Corgi Gas Earnings

[Mat]

Hello All

I'm just about to start a apprenticeships with British Gas to become a Corgi gas man. Pretty happy with their training package and wages after qualifying. What I'd really like to know is what a realistic wage self employed is. People have been telling my 50-100k.

Bit much to ask strangers what they earn but it private, in a way.

Cheers

 

[wiggikins]

50-100k, that's a BELTER that one is, AM I DREAMING, somebody wake me up!!

 

[alanwj]

35k if your lucky and dont take holidays

 

[Mat]

What experience do you both have in the field.

 

[wiggikins]

20 Years enough?

 

[leesmith]

If you don't mind me asking you mate, what kind of money do British Gas offer you as an apprentice?

 

[a-d-s]

It is possible to earn over the £50k mark but as mentioned your looking at long hours and almost no rest/ quality time. Sometimes its better to team up with another self emplyed guy and split the work load.

Also, the different divercities of work you carry out dictates your income.

 

[Matty D]

hi guys ne of u got las edition of gas installer

 

[fuzzy]

yep, why

 

[razal]

No you are about to start an apprenticeship with BG to be a gasman, Corgi dont come into anymore and never did imo anyway. Stick at it and you will be well trained.

I dont know of anyone earning the sort of money you state at BG, if you want to get rich get another job .....city trader.... thats the way to go.

 

[spacethegas]

u make i laugh

 

[markfxy]

had a leaflet through the door from a training center stating that you could earn £90.00 an hour as a plumber thats £720 a day which comes to £187,200 per year verified by reports from the daily mail/express so it must be true, personally i wouldnt get out of bed for that sort of money

 

[razal]

Yeah thats right ,would have to be at least 250k a year to get me out of bed, what with the price of fuel these days, filling up the Bentley is becoming rather expensive

 

[spacethegas]

mod

cant you just dump this thread.

"somewhere over the rainbow"

 

[MickW]

According to a recent 'State of the Trade' survey we carried out, the median hourly rate was £40/hour for gas work and £33/hour for plumbing work.

These figures relate to the south of England.

 

[razal]

According to a recent 'State of the Trade' survey we carried out, the median hourly rate was £40/hour for gas work and £33/hour for plumbing work.

These figures relate to the south of England.

Who is ..we.....?

 

[fuzzy]

40 quid an hour?

 

[ajs heating]

give or take.

 

[MickW]

Who is ..we.....?

'We' are a Plumber's Merchant in the south.

We have done a survey for the last few years to give our customers an idea of the 'going rate' in the area.

If I remember correctly, last years rates were £35/hr for gas and £30/hr for plumbing.

give or take.

The range was wide though.

I think the lowest rate was about £16/hour and the highest was about £70/hour.

Oops, sorry!

I don't have a clue how those two posts got merged

Oh, ffs!!!!!!!!!

 

[fuzzy]

40quid an hour. if thats a company then id say yes thats right, they have to pay fuel, head office, pensions, sick pay etc, seems alot for a one man band, that 120quid for 3 hours work, youd only need to work one long day to make a decent living?????????????????????
i presume these are the rates for cowboy outfits who charge when they turn up , picking up materials etc and string it out
if these are genuinne one man bands then it seems extreem.

people need to know that there are big overheads for plumbers, a company chargin 40quid have alot to pay out.

if someone wants a career change then they should consider if their current role includes pension, set hours, promotion, sick pay etc, a higher hourly rate isnt everything.

i worked for myself for a while getting alot more money, but if i had no work for 2/3 days that ate into my monthly earnings, people need to realise that the work isnt a given

 

[ajs heating]

one of the call centres i sub to charge approx depending -
on plumbing.

£70 hour 9-5pm
£85 " 5-10pm
£110 " 10-6am

weekends about £20 dearer on hourly rate.
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average day rate for self employed is £200
callouts can be £50-£65 hour
second hour on £25-35 hour

 

[Piper]

Ultimately you can earn as much or as little as you work to get, as with any other field.
Mr Mullins of Pimlico Plumbers earns over £1,000,000 a year.

An ad in a local paper for a £600 quick plumbing course says plumbers average £25,000 a year.

 

[fuzzy]

yes these places tell you to take your time on the job, i dont like that

 

[spacethegas]

pathetic thread

 

[Piper]

Ultimately you can earn as much or as little as you work to get, as with any other field.
Mr Mullins of Pimlico Plumbers earns over £1,000,000 a year.

An ad in a local paper for a £600 quick plumbing course says plumbers average £25,000 a year.

Misprint - I meant £6000 not £600