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BigWallop wrote: But the Australians aren't stupid and have also set limits on hourly rates and mark up profits on supplying materials. Or in other words, they are all the same at doing the job, but if one is more expensive than another, they don't stay in business very long because they don't get any work to do. My underlying question was whether the need to be qualified had generated a shortage thus leading to a rise in prices. In London because there's more than enough work you can pay £45 (A$120) per hour for a decent plumber or electrician, whether formally qualified or not. For the most part they are not really competing on price: how soon they can do it tends to be more significant. -- Tony Bryer |
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:02:03 +0100, Tony Bryer wrote:
snip In London because there's more than enough work you can pay £45 (A$120) per hour for a decent plumber or electrician, whether formally qualified or not. You can pay that much for a ****-poor tradesman as well. Price alone ain't any guarantee of what you're likely to get...... |
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BigWallop wrote:
"Tony Bryer" wrote in message ... In article , R.bartlett wrote: my understanding is that indeed you should use a qualified electrican to carry out anything from a plug swap.. however it's also my understanding that if you fit an additional socket in your house the chances are that you won't be found out... most trades are covered like this and there's not any of the inter trade work going on there as there is here ie if a sparkie got caught plumbing in a sink he's on for a big fine..you must hold a current licience for the work you're about to carry out whilst you may feel this is 'protectionism' it is more a g.tee that the 'electrician' you hire to fix some sockets is an ELECTRICIAN I've cross posted this to uk.d-i-y where we were just discussing this: there are proposed changes to UK building regulations that would make DIY electrics impracticable and which to most of us seem completely OTT. Here you can set up in business as an electrician with no training or qualifications, though as we all know having a piece of paper doesn't always mean a quality job. Does the fact that in Australia you have to be a licensed electrician to do such work give those who are so qualified a licence to print money? One can see the arguments as to why such rules are applied but in smaller communities it would seem to be too easy for an unofficial 'agreement' on going rates to be established. -- Tony Bryer UK But the Australians aren't stupid and have also set limits on hourly rates and mark up profits on supplying materials. Or in other words, they are all the same at doing the job, but if one is more expensive than another, they don't stay in business very long because they don't get any work to do. Sorry, a wee bit late, but I believe that's the crux of the difference between tradespeople down under and tradespeople here in the UK. Here (In the UK) you can survive quite nicely by being crap & charging a fortune, because there's enough people & few enough tradespeople that you don't need return business in order to make a decent living. However down under where there appear to be more tradespeople per head of population and you need the return business to survive they tend to be a little more professional and a little less cowboy. Of course requiring certification tends to help a wee bit too. Having said that in NZ IIRC, you can actually perform the wiring (Legally) on your own residence. I dont recall clearly whethe ryou need it certified or not, but I believe you do't have to (Although previously you could, and just needed it checked by an electrician). -- I don't suffer from Insanity... | Linux User #16396 I enjoy every minute of it... | | http://www.travellingkiwi.com/ | |
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