Going rates for Electricians Apprentice

[themissestheboss]

Hi,

Hubby is fully qualified part p electrician registered with NICEIC and is becoming quite busy so was looking to take on a lad as an apprentice but we don't have a clue what the going rate is for one.

Do we pay on a set day rate or on an hourly rate on minimum wage, just above it or upto £3 over the min wage.

Any advice would be gratefully received

Many thanks

Nicky

 

[breezer]

up to you.

you have to pay minimum wage. I would suggest hourly rate, but bear in mind pay peanuts, get monkeys (but then again you dont want to pay too much)

 

[themissestheboss]

Thanks for the reply,

have been trying to find similar jobs advertised but cant see any anywhere not even on agency ads or Job centres to get an idea of going rate..

ah well

Cheers

Nicky

 

[breezer]

invent a figure and see what the responce is

 

[JohnD]

It might be worth devising some kind of staged increment, i.e. when he achieves certain skills/passes NVQs he gets a raise.

You want him to acquire these skills, so it is both a motivator (before) and a reward (after) and he ought to feel that as he becomes more valuable to you, he sees a benefit in his pocket.

Occasionally, young lads stay in bed or drink too much at lunchtime, so you want an hourly rate that will not pay him for hours not worked (should such a thing ever happen). Though in my experience an ounce of fatherly advice the very first time, is worth a ton of abuse if you leave it until later.

 

[RF Lighting]

Though in my experience an ounce of fatherly advice the very first time, is worth a ton of abuse if you leave it until later.

Worked a treat with me.

I have an 'old' apprentice and he is great. No back chat, always on time and sober, eager to learn and not scared of graft.
He makes good tea too

Not certain of his hourly rate but I think it is somewhere between £6 & £7 per hour. We pay per hour as sometimes we end up working late, starting early etc. Don't forget the hourly rate will also vary according to region.

We also work on the wage increase on production of exam results theory.

 

[TeesdaleSpark]

Use the JIB rate as a guidline


http://www.jib.org.uk/9904aps0507.htm

 

[bster]

I'm 29, three years into my apprenticeship (i'm a plumber though) and i get paid £3:75 hour, they pay peanuts but they are definetly not getting monkeys!!! they are just a bunch of tight arsed money grabbing pi** takers - still love the job though!

minimum wage to start i think is as fair as can be expected for a young apprentice.

I'm popping back to the plumbing forum now.

 

[simon_d]

apprentices i work with (large company) are all on 12K/year

 

[baldelectrician]

rate is about £3.25 p/h for a 16yr old

the standard rate for a 1st year app is about £110 per week.

i usually pay slightly less to start- 4 weeks and up it if they show any promise (you have safety footwear etc to buy)

 

[MarknCass]

It should be national minimum wage...apprentices work just as hard.

 

[mikeyd]

He might have had a rise in the last 2 years since he posted though.

 

[Pensdown]

If you intend sending him to college, as TeesdaleSpark has pointed out, the JIB along with the ECA and JTL set the minimum pay which to be honest makes it easy.

No bleating "brian at college gets more than me

http://www.jib.org.uk/tschemes080910.htm

 

[Chri5]

 

[breezer]

MarknCass, welcome to the forum, but your comment will is of no use to the OP, since as mikeyd pointed out, this was started almost 2 years ago please check the date a topic was made to see if your comment will be of any use.

also note the OP (themissestheboss) only ever made 2 posts, and you must have read both of them