Tool Box Talk For Electricians

Depression is common in todays world. It can effect anyone and everyone. Its not always easy to handle, or easy to know your even suffering with depression. I believe its how you handle falling into depression, what you do, how you got there ... All the things that will stop it from happening again. Live can be hard, Business can be hard. But there is one thing that nobody can take away from you....

Do you have to be Male to be an Electrician? Lauren has completed a full apprenticeship to become a fully qualified electrician. She talks about the things she found difficult of the journey, along with the little advantage Lauren had that many others don't. I ask the obvious question to what its like being a female electrician, working in a high percentage male environment. Some of the small chal...

What Are The Most Popular Smart Devices On the Market That Electricians Use Every day? Smart devices are growing faster and faster all over the world. The tools electricians use and the home automation devices we install in peoples homes. There are 7 top smart home automation devices I see getting used more and more every day. Not only do electricians install systems in peoples houses, they use a...

Have Electricians over the years got Better or Worse? I believe there to be 3 types of electricians, the old boys who started out on 16th edition. The mature sparks who did a modern day apprentice or collage course and the young blood. The electricians or who training today didn't have to go through the same training as an electrician did in the 80s. I think that shows with some of the electrician...

Are All Electricians Destined To Work On The Tools Forever? Once you become a qualified electrician, is that it? You just go round installing and repairing electrical installations for the rest of your career? For Jimbo The Electrician, this isn't the case. If he sees and opportunity - its go to be explored. Discover an electrifying journey with  @jimbotheelectrician3819  as he sparks in...

Have so many customers - Your turning work away! I have tried and tested some of these websites. Signed up and started to actually do some jobs from the website. All these website have a mix of different opinions everywhere. I want to tell you my honest experience of the ones I signed up to. The work I did, also how did it benefit me and my business for the future. By listening to the podcast you...

FREE Electricity? Easy bypass the meter and you bills will be a lot lower. Meters that have been tampered with are all over the UK, its not like people try to hide it either. Some customers I have met openly say "Yep free electricity" What can I do? I'm not the electric police, I'm just the electrician who fixes it. All electricians who work in domestic dwelling must have came across it. Unsure ho...

Electricians are Legal con artists....... If you asked 100 people, at least 20 of then would instantly say electricians rip people off. Why the hell is that! Because know for a fact I don't, I also know plenty of others too. What's the reason people have this bad vibe towards electricians? There is a reason for it. The thing is only electricians will understand the reasons. Its down to us to be ab...

Real life as an electrician in the UK running a business. Not ONLY Electrical. Mike from Green Hawk Construction has a great story to tell as to how he became an electrician. Mastering one trade to begin with before getting another one to add to his portfolio. Not only does Mike talk about the steps he too to get to where he is today in his business, but also talks about the real life problems you...

I have a love-hate relationship with working away from home every week as part of my job as an electrician. It often involves staying in different locations due to the nature of the work. While there have been both positive and negative experiences, ranging from staying in less-than-ideal accommodations to even enjoying the second-best hotel in China, The years I've spent working far from home on...

Do you want some extra money in your pocket? Maybe a silly questions - everyone would like some extra cash right now. However are you willing to go out an do private jobs at the weekend to earn it? Many electricians are happy to do 8 hours a day and go home. Get paid their set wage and do no more. What if you could double your income from a few private jobs? The thing is with doing private jobs or...

It Was a Qualified Electrician Who Did It....... Then Why is The House On Fire? How the hell do some people sleep at night with the condition electrician find some installs. Its not the fact that's they did it themselves, its how its done and the exposed live wires that could kill a person. It may have been a cowboy electrician or a DIY Dave that carried out the electrical work, to be honest you w...

I'm an electrician, but I can also build your extension if you like...... With the skills electricians have learnt over time, can they be transitioned into other trades where you are able to offer other services? Can it be done and if so what is the best way to go about it? There is a long route to being able to offer other services like building, plumbing and carpentry in your business. Then ther...

There's NO profit in the job AGAIN - Where am I going wrong? Do you quote price per point? That will give me enough in the job and be able to make a good profit. But then what if your too expensive and another electrician beats your quote? Quoting the right amount for a job is a skill itself, especially when you know the customer will come back to you and try to knock you down. So HOW do you quote...

What is the secret to success running an electrical business? You may have been employed as an electrician for a while now and really want to start up on your own..... or You have started up on your own and it proving to be a little more challenging then you thought! Its not easy, noting that is worth doing is - that's why things are hard to put you odd from doing them. Notice I said HARD not INPO...

Learn the trade to become a fully qualified electrician. What's it like being an electrician or even are you the type of person who could go through all the training to gather the experience and knowledge to become one? Like and career it will seem difficult at first because everything is new. But would it all be worth the hard work in the end? Could you just be doing all the training and qualific...

Anyone can become an electrician, it's easy. 3 wires - just get them in the right place, it's that simple! I wish it was ! Electrician can make things look easy.  For one reason and one reason only - they have trained for a long time, then gathered the experience to do the job.  No electrician is born with all the knowledge magically in their head. With technology rapidly changing all ov...

Are you getting ripped off for materials in the construction industry? When you stick with the same supplier for years because you think your getting a great deal, Are you? Is there another supplier close by who can give you the same materials for a better price, saving you £££££. What we need is an electrician to do an experiment with 5 different wholesalers with exactly the same materials. One q...

I'm Board of fixing electrical problems Everyday, all day! Things can be the same many day when working as a self employed electrician. You get called up to the same problems, with the same faults every day. Do you think it can become a little boring at times? Boring isn't good. Electrician have creative minds and although there is plenty of work to do, we like a challenge from time to time. Of co...

Become an electrician at any age - It CAN be done! Why do you want to be an electrician, and more importantly have you got what it takes to male the steps to train to become an electrician? Wanting to become and electrician is not enough in 2023, you need to be prepared to go out there and find a position in a company or an apprenticeship. The great thing is you only need one position. Its down to...

Everyone wants a happy ending to a job with every customer. We all know this isn't always the case. Everyone is different in all types of work environments. With residential homeowners to Commercial businesses, when your an electrician you get to meet them all. This is where your social skills come into play, with how you deal with these customers. How do you manage the customers who want things f...

Electricians can learn to fall in love with plumbers, builders and carpenters. 😮 This love hate relationship between tradesmen is true, but it doesn't have to always be the case. In fact its probably going to benefit you in you actually get along with each other. You don't have to go into business together with another trade to be able to create a good partnership with them. How many times a day...

Electricians are rich! They charge a fortune to change a light! Yes we do! But there is a reason for this............ Being a self employed electrician and running your own business isn't as straight forward as you may think. There are a number of yearly fees electricians have to pay to keep a business going. You really cant cut these corners too, because if something does happen - your not covere...

Shortcuts can result in lives being lost, its the little ones you can get away with that don't matter. There are shortcuts and there is leaving an install potentially dangerous. If you do that - pack your tools away right now, your not an electrician! We don't do that, we save lives not put them in danger. However Electricians may put themselves in danger getting the job done. As an Electrician yo...

Mates Rates Are A Myth In My Eyes! If everybody is your friend and you give them mates rates. What's the point of being in business? Some people are only your friend when it suits them, as soon as your no good to them anymore - your forgotten about. This is why you need to get the relationship straight from the start and establish it as a working relationship. Mutually beneficial to both parties....