How To Get A Good Electrician

I have taken upon myself to ask around in technical schools and apprentice programs what they have to offer. I want to make sure that I am not wasting money/time.

Should I take SCIT (http://boxstr.com/files/4582409_zxvsg/05005370B901.gif) which they charge around $14,000 for their 7 month training or consider an apprentice program like the IBEW Local 441 which have their program http://www.ocett.org/news.php

Am I taking the correct steps into becoming a licensed electrician?

Please any experience electrician advice

This is only my opinion, but this is how I started as an electrician. I started off as a helper for a local contractor, and quickly worked my way up from residential, to commercial, to industrial. Then they paid for me to go to school and I became an industrial controls technician. I did all of this within two years.

**edit** Not saying you'll get the same results but I live in NC, I started as a helper for $7.25 per/hour. At the end of those two years I was making $16 per/hour.

Need an electrician-ASAP! MainStreetMonroe.com, Ohio - 12 Jan 2009 I am looking for an electrician to take a look at our electrical system in this house. It is over 30 years old and we are having some serious light dimming …

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Convert the machine or install a 220v outlet ?
We got a really great deal for our lunch outlet - a panini [pressed sandwiches] machine. But, it is wired for a 220v outlet and all out outlets in a commercial kitchen are house current with ground.
Is it smarter to take the machine to an electrician and hope he can fix it? Or, invest in wiring in the kitchen? We expect to do 30-40 sandwiches per lunch hour.

Invest in the wiring if this machine is going to make serious $$$ for you.

The machine can potentially be converted to 110v or used with a (seriously meaty and bulky) transformer, but it will not be as reliable as running directly off of 220v.

Pensioner kept awake by buzzing light Plymouth Evening Herald, UK - 11 Jan 2009 Mr Richards said he was bemused when the second electrician told him that he could not simply climb a ladder to work on the light but that scaffolding had …

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Electrical Engineering Bachelors
3 years of field experience as an electrician
4 years as a project coordinator in bulk power
4 months as a project manager in commercial real estate development
I'm confident I made a good move getting into commercial real estate, but I really need to jump start my career into something with more upward mobility….

Typically project managers move up in the world by managing bigger and bigger projects, and perhaps managing other project managers.

Data Centre Shift Electrician news.careerstructure.com, UK - 23 Dec 2008 We are looking for self-motivated HVAC building services technicians who are looking at moving into the critical environment and data centre maintenance … HV Senior Electrical Engineer news.careerstructure.com all 6 news articles

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I am looking for landowners who would be willing to allow me to hunt on their property. I am willing to pay or work in exchange for hunting access. I am a 24 year old hard working family man. I am a certified Commercial/ Industrial Electrician. I hunt using bow or gun, and will be respectful to the landowners preference of which weapon used. I will follow any and all guidelines set by the landowner and be respectful to the property. I have all documentation and licenses required by state law, I follow safety rules to the letter. I am looking for private landowners because the public lands for hunting have become too crowded. I am looking to hunt in South Eastern Pa…. Delaware County, Bucks County, Montgomery County, Chester County, Ect. If you are a landowner or have any information on this please respond, Thank You in advance!

best thing to do is go up to the door and ask in person. This usually works for me.

Q & A of the Day – Cable to garage - is three-core 4mm2 SWA … Voltimum (subscription), UK - 7 Jan 2009 Connections etc, will be carried out by an electrician, but I want to lay the cable as part of some landscaping work being done in the garden. …

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I think often the GLBT community, gay men in particular are stereotyped as “glorified administrative assistants” and “fabulous & fierce hair stylists”.

We can be your auto mechanic, your commercial truck driver, your pharmacist, your x-ray tech, your nurse, your electrician, ectera….

Yup! Your right…I am a Nurse and I would be interested in an organization that reflected us in a non stereotypical way. I knew of a gay guy who was an auto-mechanic.

Electrician death could have been avoided WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 16 Dec 2008 Mr Baty, who worked as a press electrician, died in hospital on February 10 without ever regaining consciousness. Thomas, 18, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown …

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