Career question

[ryanw]

Hi I have a career question and hope this is the right forum.

I am currently doing the 2330 level 2 electrical installation course and have only just started it. Someone I was talking to has said that plumbing is easy-peasy and requires less technical knowledge and less hard work. Which do you recommend and why?
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[didthathurt]

I did work as a plumbers mate for a while. I have never, as an electrician, had to do anything as distasteful as kneeling over a toilet, on a urine soaked floor, trying to prise the old plumbers putty out of the connection to the soil pipe. I know which I chose and why......

 

[Steve]

I did work as a plumbers mate for a while. I have never, as an electrician, had to do anything as distasteful as kneeling over a toilet, on a urine soaked floor, trying to prise the old plumbers mate out of the connection to the soil pipe. I know which I chose and why......

 

[solo]

My brother had the opportunity to re-train with his new employer. He was thinking of the plumber or gas fitting route. I told him to take electrics if it was on offer. He loves it, and if I'm still self employed when he completes his training I can take all my electrical problems to him.

 

[Taylortwocities]

At the end of the day you'll earn more loot as as plumber.

Why?:-
if there's water pouring out of a pipe into your house you'll pay anything to get it fixed, but if the lights dont work for a day or so you can put up with it.

I've tried both and for the reasons in the post above I chose sparking.