I want to become a sparky

[MPwannadecentincome]

Because they run their own business doing "emergency" work.

If you want regular income you need to do renovation/building work and that is hard to get without experience.

My 'emergency' plumber never had 'non emergency' work in fact he was so busy I had to rotate between using about 4 plumbers who were all busy and charged pretty much the same rate whether it was an emergency or re-novation, hence two week's worth of tiling and bathroom fitting was quoted at £4000 plus.

[Jefferson]

How come plumbers down south charge £50 per hour then?

Because they are fully qualified, time-served plumbers who have served an apprenticeship and now run there own businesses.
Or they are taking the p1ss

The common thing of people moaning that people charge eg £50 per hour so therefore they earn that times 40 hours a week * 48 weeks a year is nonsense.
You have a lot more downtime as a self employed tradesman, although you can still earn damn good money...

[MPwannadecentincome]

Because they are fully qualified, time-served plumbers who have served an apprenticeship and now run there own businesses.
Or they are taking the p1ss

The common thing of people moaning that people charge eg £50 per hour so therefore they earn that times 40 hours a week * 48 weeks a year is nonsense.
You have a lot more downtime as a self employed tradesman, although you can still earn damn good money...

as above not with the plumbers around here, ok maybe they won't work an 8 hour day and will knock off after 6 or 7....