Hi All
Can someone tell me what is the hourly rate for a electrician around Perth to come out and do some work,just simple jobs as adding an out side power point and put up 3 ceiling fans.
Thanks
Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Electrician Rates 5Feb 28, 2012 9:55 pm hi guys, As a electrician of many years, its hard ti quote a job and also its just as hard to work on a hourly rate. some ppl look at the job and think "its just cutting plaster and fitting off a new power point, that wont take long" but what they forget to realise is that it takes time and have to make shore that its in the right place and also make shore that there is cable near there or if new cabling has to be done, that there is a way of getting the cable there without leaving holes in the plaster. no one job is the same so please be patient with us electricians ohh and the ones who say they will come and dont. STOP GIVING US A BAD NAME if anyone needs help or guidance please feel free to pm me thanks Re: Electrician Rates 6Feb 28, 2012 10:52 pm amcos2010 hi guys, As a electrician of many years, its hard ti quote a job and also its just as hard to work on a hourly rate. some ppl look at the job and think "its just cutting plaster and fitting off a new power point, that wont take long" but what they forget to realise is that it takes time and have to make shore that its in the right place and also make shore that there is cable near there or if new cabling has to be done, that there is a way of getting the cable there without leaving holes in the plaster. no one job is the same so please be patient with us electricians ohh and the ones who say they will come and dont. STOP GIVING US A BAD NAME if anyone needs help or guidance please feel free to pm me thanks I have been getting quotes of $40 to install 1 single downlight (need 40 in total). Bear in mind i would supply the light and fit it and it's in a new build with tiled roof. I really cant see how they justify it. Re: Electrician Rates 7Feb 29, 2012 11:26 am Hi Wrexter - what do you mean fit the light? Is the sparky wiring the lights and you will be measuring and marking the downlights, cutting the ceiling, installing transformer and then fitting the downlight yourself? If that is the case then the $40 to wire them is a bit silly seeing as how that is the easiest part. But if the sparky is wiring, measuring and marking and cutting as well as the installation of the downlights then $40 is fair. Are you also providing the cabling? Oct 10 - Council Approval Oct 23 - Site scrape Oct 29 - Footings and Prelay OCT 30 - Slabbed Nov 6 - Bricks Delivered Nov 13 - Brickwork started Re: Electrician Rates 8Mar 03, 2012 6:25 pm when you look at electrician prices.. you also have to look at these factors that determine pricing: time to get to your place time to quote jobs superannuation insurances car registration fuel parts gst time to go and but the parts needed etc etc the list goes on and on.. so when you look at an electricains hourly rate.. of say 90.00 per hour.. we dont actually receive this into our pockets.. most of this goes out to other pockets.. the prices you mentioned are FANTASTIC!! and like mentioned earlier its not just fitting a light... its cable to the light, cutting the hole, tool maintanence, parts labour etc etc etc etc etc Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: Electrician Rates 9Mar 05, 2012 10:18 am I'm gonna shoot you down on a couple of points here cenemelectrical cenemelectrical parts gst Every time I have been quoted for a job they say $X + GST so the $90 in the example i likely not to include GST. Also, every tradesman charges parts as extra, so you can't complain about it going into your hourly when you charge separately for it. cenemelectrical time to get to your place time to quote jobs superannuation insurances car registration fuel parts gst time to go and but the parts needed etc etc I don't see why you should be entitled to charge an hourly to get to my place (within a reasonable distance) to do the job. I am not allowed to claim the kms travelled to work in my office job, so why should you? I provide the work place so your overheads are relatively low compared to a factory or mechanical workshop(in that you don't have to rent a factory or workspace) cenemelectrical the list goes on and on.. so when you look at an electricains hourly rate.. of say 90.00 per hour.. we dont actually receive this into our pockets.. most of this goes out to other pockets.. the prices you mentioned are FANTASTIC!! and like mentioned earlier its not just fitting a light... its cable to the light, cutting the hole, tool maintanence, parts labour etc etc etc etc etc Would you like to take a guess at the take home hourly of an electrician charging $90+GST? Oh and as a side rant: how exactly is the "cash rate" only the same as the regular rate - GST?? You won't be paying income tax on in so you'll be making around 30% more by taking cash as opposed to putting it through the books. Sorry for the ranting, but tradies are really getting to me with all the whinging I'm hearing lately and most of the best paid workers around now are tradies. No noe is in it for the love of the job/craft, just to make money now. Re: Electrician Rates 10Mar 05, 2012 12:16 pm james_d Between $60-70 around here (nsw) Sounds like we are on the money ? $70 wire and instal per light. Re: Electrician Rates 11Mar 07, 2012 12:04 am Hello, Im sorry the 'parts' was a typo... this is charged ontop of an hourly rate.. and i am by no means complaining... far from it.. i just wanted to enlighten those who are reading this that an hourly rate isnt something that goes straight to ourselves, and is something that can be justified.. its not just a number plucked from mid air. You bring up some very very valid points.. and there alot of misconceptions around how tradesman charge etc. The ' call out fee ' that you are describing covers a tradesman to carry their tools to and from that said place of work, it pays for the maintainence of the car the tools sit in, the fuel to get to the job, the insurance on the car, the registration, the time at the warehouse to load up the car for the job at hand... and much much more.. the reason you cannot claim these expenses is because you are not carrying said tools to a location to complete your occupation, you do not need specialized insurance to do your job etc etc If we as electricians only had to drive to a site where all the parts where there, in a non specialized vehicle, plans ready and job at hand all organized then there would be no call out fees... There is so much time an effort that goes behind the scenes that clients never see, I bet you dont have to stay up untill ten at night every night to organize jobs without being able to charge for it? ( yes thats after an 8-10 hour day ) or you probably also didnt know there is about 2-3 hours per day that we cannot charge due to running around getting parts and phone calls to organize things for your said job? For example.. you job may have taken 8 hours.. but in reality the electrician has spent around 10-13 hours on this job.. dont get me wrong.. im not complaining, i just wanted to enlighten you and others what actually goes into charges, let me know if you would like some more info, id be more than happy to let you know more. chris Electrical - Automation - Smart wiring - New homes - Commercial - Data cabling] 1300 050 315 www.cenemelectrical.com.au www.facebook.com/cenemelectrical Re: Electrician Rates 12Mar 09, 2012 11:05 pm jj1 james_d Between $60-70 around here (nsw) Sounds like we are on the money ? $70 wire and instal per light. thats not bad price acutally. I'd personally do it for that only if there was more then 10. Remember builders are currently charging $120 and they have the benifit of wiring it before the plaster goes on the wall. It can also depend on how you switch them if you switched all 10 separately id up it to say 80 a light. Quote: Also, every tradesman charges parts as extra, so you can't complain about it going into your hourly when you charge separately for it. parts often you just break even on. The time to pick them up. Plus the odd switch that gets damaged in the van or the time taken to take faulty parts back to the wholesalers. Does cost about the possibly 20% we can buy the parts for cheaper then the homeowner. I much prefer it when customers supply their own material so much less stress. Quote: I don't see why you should be entitled to charge an hourly to get to my place (within a reasonable distance) to do the job. I am not allowed to claim the kms travelled to work in my office job, so why should you? I provide the work place so your overheads are relatively low compared to a factory or mechanical workshop(in that you don't have to rent a factory or workspace) I understand what your saying here. But if during your day you had to drive to 3 or 4 locations then you would be entitled to claim KM and most sparkies who charge for travel do multiple jobs in one day. If you keep them busy for the whole day I would say youd have a fair arguement not to pay travel. Most sparkie do acutally need a workshop. Remember they have paperwork to do and conduit etc they need to store. While if you worked for yourself you could technically work from home. There is a few issues. 1 being storage space for the materials and tools. Security at your home. Also that its not nice to have all your work stuff at home. Imagine if you had to take your office home with you every day I'm sure that wouldn't be nice. Understand we are like any other business everyone is out to undercut you. So we all can only work for a fair price. But like anything you get what you pay for. I know there is guys bashing around for 50 bucks an hour. The only reason to do that would be if you where not worth say 70 or 80 bucks an hour. BTW i can get over 80 bucks an hour on wages.So if someone want to charge you 80 bucks an hour with all the running cost of a business I think your doing pretty well. People say why can we charge so much but to be honest yes it is because where in short supply. When I went through my apprenticeship I started with 30 - 40 apprentices in my class. I think by the end 5 got their trade. Its acutally pretty hard to become a sparkie. Total Breeze Air Conditioning and Electrical - Based in Melbourne http://www.totalbreeze.com.au Re: Electrician Rates 13May 23, 2012 4:37 pm OK Lecos what about project work I have been quote $6k for a standard 2 story spec home 26 GPOs 26 lights 2 x 2 way switch tv point 3 phase connection single RCD unit all bakelite being standard HPM or Clipsal I though this price was excessively cheap considering materials and a number of visits would be required to site ? 0 668 |