There are various A Grade electrician jobs available in different industries across the country.
But who is an A Grade electrician?
An A Grade electrician is an electrician who has a license to carry out all types of electrical installation work without supervision. This allows the electrician to work unsupervised. It does not allow the electrician to work for a profit including sub-contracting. To work for a profit or to sub-contract, the electrician needs to have a Registered Electrical Contractor’s registration in place.
Becoming an electrician and this really means becoming an A Grade Electrician leads to the following outcomes, frankly because of the huge demand for electricians in what is an infrastructure driven economy as we’re seeing right now:
- Better earning options: There are around 8,000 to 10,000 A Grade electrician jobs across Australia in any month and several of the job ads placed have difficulty attracting the right candidate for these roles. This demand-supply situation results in good salaries being offered to those with 5+ years of experience – sometimes around the $90k mark with just 5 years’ post qualification experience.
- Work-life balance:  An A Grade electrician mainly sticks to a normal work routine, with very few being called in for emergency work after working hours. So, if you prefer heading home after work and having a work-life balance it’s a great career option to work in your trade, earn a living and seeing your family after work.
- Ability to be independent: Those who progress to have a Registered Electrical Contractor’s License also have the ability to have an independent living, being able to run a business earning a profit. Of course this is a field which is quite competitive. electricianXchange’s labour-out / labour-in portal however allows contractors to access staff quickly, cheaply and at all times through engagement with other electrical contractors who have excess staff - perhaps through them having missed out on a tender or when staff are in between large jobs waiting to crystallise.
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