Brainy graduates are training to be plumbers - to earn up to ￡150,000 a year.  One college course recruited two students with history degrees, one with a photography degree and two accountants.
The new breed of super-plumbers earn up to ￡90 an hour working for rich customers in the poshest suburbs. Most plumbers rake in ￡1,000 a week or ￡52,000 a year. Many in the South East earn ￡70,000 a year for fixing pipes and taps. The clever students are switching to a career where they know they can earn top wages. But Ken Daniels who teaches plumbing at London's Hackney Community College, said: "Plumbers at the very top end are earning around ￡150,000 a year. Graduates now want to be plumbers. They know the rewards are there if you're prepared to get your hands dirty." One plumber claimed it was possible to earn ￡200,000 a year in London where emergency callouts are ￡100 an hour. (Agencies) | 眼下，有頭腦的畢業生都爭著參加一項年薪高達15萬英鎊的職業培訓--水管工人。 某一大學的水管維修課程招收了兩名歷史專業的學生，一名攝影專業畢業生，還有兩個擁有會計學位。 新一代的高級水管工在有錢人居住的郊外工作，專門服務于富人。他們工作一小時的收入高達90英鎊。 大部分水管工人獲利豐厚，周薪1000英鎊或年薪5.2萬英鎊左右。在英國東南部，修上一年的水管和龍頭就能掙到7萬英鎊。 而識時務的學生自然逐漸改行從事能賺到更高薪水的職業了。 而在倫敦哈克尼社區大學教授水管維修課程的肯·丹尼爾斯則說："最頂尖的水管工人年收入能達到15萬英鎊。所以現在的畢業生都想當水管工。他們很清楚弄臟雙手干體力活的報酬有多么優厚。" 一名水管維修工稱在倫敦一年可能賺到20萬英鎊，那里的緊急維修服務每小時高達100英鎊。 rake in: 賺大錢 （中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2003-01-22 01:00
