Working on banner lol

Still?

Just getting started trying to do the computer work in the layout now I had to have somebody help me

Did you do the one with Erika?

@Deleted User oh shit, you should have said something, I can help a little. Work is kicking my ass, people want windows before Christmas and not plywood. Haha

Just secured an electrician apprenticeship for this winter with my local IBEW

Bad ass man!

@Nick-NJ If any given circuit gives you too much trouble, you can always just tear it out of the wall.

Haha I'll have to see if there is any correlation to shocking myself and my strength increasing

I'm super excited though since I've been shitting the last 3.5 years finishing up my management degree

Happy for you brother.

Thanks fam

@Nick-NJ congratulations, brother

I'm the typical good goy who fell for the college meme and ended up working retail. In an AR podcast one of the guests was extolling the virtues of the trades, specifically electrician work. I'm hoping it is what I need to pull myself out of paycheck-to-paycheck living. Can anyone help point me in the right direction on how to get started as an electrician?

Look up your local IBEW. @wolfwood

Electricians union

Or find some guy willing to take you under his wing. I don't apply for jobs anymore, if I need something new I go to active job sites and ask around.

Do the unions set up apprenticeships?

Yes they can. IBEW will have everything you need, I believe they do the classes too.

You'll work a few days then have class time a few days. @Deleted User can tell you all about it

I'm still in the process of getting started/accepted, but yeah. I was told class every Wednesday and the first (?) Saturday of every month.

Other than that, you're working 40 hour weeks and most likely overtime!

I think they start you off at $14 an hour and you get a 25% raise every year, as an apprentice. Might depend on the company that you get set up with.

@Deleted User thanks for the information bro. Good luck on your journey.

@wolfwood you too

Local 369 in Louisville they have a five-year apprenticeship program. You will work steady for 5 years with no layoffs and less work is super slow and at the end of your 5th Year you will turn out as a journeyman and go sign the book. These guys usually work through the day and we'll go to school one or two evenings a week

@Deleted User is that separate from IBEW?

Naw.

No it is IBEW Local 369. The local chapter here in Louisville. I was in for a while although I did my apprenticeship through the independent contractors here in town. But the union does have a five-year apprenticeship program

Word, I didn't go through the union. Self made man. Haha

I've always worked for guys 20-30 years older

@wolfwood What state?

CA but hoping to move to MT

Does MT have a big union culture? If not might not be worth it

Florida has a union too, but no one's in it

First I need to decide which one to contact 👀

If you're moving, go to a company and ask the guys there is they're in or not

Go apply for a job. If they're union they won't hire you and may bring up apprenticeship program

^^^

I'm working on doing a little remodel work for a gentleman getting ready to sell off old house. He's doing a little bit of cosmetic work in the bathrooms. Here are a few pictures showing removal of the old wax ring boating the toilet down and putting the tank back on the lower portion