Electricians - shortage in Britain?

Question

are prospects good for people wanting to train to be an electrician?

Answer 1

Just what dels says....

there's plenty of work if your in the right area. The training should be long & very very detailed. If its not, your not fully trained.

And you can use your EMF to moonlight as a ghost hunter hehehehe :D

Answer 2

Yes very. But you must be fully qualified.Expect to spend quite a long time training,both inthe classroom and on the job training.

Answer 3

My boyf is an electrician and gets gud pay and opportunities to make money ''on the side''.

But do expect to do a lot of training..x

Answer 4

A lot of electricians are now out of work because they don't have the P certification that is now needed. If you are willing to undergo the full training to get this, (that's normal electrician training then some more), I would have thought you would find plenty of work.

Answer 5

My father is a self-employed electrician and is never short of work and we live in a quiet area.  Then again, he is well known in the area and prices his work very honestly.

There is a lot of new legislation though and he has recently had to to a 'part p' course and must now do a lot more paperwork for the niceic than he used to!

Answer 6

I work in construction, It's booming and shows no sign of stopping.

So, Yes, any trade has good prospects.