Originally Posted by
dangerousbrian
didnt say it wasnt. but an electricians job is WAY more complex than plumbing, which in turn means less people will undertake sparky stuff than plumbing themselves. meaning more work for a specialist. lets be honest though, plumbing is hardly the hardest trade to learn, hence there are shitloads of them about..
TBH mate,domestic electrical work could be carried out by a trained monkey!!
I do generally agree with you about basic plumbing,its been made a lot more straightforward over the years but theres some serious stuff out there to get your head round with flow rates,lift pressures and fucking all sorts!!
I`d say with electrical stuff the sky`s the limit really on how much you can learn and once you get into the electronics side of it I`d say its a lot more difficult than plumbing then.Mind you,once you get talking about hydraulics some of the stuff they can do right now is just mindblowing,its getting to be a trade on its own.
I did a multiskilled apprenticeship so we touched on everything and although I was specialized in electrical,we did a lot of pneumatics/hydraulics and its very interesting,but also frustrating.
A good trade I forgot about earlier is refrigeration engineer,that way you can do both plumbing and electrical and theoretically never be out of work.