The Electrical Show

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan chat to Jamie Blatant (known as Actual Electrical Content) and get his thoughts on training and discuss some of the problems that he sees with how it's currently approached. Tom and Paul discuss the issues a bit further once Jamie's segment is over and Tom shares what he feels is an interesting fact towards the end of the show.

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan talk about Tom's business growth in the past 5-10 years and the story behind how Tom has gone from closing down a business, to starting fresh with a small team that he's now built to over 20 people. Thomas talks about the trial and error, how he's done it, what you should do if you would like to emulate this success and the ongoing growth of his business.

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan look into meter tampering and requests from customers that Electricians engage in meter tampering and other illegal work. Kimmy The Sparks joins the show to talk about her past experiences with this request from the public, Jimmy Hendry shares a Plumbing & Heating perspective on the topic and Tom and Paul talk about their own first hand and anecdotal experiences.

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan look into efforts to improve competency through training and how we could provide a better standard of training within the industry. Adrian Davey joins the show to talk about a real world example of poor workmanship being allowed to continue and why much of the industry seemingly doesn't care or at least allows poor standards to continue.

Craig Wiltshire shares his vision to unionise training in the industry and talks about the reality of what he found when he entered the world of training with regards to poor standards and roadblocks in front of those wanting to make changes.

Thomas Nagy and Paul Meenan look into the approach to putting together tenders and bids for work. Thomas talks about his experiences as a Contractor, Paul gives some insight into what he's looking for when he gets tenders from those looking for work and Jason Cooney from TSAKs Consulting joins the discussion to explain what he thinks are the key steps in putting together tenders that are most likely to be successful.