Any Electricians Here?

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Looking at maybe trying to get a Electrician Apprenticeship, anyone recommend some books/manuals to check out or website with great info/

[lutach]

Best way to learn is to get down and dirty , but Home Depot has some good books.

[TexasSP]

Nothing like the real thing as lutach said. The best thing is to find a good journeyman to work with.

[brushlessboy16]

by getting down and dirty, it usually means a very tingly sensation in the extremities caused by 110 house current :D

[bl-is-future]

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

by getting down and dirty, it usually means a very tingly sensation in the extremities caused by 110 house current :D

yep, i worked on a deer preserve and they run a line across the bottom of the fence to keep coyotes out. I was locking up one day and my hit the wire while i was holding the gate and around 10,000 volts went through me. (no amperage so im still alive) Had a headache for a while though.

[JERRY2KONE]

You can always check into the local school for info. Most community colleges or even Vo-Tech schools have classes that will help greatly to acquire an electricians license through an apprenticeship program. Vo-Techs are really great for that kind of hands on training.

[lutach]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

You can always check into the local school for info. Most community colleges or even Vo-Tech schools have classes that will help greatly to acquire an electricians license through an apprenticeship program. Vo-Techs are really great for that kind of hands on training.

JERRY2KONE is right. A know a few High Schools in Florida and here in New Jersey that have either free or you pay something like $20 to learn things like house maintenance, painting and I saw one that had to do with plumbing and electrical work.

[TexasSP]

Yeah, if your still in school that is the best way to start. My high school had several tech vocational classes including drafting with CAD.

[JERRY2KONE]

I actually started my constrution learning experience when I was enrolled in a Vo-Tech school at the age of 15. I took a course called building trades in Grove City Pa outside of Pittsburgh. I learned more than I ever expected and they taught us about plumming, electrical, masonry, roofing, welding, framing, siding, installing windows and doors, and the list just keeps comming. That experience started me on a path of education that pole-vaulted me into many other areas of maintenance. I ended up joining the US Navy and becoming a diesel mechanic working on and eventually supervising multi million dollar power plants, but I still carry the skills and work in the constructinon field when I can. While in the Navy I also got certified as an AC&R tech, Boiler tech, gas turbine tech, and gas poduction plant supervisor (O2 & N2 PRODUCTION). I still have great memories of the vo-tech course that started it all for me. If you want to be successful just remember that knowledge is power. The more you can learn the more valuable you become, the more money you can make. Good luck with that.