Industry-Specific Business

Electrical Contracting Business

Run an electrical contracting business that wins the right jobs and profits on them

12 lessons4 modules9h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

This course teaches the business side of operating a licensed electrical contracting company across residential, commercial, and light-industrial work. You will learn labor-unit estimating and plan takeoffs, competitive bid versus negotiated work, true labor-burden and overhead recovery, crew scheduling and productivity tracking, permits, inspections, and NEC compliance, and how to read a job-cost report and a monthly WIP schedule. Every module uses real numbers, named tools and standards, and worked examples you can copy.

Curriculum

Module 1: Estimating and Takeoffs That Win Profitable Work3 lessons

The Anatomy of an Electrical EstimatePreview45m
Plan Takeoffs and Labor Units🔒45m
Pricing the Estimate: Burden, Overhead, and Margin🔒45m

Module 2: Bidding, Contracts, and Winning the Right Jobs3 lessons

Bid-Spec Versus Negotiated Work🔒45m
Building and Submitting a Competitive Bid🔒45m
Contracts, Payment Terms, and Getting Paid🔒45m

Module 3: Crew Management and Field Productivity3 lessons

Scheduling Crews and Manpower🔒45m
Job Layout and Field Efficiency🔒45m
Tracking Labor Productivity Against the Estimate🔒45m

Module 4: Compliance, Safety, and the Numbers That Run the Shop3 lessons

Licensing, Permits, and NEC Compliance🔒45m
Safety, Insurance, and Risk🔒45m
Job Costing, WIP, and the Monthly P&L🔒45m