't do it full time, but I enjoy doing it part time ad hoc, but it can be a challenge doing the school groups etc

 

[kirkgas]

grass is always greener, till you hop over the fence

It's always greener as it's fed on bull****