Thank you for all your helpful information you provide to us all! At age 31 I just got accepted into a HVAC company that is going to train me from the beginning, i applied at various electrical companies but the one that reached out to me first was the HVAC company, you motivated me to just go out there and make the change! I was working at factory/manufacturing jobs just for the paycheck working in those jobs are not hard but I was working allot with no motivation or satisfaction whatsoever! Allot of people said I was to old and to just stick it out with the job I had, no way! I quit and started applying for jobs in the trades!
Looking at the clock means a lot to me because I’m still in prefab but I’m about to go to the field because my company sends people out after 6 months but with the amount of work and meeting deadlines sometimes there’s not enough time in an 8 hour day. Quality matters to me and getting better and faster at certain things day by day is something I have to learn over time. Thank you for your videos because tough love and looking at how journeymen work will teach me well but you are right it up to us apprentices to recognize what we need to do to get there.
Thank you for your videos! I can’t tell you how much they have helped me, been listening (on the way to work) to your videos since I become a helper (3 months ago) have already got a $2.50 raise with the promise of more money as I continue to learn & improve You help me stay focused and very humble! Thanks again!
Watching your videos has inspired me to join this trade. I come back to your channel often to get hyped up about work! Currently been working for a small company and I’m really grateful for everything I’ve learned so far these past few months! Thank you for putting yourself out there and inspiring young men like myself to step up to the plate to be a better person!
thank you for this. I commented maybe a year ago about my situation. its changed pretty drastically 😅 I'm still a first year. The ministry has me on a waitlist ( 12-15 months ) to get into my first block of schooling but I found a loop hole through an equivalency program starting in a few weeks. ( this will technically make me a second year apprentice ) i could work for a big union company, get paid more and work less. Instead if applied myself to nothing but small companies and finally found one to invest his time into me. It requires more effort and responsibility but I'm up it every day.
I can't say I love this trade after all the bad experiences I have had in it. I think it's a good trade for some people. If you start electrical work after high school it's alot harder to keep up with the other apprentices that went to trade school in electrical.
It’s hard for everyone Neil, you have to push through and learn everything you can. The only way to fight back is to educate yourself and find the right company. You are going to help a company grow, in return they should be helping you grow in this trade. If not then move on to better pastures. Make sure your talents are solid, be early every day, do extra when you can, especially if the company compensates hard work.
Your head is in the right direction. A mentor that has a master license is hard to find at first, you may want to cut your teeth with new construction so you can understand how electric is installed. Then start looking for a small company that does quality work. By your second year you should have seen enough to know where you want to go.
@@DonaldMillerElectric Appreciate it. Finding honorable Tradesmen does seem far in between in general but will remain on the lookout for a suitable mentor to cross my path as I remain busy.
Pure in Nature's Garden Keep your ethics and morals during your first two years and your mentor will show his face, it’s amazing how the universe works. If you keep your head up and don’t get discouraged, your path will be easily seen.
The guy who put in my AC said "you want a good mechanic" when I brought up replacing my boiler pump. I had already replaced it myself, thanks in part to my many years of working on cars, but I'm not sure if that's what he meant. Although machinery and automotive mechanics are often proficient with the electrical systems of the things they work on. A mechanic works on stuff which someone else built.
A mechanic is above an apprentice but below a master, similar to a journeyman. The term mechanic has been used locally for guys who can be left alone and given helpers or apprentices.
Andrew L I think that’s what unions call a journeyman, technically any sub contractor that is a 10-99 can be called a journeyman outside of the union. A mechanic would be a 5th year apprentice, maybe even a fourth year, but definitely seasoned in the line of electrical work he performs.
@@DonaldMillerElectric They use that term here, because when I had my 200 amp breaker box put in, the electric company told me that they would send out a mechanic and a helper to do the job.
I would think to be a tradesmen you would have to be a master. I was a master before I was a tradesmen. The amount of concentrated effort towards quality in order to be a tradesmen exceeds the efforts required to be a master.
I recently found your channel and these types of videos motivated me even more than before to do better everyday to be a better electrician thank you
This trade rewards the ones who work harder at their craft. Rock on, keep up the fight.
Thank you for all your helpful information you provide to us all! At age 31 I just got accepted into a HVAC company that is going to train me from the beginning, i applied at various electrical companies but the one that reached out to me first was the HVAC company, you motivated me to just go out there and make the change! I was working at factory/manufacturing jobs just for the paycheck working in those jobs are not hard but I was working allot with no motivation or satisfaction whatsoever! Allot of people said I was to old and to just stick it out with the job I had, no way! I quit and started applying for jobs in the trades!
Looking at the clock means a lot to me because I’m still in prefab but I’m about to go to the field because my company sends people out after 6 months but with the amount of work and meeting deadlines sometimes there’s not enough time in an 8 hour day. Quality matters to me and getting better and faster at certain things day by day is something I have to learn over time. Thank you for your videos because tough love and looking at how journeymen work will teach me well but you are right it up to us apprentices to recognize what we need to do to get there.
Good luck, stay hungry, avoid the hacks!!!
Thank you for your videos! I can’t tell you how much they have helped me, been listening (on the way to work) to your videos since I become a helper (3 months ago) have already got a $2.50 raise with the promise of more money as I continue to learn & improve
You help me stay focused and very humble! Thanks again!
Keep it up, you’ll be ahead of the curve and the it will continue to increase. Great to hear!!
Watching your videos has inspired me to join this trade. I come back to your channel often to get hyped up about work! Currently been working for a small company and I’m really grateful for everything I’ve learned so far these past few months! Thank you for putting yourself out there and inspiring young men like myself to step up to the plate to be a better person!
thank you for this. I commented maybe a year ago about my situation. its changed pretty drastically 😅 I'm still a first year. The ministry has me on a waitlist ( 12-15 months ) to get into my first block of schooling but I found a loop hole through an equivalency program starting in a few weeks. ( this will technically make me a second year apprentice )
i could work for a big union company, get paid more and work less. Instead if applied myself to nothing but small companies and finally found one to invest his time into me. It requires more effort and responsibility but I'm up it every day.
The small companies will pay more in the long run, its an investment in your future if they have a good mechanics on their team.
I can't say I love this trade after all the bad experiences I have had in it. I think it's a good trade for some people. If you start electrical work after high school it's alot harder to keep up with the other apprentices that went to trade school in electrical.
It’s hard for everyone Neil, you have to push through and learn everything you can. The only way to fight back is to educate yourself and find the right company. You are going to help a company grow, in return they should be helping you grow in this trade. If not then move on to better pastures. Make sure your talents are solid, be early every day, do extra when you can, especially if the company compensates hard work.
Thanks for the videos. It's encouraging; I'm in the process of finding suitable mentors to deepen my craftsmanship here in Montana.
Your head is in the right direction. A mentor that has a master license is hard to find at first, you may want to cut your teeth with new construction so you can understand how electric is installed. Then start looking for a small company that does quality work. By your second year you should have seen enough to know where you want to go.
@@DonaldMillerElectric Appreciate it. Finding honorable Tradesmen does seem far in between in general but will remain on the lookout for a suitable mentor to cross my path as I remain busy.
Pure in Nature's Garden
Keep your ethics and morals during your first two years and your mentor will show his face, it’s amazing how the universe works. If you keep your head up and don’t get discouraged, your path will be easily seen.
What is the difference between an electrician and a mechanic electrician
To the outside world every position from an apprentice to a master is an “electrician”. Inside the trade world it is broken down into stages
Do you offer consulting?
Sure
Why do you use the term mechanic, what does it mean to you? I think of mechanics as people who work on machinery.
The guy who put in my AC said "you want a good mechanic" when I brought up replacing my boiler pump. I had already replaced it myself, thanks in part to my many years of working on cars, but I'm not sure if that's what he meant.
Although machinery and automotive mechanics are often proficient with the electrical systems of the things they work on. A mechanic works on stuff which someone else built.
A mechanic is above an apprentice but below a master, similar to a journeyman.
The term mechanic has been used locally for guys who can be left alone and given helpers or apprentices.
@@DonaldMillerElectric would a Journeyman be someone who apprenticed for five years to a Journeyman?
Andrew L
I think that’s what unions call a journeyman, technically any sub contractor that is a 10-99 can be called a journeyman outside of the union. A mechanic would be a 5th year apprentice, maybe even a fourth year, but definitely seasoned in the line of electrical work he performs.
@@DonaldMillerElectric They use that term here, because when I had my 200 amp breaker box put in, the electric company told me that they would send out a mechanic and a helper to do the job.
Eight tradesmen for fifty trucks/crews? Sounds a little thin - that's not even one for every six trucks. And how many of those tradesmen are masters?
I would think to be a tradesmen you would have to be a master.
I was a master before I was a tradesmen.
The amount of concentrated effort towards quality in order to be a tradesmen exceeds the efforts required to be a master.