Plumber/gas tech rates of pay

[Ookysoft]

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With the exception of JobCenterPlus, is there a site giving a guide regarding actual pay levels? Work are advertising but I know they are asking far too little - I would like to advise them of what the industry really thinks. This would be multiple different projects, similar to those a facility/maintenance company would deal with. Located somewhere like Cambridge for 'localised weighting' purposes. Probably looking at a minimum of 2 years experience.

Looking for a guide for:-

General Plumber NVQ2 qualified
General Plumber NVQ3 qualified

Additional amount for Natural Gas - pipework and domestic boiler repair/maintenance
Additional amount for Oil - pipework and domestic boiler repair/maintenance

This would INCLUDE the plumber being responsible for his/her own re-certification, however paid time off for this would be given.

Please advise if further parameters are required. An £18k to 22k kind of guide is sufficient.

Thank you!

 

[DaleRCL]

I have a guy who works for me. 6 years experience, Gas safe registered (I paid for registration and annual fee), I pay his travel, he works on site every day, very few callouts and he is on £30k per year. I think this is a lot more realistic a salary.

 

[Aquaheat]

From what I've gathered £84 an hour is about right for a gas tech.

 

[Whitespirit66]

From what I've gathered £84 an hour is about right for a gas tech.

How much p.h. without 'tech' in the job title?

 

[Aquaheat]

About the same, tech, engineer or otherwise the price would only drop when you take gas out of the title.

Then you become a plumbum!

Jon

 

[Aquaheat]

Anyway, the 84 ph was a tongue in cheek nod to those that might get it.

As far as a PAYE guy goes and depending on the scope of work then it should fall into the 28 to 35k pa. Depends in a lot of factors but as a ball park figure you should find a decent guy.

 

[dreadnoughtheating]

to the OP, the easiest place to find them is 'goggle'.

But in case you have not heard of this, try here.

http://www.unitetheunion.org/uploaded/documents/JIB PMES Rates & Allowances 2014-201511-13200.pdf

It gives the plumbing JIB rates.

Hope this helps.

 

[Biggles..]

I'm paid as PMES band 4, so tech fitter plus band 4 incentives.

 

[Richardthe3rd]

I posted a thread regarding this on here the other day.
Experienced qualified site Plumbers with ACS, CSCS etc are like gold dust here in Scotland & with the ever increasing boast in the construction industry, SNIPEF/JIB rates are a thing of the past. Most good guys are looking for £18/hr books-in & that's just for starters.

After the building industry went t.ts up in 08 loads of guys moved on to other jobs, jobs where you don't need to fork out over £1K in training every 5 years!! So now there's a skills shortage & it's a shortage course Cowboys & sausage rolls can't fill - they got found out the last time & we're still tidying up the mess they left behind.

1/ Employers; increase your tender prices & rates.
2/ Employees; don't work for peanuts.
3/ Skool leavers; forget about Mickey mouse Uni course, get a good Plumbing apprenticeship.

 

[Dean744PiN5]

Basic starting at 18k for a skilled tradesman! That's around £8.65 an hour only a couple of quid more than minimum wage, is your firm having a laugh?

 

[Nige F]

18 - 22 was a Kind of guide , not what the firm was paying . So £30 - 34 is about right . It never was great pay down here in the Rich S.E . One time I looked at a job with the ( pre privatised ) electric co. Changing street lamps using a van mounted cherry picker . Rate was the same as I was getting with my C+G advanced plumber status Plus perks and overtime for twilight run to note the outages. It wasn`t a job ,it was a vocation

 

[Ookysoft]

Yeah, thanks!

My guide rate was just an example of range - just trying to indicate a 'this to that' would be sufficient.

Some interesting discussion, thanks!

 

[Richardthe3rd]

Yeah, thanks!

My guide rate was just an example of range - just trying to indicate a 'this to that' would be sufficient.

Some interesting discussion, thanks!

Yeah, only some.....