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This will probably disappear in user sub bit damnit I'm proud of myself!!! Lots of hard work and time but it was worth it!
FP edit: Holy crap everyone! Thank you so much for all the amazing feedback! Send funny construction memes and whatever else!
Also. I'm getting a lot of people commenting and asking for help or tips on applying for apprenticeship programs, if you are interested please message me!
DbzFanZero
Raise a glass to ya. I Finished my apprenticeship 18 yrs ago. Its been a helluva ride.
App1eJu1ce
I work in demolition and run my own crew. You're light years ahead of me. Kudos, bro.
NokenMonk
Congrats! Great job and eventually excellent money.
TheVolleyballFormerlyKnownAsTomHanksBoyfriend
Just turned out in June. It’s a lot of work. Congratulations.
Sirmane
Congratulations! You are on your way to a six figure career and a trade that will never go away. Please stay safe, getting shocked hurts.
THEREALSTEVEHOLT
Gratz dude/dudette. That's a great achievement. Enjoy the higher pay and higher expectations.
YouAreTooStupidToInsult
Congratulations. Welcome to the club.
mikeatc
Good job, I've been topped out for 15 years local 665 Lansing Michigan
jdubgerald
LU 640 Phoenix,AZ....As an apprentice I am always so happy for guys/gals getting their tickets. Can't wait!
jdubgerald
Sorry...Congrats brother
Timtimgrimslimjim
Welcome to the local ibew!
gotanymoreofthemzubats
It’s a lot less sex than the internet makes it out to be
sparkylife64
Well fuck......why am I even doing this then!?
trigger60
You were wanting to stick stuff in people’s sockets weren’t you. Well you do, just not the type in the movies.
AlmightyDylon
Congrats! Becoming a journeyman butcher is one of the high points of my life
bnkunderscoreurmom
From a fellow journeyman wireman, congrats! Now go make some money!
electricianmagician
Trust nobody, assume nothing. These are the keys to staying alive from one electrician to another
finniss
Don't even trust yourself. Always double check.
justfukingoogleit
is considering joining the trades... dad was a laborer for 25 years...warned me not to but im gonna try for the sparkies when they take apps
ArcFaultBoogaloo
my dad was a drywaller, told me the same thing. But when I told him I was going sparky he said that was a great decision.
justfukingoogleit
I think he would support me but he passed 2 years ago... Im not sure i got the math skills to do it but Im gonna give it my best shot.
ArcFaultBoogaloo
the math isn't that bad. For most of the hard stuff there are simplified ways to get the right answer. The basics are pretty simple.
KingBlackheart
Hey man at least you have a pretty grounded attitude. Some guys get too amped about it and end up shocked with the current job market.
ArcFaultBoogaloo
wow thats a lot of puns
OdinSpring
Woah! Good for you. Inside wireman?
NTCans
Now your ready to hate all other trades, Air plumbers (HVAC), gas plumbers, wood plumbers (carpenter), shit plumbers, drywall plumbers and
Theguardwookie
As a HVAC air plumbers made me actually laugh, I've never even thought about it like that
Theguardwookie
Aaaaand I just realized I'm on random and not most recent.
NTCans
Classic air plumber
NTCans
Regular plumbers......also, every other sparky from any other company. Gratz!
grandpasonlylivingheir
Good for you. I love your blue shirt and all the do-dads hanging on your belt.
kraquepype
Doodads
grandpasonlylivingheir
Yep, plus one for you!
Shayrad
I'm using my gi bill to be a HVAC tech so good on ya
sparkylife64
My best friend did the same thing for our program! Congrats and thanks for your service
Shayrad
Thank you
StubbornRabbit
Congratulations! As a Journeyman Plumber I commend you. I must now also immediately hate you because plumbing IS the superior trade.
sonic745
Wrong, millwrighting is. We're the jack of all trades, but master of none.
Abracanawbra
Better than master of one.
sparkylife64
Obviously you have never seem electricians vs plumbers on YouTube sir
StubbornRabbit
Keeping Cholera away is a real man's job.
PornHubOfficial
Just started my apprenticeship, IBEW local 158
newusernamenewusername
IBEW 3
sparkylife64
IBEW local 64 brother keep with it it's all worth it. Are you industrial or residential?
PornHubOfficial
Industrial, I've been working in a foundry for a few weeks. Dirty af
sparkylife64
I'm also industrial and I know the feeling man lol my local is in Youngstown Ohio. Lots of old steal mills
PornHubOfficial
Go Blue 〽️
TheVolleyballFormerlyKnownAsTomHanksBoyfriend
IBEW 369
mmmcarrotcake
Congrats. Just started my apprenticeship.
Cutlass0516
Congrats sparky! Now get your damn conduit off of my rebar!
mikeatc
Fucking rod busters LOL!!
sparkylife64
Bahahahahha!!!!
doodiepants
Journeyman to journeyman, congrats. Also, test everything before digging in. Don’t be an idiot.
KaBlahBlah
Ha made that mistake to many times, lol.
JiggleWigglepp
Yes. Play with the erogenous zones a while and get her warmed up before digging in.
Bluetastic
Zelashi
oh my..
awesmond
And clean up your mess during rough in! The carpenters always have to clean up time after time because nobody else gives a shit.
ucantusemyname
Loved rough in (worked in hvac for a summer) boss man man would just be like aye go cut a whole in that fuckin wall, just dont be too sloppy
daaaBlues
What is it with electricians that they refuse to pick up their zip-tie trimmings
EuroCakes
IBEW 481 here. Congrats
restlessdicksyndrome
213 :)
Astrobog
Local 441 woop woop!
sparkylife64
Local 64
Ksjohn
271 checking in
TheVolleyballFormerlyKnownAsTomHanksBoyfriend
Local 369
bnkunderscoreurmom
Hey! Another 481 brother!!!!
PornHubOfficial
Local 158
blackmarketbeagle
IBEW Local 176
MemerdJamesKeenan
Lu 1547
sonic745
Local 1916 (Millwrights)
StormLitPriest
Would you say you're.... amped?
stormedcloud
Something something three phase power
XxCartsxX
Currently buzzing with the news!
Japery
Got a real charge out of this thread
RandomHorribleDumbSobStory
Ohm mah gawd. Honestly though he's just full of potential now
fartinatornado
Beat me to it. The joke is hard to resist.
Danieldirkson
Ohm my god you're awful
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Fair go! He's volted over the resistance to remain current.
bodeman
Just has to keep coulomb as a cucumber while at work.
copingcabana
be sure to protect the family joules
tehPhreakmang
Oh please, watt kinda joke is that
StormLitPriest
Woah there, you seem really charged up.
ShamRockShake94
Whoa guys, save some pussy for the rest of us
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Looks like someone's got no touch potential!
sparkylife64
I see what you did there
NinjaSpork
well you may be currently amped up, but try to stay grounded
Jynxy85
Watt* come on son!
whyihavetoeven
I bet you didn't even get shocked by it.
SomeRandomArsehole
"Yer a unit of power, Harry." "I'm a Watt?"
robogeek78
Joule be coming round the mountain when she comes
BlacksMcNutt
He Ohmed you dude!!
Rosfmmmhzdrozzley
I'll bet he's Joule-y
Radandie94
I hated all those years of apprenticeship all 5 of em
montans008
Still got one more year to go
Bagelfood
For all of you confused: Generally it is 5 years in a union and 4 without. At least here in Idaho.
Gravyforblood
I'm an Idaho/Washington Journeyman, too! Where at?
Bagelfood
Well I started my apprenticeship last week. Based is Boise/meridian but working up by Burley. Any tips for someone just starting out?
Comrex
Since when is it 5 years? Was 4 for me
Radandie94
L.U. 607 Pennsylvania. Finished class 10 years ago still a 5 year program today
mikeatc
I topped out 15 years ago five-year program. 665 Lansing Michigan
lCommentInMostlyGIFFormat
Didn't realize there was so many of us here. I topped out a year ago and I'm already teaching 3rd year apprentice class.
fen4
Was it hard to get an apprenticeship? Were you paid?
finniss
It's hard but you will get in if you're persistent. All union apprenticeships I've ever seen are paid.
SV97
What the damn why did you take 5 years to so that?(Electrician myself, finished in 3 years)
TheLifeIsYours
5 years???!!!! I only did 2,5 years... And 2 with school before that.
AlienMark
Unions have 5 years of apprenticeship, you get paid more and more per year you increase. You probably went to a technical college right?
TheLifeIsYours
No, normal apprenticeship with the same things as you said. I live in Norway tho, so might be different. I'm just a normal electrician...
KaBlahBlah
About 3rd year it all starts going down hill, lol
sparkylife64
Dude same.
Lemuffinmannn
Would you say it was worth it?
Radandie94
It's all worth it when ur done with it
sparkylife64
100%
lCommentInMostlyGIFFormat
I second.
VoidofStatic
Good, so what is it that you are then?
sparkylife64
Inside journeyman wireman. I work on hospitals, factories, schools, big shit, and yes a lot of higher voltages
mikeatc
I feel bad for the apprentices now having to do everything online we had the books we could all help each other out if you know what I mean
PornHubOfficial
I feel bad for the people who had to write their homework, online kicks ass
DurendaI
It's like a year and a half through the air force.
youroldfriend
did 3rd year screw you up aswell?
sparkylife64
See mine was 2nd year that fucked me up. All the A.C. theory blah. 3rd year for me was mostly grounding and bonding and code
MemerdJamesKeenan
2nd year was awesome cuz I love math. 3rd was grading and binding the other half was like chips es and electronics. Bleh
JimmyMcgillesq
In second year right now. Ac/dc motors and sizing
ThatNameWasLame
5th year here. Graduate in June. It'll be over before you know it! Barely made it through motors though.
AreYouFuckinSorryIsAStupidComment
Size matters?
youroldfriend
in my 3rd right now. A.c. theory and generators/motors are screwing me
sparkylife64
Ah god I know that shit was miserable
TheOnlyPtylerdactyl
I love this conversation. I don't understand any of it, and here you two are bonding over what may as well be alien language to a lot of us.
DaftSkunk
As somebody in construction management congrats on making way more money than I do!!!
persianblue
I agree. I am a construction pm. But as a woman I make even less than you probably!
AlLocke4
As someone that works in recreation, fuck you both. No offence though
K80k
As an architect, ditto
FatPat
I'm a CM student at OU. Don't crush my dreams just yet.
mastercave
Are you guys on owner's or contractor's side? Here in the SF Bay Area, contractor PMs for large firms make $120k+. Can't afford house tho...
robinwheelyums
Yeah right journeyman electric make about 35-55$ an hour and allllll sorts of benefits
AreYouFuckinSorryIsAStupidComment
like bow chicka wow wow!
hadezz
Supervisors on my job make 150k year + reimbursements for meals/rooms/car and bunch of other perks
DaftSkunk
What company?
hadezz
CCA Civil in the truth-state area, I’m not sure how it is in a more rural area, but there’s big money to be made in large civil projects.
iamsandra
Ditto...
supernerdymeathead
I was thinking the exact same thing haha
OssiconedMarmot
Thinking about starting in Sheet metal in an apprentice program in WA. Do you know if they make a good wage?
BLow30z
In ky making $20/hour and as many hours as I can work. Nothing too spectacular
TheVolleyballFormerlyKnownAsTomHanksBoyfriend
Go union. IBEW 369. $31.07 an hour, great insurance, and great retirement.
MemerdJamesKeenan
I joined the apprentice back in 04. When I graduated high school. Dude I have a great pension and other betting.
MemerdJamesKeenan
Bennies. Not betting. Anyway. Best decision I've ever made.
AreYouFuckinSorryIsAStupidComment
What about that time when you did that thing with the jet in the hot tub? That no longer your best decision?
clucja1
They make like 39-41 an hour in Minnesota. Low voltage techs make 37-38.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
Pretty good for ky
spacebar93
Also construction management. I'm ok with less money the real joy comes from cleaning up after grown men
vulgarian
Same, sparkies are the worst, finished floors and wire bits everywhere. Don't follow suite, your not an elevator installer
Pier00
Preach it
sparkylife64
Cute
hagb
Not really, I'm picking up food left behind by grown fucking men (30-60 years old) because they think they can just leave it in the office.
spacebar93
sucks. Like the parking lot is a trashcan and schools are ashtrays. Not my rules but youd think grownups could clean up themselves. Why not
hagb
I seriously want to do a "Bring your mother to work day" so they can get smacked around by their mom's.
spacebar93
I didn't mean anything personal I've worked with a lot of good electricians. Just subs seem worry about their job over others (no union lot)
SurfThread
That’s not including a Davis Bacon wage. On federal work, that’s where the real money is made in the trades.
SuburbanMeerkat
as a DoD construction contract inspector, can confirm
maetryx
State of Oregon also has Prevailing Wage on public works jobs. Sometimes those pay a bit more than Davis Bacon.
DaftSkunk
A Washington journeyman electrician wireman makes about 47/hr. 2000 hour work year give 90K pay. That’s not including OT. Y did I college?
CraftedLine
2080 work year.
gettodachopper69
I make $20/hr flying a $1.5 million helicopter. Yay.
iWillKickYourAssForSayinThat
Go on
RearAdmiralObvious
My mom has a dbl major in communications and English. She's teaching. By the end of my 2nd year of my ele apprinticeship I'll be making more
RearAdmiralObvious
And for example, one place I want to work for gives you about 40k plus benefits then a 20k bump once you get your journeyman licence
WhaleArms
Honestly hearing something like this makes me feel so much better about what I’m planning, withdrawing in 2 days and I start my apprentice
NamelessFacelessAverageJoe
A union electrician in nyc.......that’s some high living, if you’re working.
mikeatc
Correct you get your hourly pay, Plus pension plus annuity plus health insurance plus medical fund savings or whatever you have negotiated
Doomsage
Local 290 is a union for pipefitters steamfitters and plumbers. They are in Oregon cali and Washington. Pay is going up to 55-60ish in 5 yrs
hagb
I played that stupid board game Life, and it always said I made more money going to schools.
AngelRick
Trade jobs pay well, but they *tend to* retire earlier because of the physical nature of the jobs.
Asherdash
True. My stepdad is a Foreman electrician & had both hips replaced when he was about 53 because of the strain from the job.
GlowGreen
Is this a downside?
ballpeenX
Nope. Retired at 61 before my body broke down. Its weird but wonderful.
AngelRick
Not necessarily, but it is an important point when looking purely at lifetime earning potential. Take it as you will I guess?
ballpeenX
Toolmaker here. Just retired at 61. I was burned out the last few years but the trade has been very good to me.
Bananasandwich03
Depends entirely on the trade. HVAC, electricians and plumbers make bank without ruining their body.
RhymingEverything
It doesn't ruin your body, but it's not easy either. Source: I am an electrician
thehungryguy
Half of hvac can be crawling around 110 degree attics. Not great for the body
Bananasandwich03
I'm also an HVAC technician and haven't experienced this
thehungryguy
Uncle was in HVAC, and had a friend in it too. Both experienced this, not everyone has the same experience though.