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Moving From Event Lighting Engineer To Electrician - Advice Appreciated
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<blockquote data-quote="New Venture!" data-source="post: 378485" data-attributes="member: 24757"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>I've moved from industry to domestic recently, so can give you an update on my experience pre and post self employed if that might help...</p><p></p><p>1) I've not had an average day so far. You may well start off with what seems a simple test/fault finder and end up chasing a wall to put it right. (Example I had was RCD tripping when customer turned on new wall lights installed as part of a "redecoration." Installer had taken the live from the lighting circuit but neutral from socket ringmain. That needed the dirty side of the job to fix the fault.)</p><p></p><p>2) The large new commercial jobs I worked on were all specified and drawn off-site by electrical design engineers. The designs I did were changes to existing installs, or upgrades to fix subsequent failures.</p><p></p><p>3) It depends! One project I worked on was a theatre, but each person had their own specialist area. I didn't touch the controllers, my responsibility was the three phase distribution to feed each hoist/grid.</p><p></p><p>4) Hmmm........the little experience I have of this, established lighting directors tended to specify the colours and units, then pass on what they wanted to a designer. The hands on install was then carried out by companies such as White Light or Neg Earth.</p><p></p><p>5) Not much! I'm putting food on the table but you have to chase work, not be at all precious about what you do, and do a very good job first time. Word of mouth is everything.</p><p></p><p>I've been approached about rewiring an old cottage, with the instruction it must involve minimal damage to the house. Owner happy to pay whatever time it takes. This type of specialist work can help you reputation-wise.</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="New Venture!, post: 378485, member: 24757"] Hi there, I've moved from industry to domestic recently, so can give you an update on my experience pre and post self employed if that might help... 1) I've not had an average day so far. You may well start off with what seems a simple test/fault finder and end up chasing a wall to put it right. (Example I had was RCD tripping when customer turned on new wall lights installed as part of a "redecoration." Installer had taken the live from the lighting circuit but neutral from socket ringmain. That needed the dirty side of the job to fix the fault.) 2) The large new commercial jobs I worked on were all specified and drawn off-site by electrical design engineers. The designs I did were changes to existing installs, or upgrades to fix subsequent failures. 3) It depends! One project I worked on was a theatre, but each person had their own specialist area. I didn't touch the controllers, my responsibility was the three phase distribution to feed each hoist/grid. 4) Hmmm........the little experience I have of this, established lighting directors tended to specify the colours and units, then pass on what they wanted to a designer. The hands on install was then carried out by companies such as White Light or Neg Earth. 5) Not much! I'm putting food on the table but you have to chase work, not be at all precious about what you do, and do a very good job first time. Word of mouth is everything. I've been approached about rewiring an old cottage, with the instruction it must involve minimal damage to the house. Owner happy to pay whatever time it takes. This type of specialist work can help you reputation-wise. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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