electricians

[pyro]

is there anyone on here thats an electrician, im just looking for any tips or hints, i plan on going to sait next year or apprenticing. Does anyone know an electrican that will possibly accept me to apprentice. thanx

[JordanLotoski]

yeah if anyone is i need one for some lightin in the summer...

[Team_Mclaren]

my dad is one, what exactly do u need to know? pm me with all your questions and i'll try get him to answer for you. Dont think he can accept you as an apprentice right now, cause he's already got one i htink.

[JordanLotoski]

i wanna know what he will charge me to wire about 8 potlights outside my house?

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by MIWYFSHOT
i wanna know what he will charge me to wire about 8 potlights outside my house?

pm me

[pyro]

PMed thanx

[kaput]

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[redblack]

Im a journeyman electrician , currently working in fort mac at syncrude canada , make about 32 bucks an hour mon-thur, fridays is time and a half , sat and sunday is double time '

head down to the calgary IBEW 424 office and talk to the apprentice corodinator , his name is Ron Davis
3623 29th st ne
pm me for more info if you want

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by redblack
make about 32 bucks an hour mon-thur, fridays is time and a half , sat and sunday is double time

Just curious as to why they pay 1.5x on Friday.

Isn't that considered part of the normal work week, or are you putting in 10 hours a day Monday to Thursday?

[redblack]

yeah its all 10 hour days up here

[Barking_Spidre]

Originally posted by redblack
Im a journeyman electrician , currently working in fort mac at syncrude canada , make about 32 bucks an hour mon-thur, fridays is time and a half , sat and sunday is double time '

head down to the calgary IBEW 424 office and talk to the apprentice corodinator , his name is Ron Davis
3623 29th st ne
pm me for more info if you want

Wow, that sounds awesome. I went to the IBEW a while ago, but I don't have any experience, so once I'm done my SAIT course I'm going back.

Since you make 32 an hour up there, how much is the average for a journeyman down here?

[redblack]

last time i checked which was spring last year
one residential company was at 23 bucks an hour
and my old commercial place was 27.50
but most places vary depending on the size of the company
but you got to also look at the benefits package too , some dont even offer one
with the ibew you dont pay nothing and its 90% covered

[97GSR]

Originally posted by Barking_Spidre


Wow, that sounds awesome. I went to the IBEW a while ago, but I don't have any experience, so once I'm done my SAIT course I'm going back.

Since you make 32 an hour up there, how much is the average for a journeyman down here?

It's all about where you look and what type of electrical work you do. I was on the road making 30.25 as an industrial electrician. Since my wife is pregnant I decided to come back into Calgary and work around here doing commercial, which I was expecting to take a 3-4 dollar/hour hit. I ended up finding an industrial job manufacturing oil rigs for 30.28/hour.

If Ft.Mac isn't for you and you still want to make decent cash there are plenty of industrial skid shops around the city....it's not going to be 32/hour, but you are home every night.

[paulsaddress5]

so if i did my calculations right if you were working with syncrude in fort mc murray, you would make $1280 from monday to thursday, 480 dollars on friday, and if you worked saturday you would make 640 if you worked 10 hours on saturday, that is 2400 a week, that is 4800 every 2 weeks, and 9600 dollars every month, i know this is before taxes but doesnt this seem like a whole hell of alot of money.

[paulsaddress5]

doesnt syncrude pay for your hotel there also

[redblack]

yep your calculations are correct , after cpp, IE , rrsps i get a check of a little over 1500 per week take home so , about 6000 a month. All union jobs ie: suncor , syncrude all provide room and board free of charge . Theres a huge shortage of labour up there so wages are higher

[paulsaddress5]

holy fuckk

[paulsaddress5]

do you like what you do or are u just there for the money

[pyro]

wow looks like im heading in the right direction

[redblack]

i like the work , money is good , but the location sucks , cold winters and your not home every night.. the wage isnt really high , there are alot more professions out there that make a hell of alot more money than this. its a good place to start