Electrician needs work

[edguzman]

I'm relocating to DR within the next few months and was wondering if anyone know how the pay scale for electricians are ???

ed

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by edguzman

... pay scale for electricians are ???

Employed or self-employed?

m'frog

[edguzman]

self employed

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by edguzman

self employed

Well, then we are not talking about a 'pay scale' (unless you want to employ electricians and not work yourself).

IMO you'd want to work in an area with much construction going on, especially gringo investments.
Dominicans tend to not to appreciate high quality installations and you would not be able to compete with their workmanship...

There are a few gringo electricians here in Las Terrenas and they do have work. I don't know how much they make but two German guys have been around for some years and haven't starved yet...

m'frog

[edguzman]

thanks, I dont plan to employ worker,a good company would be fine with me as long as I dont starve...
ed

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by edguzman

thanks, I dont plan to employ worker,a good company would be fine with me as long as I dont starve...

Well, then we are not talking about 'self-employment'...

I guess, your looking at a monthly income of about 6,000 to 10,000 RD$ depending on many things.

m'frog

[Robert]

They (Dominican) usually charge per job. e.g. Call out, simple job will cost around RD$700 (US$21). Might take 2hrs, might take 2 mins

The country has no formal training system for these types of trades.
Nobody is licensed and the quality of electrical work is very low.
Most people learn by watching someone else, bad habits and techniques get duplicated over and over again. I cringe at some of the work I see here, rats nests held together with black PVC tape tape.

If your good and your based in Santo Domingo, I'm sure we could find you lots of work. You might even be able to earn a little more than the average Dominican sparky if your good

[mountainfrog]

Originally Posted by Robert

If your good and your based in Santo Domingo, I'm sure we could find you lots of work. You might even be able to earn a little more than the average Dominican sparky if your good

Most of that work would be repairing the ingenious jobs of 'sparkies' ...

m'frog

[gary short]

Why not find a large project that's about to get underway and offer your services............project management??????

[Chris]

You can probably make more money if you are a competent electrician and learn the Dominican Ways and learn how to make them work for you and where the line is between properly done, and Dominican done. Otherwise you'll have to 'rewire' everything you touch.

I've had experience of one, and one only, competent 'Dominicanized' electrician. He soon moved on to bigger and better things as got real tired of explaining why his rates are more than the 'local sparky down the road'.