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Hello friends
Hello, my name is Javier. I am 33 years old and I am an electrical technician. I started working as an assistant when I was 17, and I spent many years working in residential and commercial electrical systems. At the age of 23, I obtained my certification as a technician in electrical systems and industrial control, and I have been working in that field ever since. I have worked for different companies and in various sectors, and today I am interested in starting my own business.
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Hey Javier! How are electrical technicians different in your neck of the woods? Out here in CA, ETs are basically labororers that can work on electrical. The next step up is apprentice, then journeyman. ET is always looked at as a foot in the door in CA. From the way you worded your post, it seems like it's very different where you are.
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Pro Bono Work
Excited to be a part of getting the lighting replaced and working on this 150' tall cross in our community.
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I'll be replacing all the lighting out our church as well. What kind of work are you doing on the cross? Also, when you do pro Bono work, do you still have the customer pay for material or do you eat the cost of everything and write it off as a complete loss? Just curious how others approach it
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@Eric Ravak post some pictures when you're done!
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Finally made it, now what?
As they are a few apprentices here, I wanted a thread discussing what life looks like after the apprenticeship. A lot of us bust or butts for 3-5 years and finally overcome this hump in our careers. What did the first few years look like for your after you graduated the apprenticeship. What are some things to keep in mind? Changes in how you were treated, mistakes made? Did you run work immediately or wait a while. Things like that
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@Tod Craig That's how I was raised. "Leave it better than you found it" was our family motto. Trying to raise the kids now with that in mind. I've excelled at my apprenticeship due to my attention to detail and my desire to learn as much as possible. Going into my journeymanship, I still want to learn all I can. There's SOOO much to learn in this trade. And when you think you got it figured out, technology changes, new tools come out, business models change etc. It's gonna be a lifelong career, that's for sure!
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What do you want to learn about?
Let’s get some discussion going! Put your thoughts in the comments and we will get this party started!
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@Bailey Stotts second this one too. I've only ever worked in the field so it blows my mind how some of these jobs can even be accurately estimated with all the unknowns.
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My biggest concern is starting a company and going straight into commercial. I want to learn more about the office side of things, estimating, hiring, retaining employees, paperwork flow, business structures, documentation and contracts, ways to limit liability, legal issues that can and have come up, etc
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Introduction
I’m a 4th year apprentice testing for his journeyman license here in Utah.Im 21 years old and want to own my own electrical company specializing mostly in residential ,but wouldn’t mind getting more into commercial work
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This might just be where I'm at but it's hard to make any real money with residential. I find out here, commercial is where it's at. Residential tends to be easier work but hard to charge for. Commercial usually expects commercial rates and you can charge what your worth. Just some thoughts about my own experience and where I'm at
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