Cable Jointers is a sweet as role.
Well the HV side anyway. Half a day to a day just to do a joint following all the instructions isn't out of the ordinary at times.
Or sit in the HV cubicles doing terms, keeping it clean and tidy the whole way through.
*noticed I said it on the last page, but anyway here is some more detail
For any trade, pick something you enjoy, not so much what the pay is.
You might not want to be a plumber for particular reasons, but have a look into what other options there are in the trade and go from there.
Industrial plumber in gas for example is way different to commercial or domestic digging undergrounds.
Same can be said for any trade. Industrial sparky is different to commercial or domestic, then there are the specialist areas in those aswell.
If you can, and you enjoy Electrical but want to have a lot of thinking involved, consider looking for an Instrument Tech apprenticeship. They are very rare to find now, as its a bit of a dieing trade on its own.
Its basically a dual trade electrician, that does a massive variety of works and can open up a load of doors.
Can be found a lot of process plants, oil, gas, pharmaceuticals, foods and the list goes on. Working on liquids, pneumatics, and electrical.
Normally its a clean role with not much heavy lifting in some aspects.
Its what I looked into when as a 3rd year sparky had finished all schooling. Did it part time at night school and then also 1 day a week after that. Totalled to 2 years extra on the elec apprenticeship (dual trade apps are 5 years if you can score one).
Most recently had used it in the Petrochem industry which is pretty awesome to know how everything works and being able to understand a whole process. But now am moving onto getting into the Engineering side (so dual trade + engineer), so hopefully can lead to the more enjoyable roles of design, prototype, test and commission.
