The idea of dropping a man off at a store to work without transportation or supplies or equipment? You just have a work order and really have no idea what will be needed. If the tech that's dropped of is an apprentice/helper, he/she may not be qualified and this may be a dangerous situation.
So now all of the employees are working alone so what need is there for apprentices, only qualified electricians needed. How do you train apprentices? If ECs can't afford qualified electricians maybe the company can only send out electricians in training and let the customer pay while they learn.
well, unlicensed electricians (apprentices) working alone is not a new concept.
most places, it's illegal, so if someone gets hurt, there is that liability.
there is also the quality issue. one of the contractors i do lighting certifications
for, has gone from fairly competent, to a train wreck. why? he's got apprentices,
and entry level journeymen working alone. what should be a 90 minute certification
process sometimes now requires two visits. a second visit by me is a second charge.
the charge is the same as the original charge, 'cause it's a day of my life that i could
sell for the price of another certification.
i've had certifications end up costing three times the original planned expense.
see how well that works with the cheap labor plan.
second, working alone just doesn't work in some situations. ever work alone,
and have to go pee, and come back to missing tools? welcome to public spaces.
i walked about 70' away from a stack of papers, and a light meter to get a better
cell signal, and 90 seconds later, that light meter was
***gone***.
the light meter cost $2,200. so did the one i had to replace it with. wasn't a highly
profitable day, that one.