Electrician salary - average
 

My hubby is a spark and we were just wondering what the average salary is out in WA for a general electrician or a maintenance electrician. What sort of wage could he expect whilst training to get his WA licence etc etc.

Thank you in advance for any replies, any info would be great :thumbup:

Jo xx

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My friends husband is a spark and has been unable to get anywork without his WA licence (3 months so far) - not even an interview. They said he didn't have enough proof to get his licence (he has been doing it for 15 years), so he is to sit a written exam and a practical test. If he doesn't pass that he will have to go to college for 3 months!!!!!

So, don't know how much he will earn, but i think his main problem may be getting the job in the first place!

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Somewhere between 50,000 and 65,000 I reckon with licences etc. depends what type of electrician, does he specialise in PLC's etc ?

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Yes he does work with PLC's as his main role is maintenance in a factory enviroment rather than house bashing but can do that as well. Just wanted to get a rough idea really what to expect.

Thanks for your answers. xx

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Mining Electricians are on between $100k to $120k, some of the mines are always struggling for sparkies but they are reluctant to set on anyone who has no mining experience.

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Thanks for that krunchynut, I've seen some indication of wages on SEEK but wondered how typical they are.

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My husband has a job waiting for him in Perth when we get there...contract's in place. He does exclusively HV industrial work. They've agreed to start him at $38/hr. It's less than he's making here in Canada, but then we've got to have a trade off somewhere for getting away from the 6-8 months of snow a year.

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Hi there, in industry here nearly all sparks are dual trade being electrical AND instruments.
There was a post here some time back on this very topic when a industry trained spark couldn't get industry work here having no instrument ticket.

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Just thought i'd point out this statement is bs. there are only about 350 dual trade sparks in WA according to energy safety

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I don't have info for Perth, but as WA is coming down from its boom, I would imagine that any recent pay rates that may be quoted would be higher than currently attainable.

Here in QLD the 'minimum' Electrician grades pay rates are something like:

Grade 2 $615.50 pw
Electrical Worker Grade 2
-Â Electrical Tradespersons Assistant
 - Lines Clearance Operator


Grade 8 $782.40 pw
Electrical Worker Grade 8
-Â Electronic Tradesperson
- Refrigeration/Air-Conditioning Mechanic

http://www.wageline.qld.gov.au/award...ards&_id=E0040

I noticed that a 'purchasing clerk' in this industry is grade 3, ie: higher than an "Electrical Tradespersons Assistant".

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Again not WA info but a similar situation as a factory electrical maintenance in SA.
I have just looked at last week report and my sparkies were getting between 1,400$ and 1,600$ gross weekly.