Oldest Electrician.

I am making no claims as I am partially retired and only do occasional jobs some of which do require full time working for the duration. 


However at 71 I find I do not have the stamina or fitness for full time working that I had even 10 years ago.  A recent job ,rewiring the lights and EM lights, in a Village hall where everything was head height or above, put a lot of strain on my arms/chest working at shoulder level and above. My neck suffered due to vari-focals having the close up bit at the bottom. The optician's said I could not get the close up bit at the top so I have to bend my neck backwards to see the connections to a ceiling mounted EM. I have tried the cheap close up glasses but they make me feel sick. 


So good luck to the oldies out there who can manage a full day. 


However my wife feels that I should be putting in a full day laying flags, mixing concrete, building raised beds, putting up fences etc and my age is not an issue!


I have a older friend who worked on building sites and roads as a skilled labourer and he said that when he was young the older workers whose bodies could no longer take the hard work generally became foremen. But that  had stopped and now there were no foremen on site making sure the jobs were being done properly so all sorts of bodges were buried and no one was any wiser But there was H&S who insisted he wore a fall harness that was to small for him so it could not be fastened with a 12ft fall arrestor while working on a 8ft high platform.

I am making no claims as I am partially retired and only do occasional jobs some of which do require full time working for the duration. 


However at 71 I find I do not have the stamina or fitness for full time working that I had even 10 years ago.  A recent job ,rewiring the lights and EM lights, in a Village hall where everything was head height or above, put a lot of strain on my arms/chest working at shoulder level and above. My neck suffered due to vari-focals having the close up bit at the bottom. The optician's said I could not get the close up bit at the top so I have to bend my neck backwards to see the connections to a ceiling mounted EM. I have tried the cheap close up glasses but they make me feel sick. 


So good luck to the oldies out there who can manage a full day. 


However my wife feels that I should be putting in a full day laying flags, mixing concrete, building raised beds, putting up fences etc and my age is not an issue!


I have a older friend who worked on building sites and roads as a skilled labourer and he said that when he was young the older workers whose bodies could no longer take the hard work generally became foremen. But that  had stopped and now there were no foremen on site making sure the jobs were being done properly so all sorts of bodges were buried and no one was any wiser But there was H&S who insisted he wore a fall harness that was to small for him so it could not be fastened with a 12ft fall arrestor while working on a 8ft high platform.