A Chat with David Savery of DSES Electrical about Working for Himself, Apprenticeships & YouTube
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Electrician David Savery of DSES Electrical chats to Tresham College learners about apprenticeships, setting up his own business and turning his hand to vlogging on CZcams. What a nice guy David is and it was a privilege to spend the day with him at Tresham College.
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We need to encourage people like David to keep the videos coming, the editing is a time killer but it helps so many of us.
Everyone hates editing 😂
Great video, a nerve wracking experience speaking in front of a group of people.
I like the way David strips his copper cabling in the evening to save him having to "Flick peanuts at the cat's arse".
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A Man after my own heart!.. Great down to earth (cpc) guy :-)
Hi. David is a top bloke 👍
I've not got time to watch it just now but will certainly do so after work.
I'm thinking there may just be one or two expletive beeps in it!
Don't mention your massive tool David. 😁
Love watching David savery and his partner in crime. That time he found the break in the cable in the wall with maths was pretty cool stuff. I don't mind saying i was out with my cable clipped along my wall testing the method and I have used it on site to great effect. A brilliant bit of learning!
He made a funny video rewiring a manor house and he clearly had a good rapport with the lady, so he's asking about her downlights in her bathroom. He's worried about a large type shower head blocking the downlight so he askes her what type of finish she's having and she's starts describing her brass taps etc and he n interrupts her and says " I couldn't give a fuck about your fittings love! 😂😂😂😂 I near died hahaha
It was his sister, that’s why 🤣
Nice one Gaz, as always. 👍
I was never given an apprenticeship, I had to make it on my own adding qualifications where I could and saying yes to everything just to get experience. Now 18 years down the road I still don't have much experience in industrial but that's because I mainly stick within the domestic and residential environment. I wish I'd had someone like David helping me in my early years. These videos are extremely helpful and I can't wait to get my channel up and running with more content.
Do you solely practice the trade of an Electrician without a Qualification or license? or, are you G.O within an Electrical company? Magnetech Solid Solutions ltd
Same. I qualified the 16th and was too old to get an apprenticeship and I remained in the domestic installation. I pride myself getting up to speed on my own.
David's comment that he put about £14K into getting his business started shouldn't put anyone off because you don't have to have £14K right at the outset. You can start with what you have, perhaps a car, a phone, a basic toolset and your qualifications, and start by doing small jobs. The things you won't have that you WILL need to acquire are Insurance and Customers. I reckon you could get started with £500 if you are trained and already have a car and an MFT. As the money comes it, you can invest in more ambitious marketing, processes and systems, CPS memberships, a website, more specialised tools, etc. You will need a business plan and you need to start making a profit in the first month. The business plan should tell you what you are going to do with your profit each month; e.g. join a CPS scheme, save to buy a van, generate more leads, buy some stock to keep on the van, become a limited company, and so on. Start by being profitable and stay profitable and you will have no problem build a business like David's. Or you could get a job with existing firms and save a bit each month until you have £14K, then start setting the business up on the side, and once you have your first customer enquires, resign from your job. You will never drive out all the risk from being in business, so starting small, doing work that is well within your competencies, and only spending profit you have already made seems the safest way forward to me.
Wow. Thanks for taking the time to produce such a detailed message all the best Gaz 😁👍
Good chat. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and commenting Gaz 👍
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Good vid some interesting points for your students
👍thanks Gaz
Thanks for upload.. found David’s thoughts on the bureaucracy involved with electric car charging very insightful.. i too hate paperwork so will steer clear of this venture.. good video!
Thanks for commenting and watching Gaz 👍
Don't let me put you off, car chargers are (currently) less hassle than solar PV ever was, but when running a business you have to balance the financial benefits of offering a service to the headache of the red tape. For me, car charging meant more paperwork than I was comfortable with, and as I have enough incoming work without it, I just don't need to sit down and get my head around it all, but if it's something you want to do, and there's enough of it to justify the form-filling, then it can be a perfectly lucrative string to your bow!
David Savery Electrical Services ... thanks for the reply.. Ev wasn’t something I was actively pursuing, but more of a service I felt I should be able to offer being a domestic electrician, however, after hearing a fellow electricians take on the matter it makes me feel better about sticking to certain aspects of the services I offer without feeling... well .. less of an electrician if that makes sense. Keep on producing videos.. it’s great to see how others do what they do in the trade 👍
Fantastic tips / suggestion and comments, I may just scatter shot David 👍
Brilliant as usual and also nerve-wracking public speaking never liked lt. Hats off Dave!
Thanks for commenting and watching... we love David Savery 👍
Well done great video
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Thanks Connor, and thanks for coming in on the day, I understand you didn't have to, so I hope it was worthwhile, and do let me know if I can ever assist you in your career.... or at least remember me fondly when I end up, one day, working for you!!
David Savery Electrical Services 🤣 thank you David. I will do
This is brilliant
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Gaz, we're there any FBombs during this session? I just can't imagine David behaving himself 😂
Last question - which way is electrical stuff going?
With solar getting a grip now - and the potential of power storage and the realisation that nowadays, there's more electrical stuff running on low voltage (very few things now come without a transformer in them to drop the voltage), I'd like to see low voltage circuits going in - especially with lighting - using LEDs - where 12V DC circuits would be ideal.
So that's what I'd like to see. In fact, If I'm ever in the situation of rewiring a house, All the lighting circuits would be 12 or 24 V DC as there's no longer a need for mains for lighting.
Hi, DC storage is coming... will the house of the future have one or more circuit running directly in DC... thanks for commenting and watching👍Gaz
@@GSHElectrical Yes, we're just waiting for Edison to invent the battery. ????????
I'm sure we had DC storage long before AC anything.
I suspect the future house will be DC on all circuits bar one - and even that may be phased out.
" " The end of the grid is nigh " "
Our 1980s caravan was 12V DC and gas. I doubt you'd find a caravan / motorhome / RV without mains hook-up now. They have gone backwards !
I would gladly do some 'work experience' with David on one of his installs. No wages required. would be good to get out of the shiny arse chair for a while and take a break from designing houses and 'extensions' .
Would advise Apprentice Electricians once you have served your apprenticeship with a one man band, move on. Lots of companies out there and more experience can be gained.
Now working in the Nuclear Industry for 20years and now as an Electrical Engineer.
David looks like Sean William Scott 😂
Good old David savery top bloke!! Have you tried contacting cjr electrical gaz, knowledgable guy good on the camera, might be a good one for the learners at the college
Hi. David is a top bloke. CJR is along way from my college but I will be connecting him at some point sooooooooooon. Thanks for commenting Gaz
Cool it would be good to see him collaborate with you guys sometime, Thanks fpr always replying gaz top man!!
G Man there must be another CJR electrical, the one on CZcams is terrible.
Chris B huh really?
G Man my perception of CJR from his videos is that he has a very poor attitude, I’ve seen quite a few sensible comments about things he’s done and instead of taking them onboard his attitude seems to be “I don’t care”. He seems happy to install parts that most experienced guys wouldn’t touch with a shitty stick and he did a how to change a socket video recently. No mention of safe isolation, no mention of testing/reinstatement in even the most basic sense. He even seems to deliberately do things to irritate other guys on site. Maybe it’s just how he comes across on video.
Understanderbly David seemed a tad nervous but got though it ok, well done
Top Guy Dave 👍
TEZ B sure is 👍
I recon JW can retains all that info, and I’d have a pint with you both
David Marsden me and David would love a pint with the legend that is JW... 👍
@@GSHElectrical i recon JW would dissappear to the loo when it was his round
I used to be a qualified electrician but packed it in because it was way too much hassle for the money
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I wondered how much of a problem for domestic electrician is the asbestos. I want to become electrician but the exposure to asbestos is my main concern.
I've only been in the industry 9 years but I've worked alongside enough older sparks to know an awful lot of them remain largely oblivious to the risks.
@@_______DR_______ I can imagine working alongside these oblivious old electricians when doing my apprenticeship that they will put me in dangerous situations and it will be awkward to say no.
So a question for the learners, tutors and David: how could you go about tracing any jobs/customers if you later realise that you have made a mistake with your design?
Hi Tony. When running the business, it makes good sense to keep track of your clients and their records. I have a job tracker which is a third-party hosted web-based database of my clients and what I've done for them. I also have a cloud-based customer folder for everyone I've worked for which contains site photos, scanned documents, PDF copies of electrical certs, Part-P certs, estimates, scope-of-work documents, invoices and anything else. If something ever came to light that affected any given client, I could search these records to find who I need to get back to. Obviously, this kind of thing is all down to how much detail you're prepared to put in, but I'd never rely on any one provider, especially as I might choose to change, say, my certification software, so I wouldn't want to lock myself in to anyone and would always ensure I download copies of any certificates/estimates/invoices I produce for stand-alone search, storage and retrieval.