Almost anyone has the potential to become an electrician and enjoy the benefits that come with a career in the industry so discover if you can have the spark needed.

Relative fitness, normal colour vision and the ability to communicate clearly are the only physical attributes that are required to starting out as an electrician so if you are able to tick all of these boxes, then read on.

Being proficient at administration such as writing quotes and dealing with figures is also an advantage because being an electrician is not just pure physical work like fixing wires and plugs.

There are a series of electrical courses qualifications that will need to be achieved before anyone can start practising professionally with the starting point being the City & Guilds 2330 level 2 and the finishing line being the level 3 NVQ in Electrotechnical Services.

Once all the necessary accredited qualifications have been obtained then an electrician can look forward to earning money once they have began working with an electrical company.

An apprentice electrician usually earns an annual salary of around