The Estimating Collective
Electricians working on a switchboard
The course

Learn to estimate the way winning contractors do.

Most trade businesses price from experience and hope. The Electrical Estimating Course teaches the full method used on real tenders — reading documents properly, accurate takeoffs, labour rates, margins and risk, through to a professional submission you can repeat on every job.

The ten modules

  1. 01Introduction
  2. 02Basics & fundamentals of electrical estimating
  3. 03Understanding drawings, specifications & scope of works
  4. 04Estimating & job management software
  5. 05Materials, labour, suppliers & subcontractors
  6. 06Margins, hourly rates & provisional sums
  7. 07Preparing for tender submission
  8. 08Tender submission
  9. 09Practical applications & case studies
  10. 10The successful tender

Who it's for

Electricians, electrical contracting business owners, and anyone moving off the tools into estimating. The examples are electrical — the method holds for any trade.