Someone along time ago used the phrase “earn your tools”. When your just starting out buy what you need not what you want. As your paychecks grow so can your tool collection. Great content, I enjoy watching it!
Yep sound advice, the old guy I started out with lent me some tools to begin and then told me to buy a tool every week or two for the first year until I had a decent set of my own.
I won't trust advice coming from someone who confuses "a long" and "along" and can't differentiate between your & you're. You haven't even nailed the basics of your native language let alone your trade.
@@MFWb00bi3s You've used an ampersand there as opposed to the word and, but I'll let you off with that as it's an informal message. But no comma after language? Tsk tsk, I have to remove one mark for that. Solid effort, though. You must be a blast at parties.
Nah. I'm an electrician and you definitely need a buy a number of specific tools after the first paycheck of your apprenticeship to not inconvenience your fellow tradesmen. The rule of thumb is that if you need to borrow a tool more than three times, you should buy it for yourself.
Huge difference in tools needed between working union and non union. Im a retired IBEW inside wireman. As an apprentice and journeyman, I only needed hand tools, as all the power tools were supplied by the contractor. IBEW is definitely the best way to learn the trade. 👍👍
In Denmark you are equipped with every imaginable tool you could want, I got a van filled up with all the power tools, equipment and other stuff I could need, all provided to me by my employer.
Good to see promotion of the electrical trade. We are running very low on qualified electricians good ones are quickly hired. I started out like you and others bending pipe, pulling and terminating wires. Makes your hands very strong. A good thing to do is keep advancing to becoming a Industrial Electrician where you use computer, automation, instrumentation, robotics, sensors, etc. later. You will have the benefit of knowing power distribution as well as how to troubleshoot, improve and maintain the equipment powered. Take PLC, VDF, AC/DC theory while working and you will be working along side Engineers making very good money. 6 Figure +. Put that on your resume and you will work through covid like me, and never be unemployed.
Thanks for the advice sir! im a electrician apprentice at the moment but I want to become a plc technician/ Programmer but your saying to find a industrial electrical company and just learn PLC VDF AC/DC through them? that's perfect hopefully I can find a industrial company that hires apprentices
Good for you. Study applied math specifically algebra. Find a growing company that has capital projects expanding factory floor equipment. All along having AC and DC theory first. Learn materials along the way. There are foundations needed before advancing. Jumping into PLC's and installations will leave little association unless you have a good foundation of what you are doing, and how it works. If weak on math work on that first.@@BoxingIntelligence
I'm a retired spark-chaser of 35 years, and from my experience, having a tool bag of that size potentially will be so heavy that it'll be more of a burden than an asset. I would suggest a hip-type tool pouch, maybe a medium size tool box to keep your meter and the tools you don't use as often. As time progresses, you'll see what you use the most and what is used occasionally. Avoid the temptation to think you need every tool right up front. Give it time, and you'll figure it out. Residential tools will vary differently than commercial as well as industrial.
Same here i have tons of tools, i only carry a small bag specially climbing ladders and popping out ceiling tiles, i only get what i need and putting it onto this smaller lighter bag..
My back seized up just seeing the size of that bag. I'll admit to not being an electrician but I've been carrying tools around for a long time and the smaller you can make your everyday 'must have' tool bag, the better
@@gregorall9779😂 agree. Ive stripped down my daily carry tools to as generic, as light and as few as possible. I've even started balancing where and what i weigh my hips down with after an uncomfortable confrontation with my aging lower back😂 .
As an apprentice I really appreciate this video, and yeah I've used Klein Tools for years and I really like their quality. Thank you @Karly the Sparky for the advice!
I’m beyond smitten over how hardworking, dedicated, intelligent, and beautiful you are… Just like the rest of the guys that have watched your videos. Great work!
If you are thinking about becoming an electrician it's a good idea to look up the local for the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) in your area. They are the gold standard in the USA.
Put in some hard work and you meet and connect with the journeyman you work with…I have had multiple journeyman gift me tools, tool bags and pouches along the way. Every time you get paid set a little money aside and every once in a while go out and get what you need** this video is a great reference as to what apprentices will eventually need…you build up your tool set as you grow in the trade, don’t give up!
I’ve been a electrician for 9 years and in 4 different states, I’ve never had a company supply power tools, so I highly suggest to get a drill and sawzall
@@yoozzy2339 so you feel sorry for me because I have my own tools that I bought and am able to take home? Bandsaw, 2 sawzalls, 2 drills, impact, sds drill, multi tool, grinder……. Good day
Karly presented a nice collection of must-haves for beginners. 👍 There is also a version of the Knipex Cobra available, that‘s insulated up to 1000V. The Knipex pliers wrench also comes in handy (also available insulated up to 1000V). If your company also does the wiring for e.g. computer networks, you‘ll need a crimping tool, the VDV226-110 by Klein Tools is easy to use and the wiring diagrams for RJ45 and RJ11 plugs are printed on the tool. Also go for a network cable tester (one to check, if the wiring is done right, I don‘t prefer any specific brand). A headlamp is also useful, if you need to work in places that are badly lit (I use the ones from Varta, but that‘s up to you). Tick testers have their advantages, like providing first hand information about live wires, some also about the polarity (like the Benning Tritest easy). Don’t use them as your only measuring device, buy one to get solid information about the electric systems you‘re working on. The multimeter by Fluke, Karly presented here, is a great choice. The T5-1000 by Fluke is also an option to start with, if you don‘t need to use every function a multimeter offers. Just ask your employer, what‘s suitable for the work to be done.
Just a tip clamp on meters are better in almost every aspect compared to to normal digital multi meters since they have the option to measure amperage which in some electrical applications can be a benefit.
@@boris9305 Only expensive if you buy Fluke. The last time I checked, you could get a very decent clamp meter from a well-known Chinese website for 15 quid (about $20) on a special offer, with free shipping. That wasn't the top model in the manufacturer's line, but still measured AC and DC amperage at true RMS. I had already previously purchased the top-of-the-line model for about £50 ($65). It gives me the exact same readings as my ultra-expensive Fluke 179 down to the one thousandth of a volt. I don't think you're ever going to need that level of accuracy working as a sparky.
Idk I use amp meter often and I'm not an "electrician" lol depends on your work environment I'm in a powerplant and if your doing any kind of diag, instrumentation it's a must
There will be a massive demand for tradesmen in the near future. Not only with the lack of young people getting into the trades, but many of the young people are not taught any skills, so large majority of them will rely on tradesmen. Think about how many 20-year-olds now that would call a service tech to change a receptacle, light, sink faucet, hvac thermostat. Many young people look at tradesmen work as bottom of the barrel, yet tradesmen can do very well. I started as an electrical helper as a young teen, joined the military at 17, got out at 21 and back into electrical work. By age 24 I was a State licensed electrical contractor, by 26 I had started my electrical contracting company doing all commercial and industrial projects. While doing sub-contract electrical designs for engineer's nights and weekends. By age 28 I had average 40 employees with blanket contracts on projects, booked years in advance. At age 40 I had the electrical business working with the guys in the field along with electrical engineering and architectural engineering business.
Some young people think poorly of trades, because their parents raise them this way, wanting a kid with an academic degree to boost their ego. Studying isn‘t the right choice for everyone, being good at a trade is equally valuable and equally useful. But somehow, society forgot about that. Someone needs to keep the infrastructure alive. I first went through an apprenticeship being a mechanic, got interested in the engineering part and started studying mechanical engineering in my mid twenties (got a masters degree), ended up being a research assistant. I didn’t really plan on getting a degree, it just happened, to be honest, after school I was totally fed up with theoretical knowledge. I also think it is sad to see, that some younger people aren‘t even interested in e. g. knowing how plumbing or electrical installations work, I mean, everyone having a house or wanting to have one should at least have some basic insights. I also do everything I‘m capable of on my own, not only to save money, I enjoy doing it, especially the electrical part (not just diy stuff, by the code). But to be honest, I‘m more used to machine controls with or without plc‘s and also microcontrollers. I also had no one really teaching me crafting skills. But if you need a service technician to tie your shoes, something went terribly wrong.
@@fredgarvinMP You seriously think it saves you time to use a drill to dress out a box? Or does it hurt your fingers to twist a wirenut? They come in the bag with the wire nuts and straight into the trash as soon as I open the bag.
@@TKO593 I KNOW it saves time while making up a box. And I buy the Rack-A-Tiers ones, I don't use the free ones that come in the bag. Don't discount it so quickly. If you make up a lot of boxes, they're a time saver and a finger saver.
@@fredgarvinMP It’s not faster and it’s an extra tool to lug around during trim out. Im in local 728 and don’t know a single electrician that likes them. If it was faster then show me an advertisement that claims to be faster. Not one video here on UA-cam demonstrates that it’s faster.
I bought the WERA screwdrivers last year. I love them. The Phillips driver has small flutes on the tip to stop striping out the screw heads. They are insulated 0:18 along the metal shaft too which I appreciate a lot since I tend to have to reach into a live breaker box to test tightness of #2 Robertson screws. No more wrapping screwdriver shafts with black tape.
electrican of of 25 years here, really good list of showing off needed and good tools, though i would never buy that large backpack I do have packouts depending on the size of the job but would not recommend something that large as your main tool bag, also I do not recomend a razor knife you can easily cut groves in your wires when skinning them, klien makes elelcrtician knives, and I would add getting a simple voltage tester along with a multi meter, a good wiggy should always be on you.
@@426F6F you don’t need to start making payments till after the 6 years if you want, after the 6 years it will start accumulating interest but it’s still good for when your not making not money at the start
It takes years to master all parts of the trade. At the start you’ll mainly use a shovel - or be running pipe. Employer provides most stuff. First tools are 25-ft tape measure, Sharpie, hacksaw, reamer, TWO Channellocks, and a 10-in-1 screwdriver. Maybe add a pocketknife, flashlight, and small strippers. IF you supply your own drill. / driver, make it a tiny 12V impact (first), 12V hammer-drill ( second). The hacksaw MUST be a quality high- tension model. Meters? Surprise! Electricians are hired because there’s no power. Meters can wait - and are usually company supplied crew tools. Employer supplies the shovel and pipe benders. You supply the boots and gloves. And rain / cold weather gear.
Loved your video. Very good and informative compared to just about any other tools to start out with. Only thing i would suggest is don't use a flat head screw driver as a chisel. Use instead a chisel. You can get cheap ones for on most cases the same or less than your flat heads and they are also designed to chop wood.
Yes I know that a majority of the electricians will agree with me, Almost Everything, you have in your hand, can & will substitute as a hammer, but I think that is the only essential tool you omitted. So glad to see a successful young lady as yourself coming into the trades. Keep on letting the rest of the others that they can be successful also.
This was a great video, as an electronics tech I like your recommendations and explanations of each tool. Some people are saying what you showed cost $1000 but they werent paying attention to when you said you dont have to by top of the line tools to start out.
Always good to see people encourage people to trades. I wish I got into one sooner... I kept buying one nice Klein with each pay til I got where I am... the tool bags though... I went through a lot of cheap styles, til I settled on a Milwaukee Packout backpack, and I'm glad I got it. A good bag is definitely a good investment.
IDK, but about 90% of what you need to do in residential can be done with very few tools, like a good needle nose pliers, a cutter, 3 sizes of philips screw drivers, and 5 sizes of flat head screw drivers, electrician scissors, and 1000% you need a A clamp meter, not just a normal meter, which also measures amperage(with this, there is no need for a plug tester or voltage tester). Also a tool pouch for wearing around the hip. All this can fit in an average size toolbox for $50. As for parts and pieces that you need to carry, like plugs, connectors, switches, etc. for whatever you encounter that can get crazy.
I started in the trade making 10 bucks an hour and bought all my own hand and battery tools. Also drove over an hour to and from work, paid for my own parking etc. don’t expect anything for your employer. Show up and work hard and you will move up.
If you’re young. I’d recommend ibew. Don’t believe what everyone says about it it’s not that bad. Plus you will have a real nice retirement when you get old.
I totally agree with you on an apprentice program but I would have to say to go union because the journeyperson pay for non-union is not much. Plus, the union has an excellent training program where a private contractor could not afford to give. Union journey person makes over $100 per hour. about $65 on the hourly check pay and $45 in benefits. I'm in NYC and did 15 years with the union, got my master electrician license and now have my own business. I cannot pay NYC union wages but ill give steady work.
I would suggest getting a comfortable, durable toolbelt WITH SUSPSNDERS. Take some of the weight awkwardly off your hips and more comfortably on your shoulders. Will save you a lot of pain. I don't wear a toolbelt every day in my current position but when I do, I feel it in my hips.
This vid is pretty spot on with the tools you need to start being a sparky. I found the "Klein Tax" to not at all be worth the cost. Esp when you're just starting out. I much preferred Ideal wire strippers (the Klein's would wreck my hands, Ideals wouldn't, etc). Your side cutters WILL get blown up so don't spend huge $ getting spendy Klein one or Knipex's. Klein screwdrivers are terrible, the tips would never last more than a couple days before they started deforming. I went to Craftsman screwdrivers almost immediately due to the cost and nearly instant breaking down of the Kleins. Yes, i got made fun of for not being a "proper" sparky and going Klein. But the cost and durability of the Kleins wasn't worth it just for a name on the side of the tool.
😊same in uk lots of electricans are retired or at the age of retirement. More apprenticeships needed so great points and helping new young electricians on tools and whats needed.❤😊
As german I prefer Knipex pliers. Tick tester are not allowed. You are teached to use always a bipolar tester. For an parentis I would recomand a smal bag wich is always much more handy and anough for the task in the beginning. Consurning the style of aprintership in germany. I loved my Electrician belt bag from Tough Build. Now I use a Bag from Velocity Pro gear in the field and in My Van I Have a big Case from B&W International with weels. Here no one uses a Lineman, but we also don't use wirenuts. We prefer WAGO's and before that screw connectoers. Your side cutter from Knipex is allowed here as it is sertivicated to work on electricity., Kline's? As Aprentice I didn't have an own car and went allways with changing kolleges so my mane Idea was to minimise the stuff to carry but be prepared for most tasks. So I found my selfe for instance the Knipex13 96 200, I had a smaler Cobra and a Plier Wrench. In my Cargo trouser I always carry The Zyclob Softbag set from Wera. and at hte Belt a cutter from Würth with an hardend tip wich I can use to lever. I love the screwdriver Set from Wera you have. I'm tinking to get the one from WIHA wich has the Tips in the grip. Thanks for your interesting insights. By the way I work as HVAC and we have here the same problem to find good people are people at all. Wich kind of aprintice did you have in the US? Here it is a dual system 1/3 at school - in block ore once a week - and 2/3 in the job where you get paid. Usually something arround 600€. Staring lower ending higher. Duration 3,5 jears. Only with an degree you`re allowed to work here.
Danish electrician apprentice here with a question: How does the apprenticeship work in the US? Do you work with a firm and then go to school for the theoretical and then back into the field for training and do the back and forth until you are finished? Or are there some other methods? Also mystified that you guys need to buy your tools, here our employer either loans or gifts us the tools we use for our craft (Including toolbag), which is sensible, I mean, an apprentice who just starts out can't be expected to have all the tools and you can't expect the apprentice to work without the tools of the trade. The apprentice might not be given the best stuff, often it's the more worn stuff that has passed through the hands of previous apprentices, but it's workable.
I would definitely recommend a high quality cat rated multimeter to start with together with some necessary high quality hand tools. The high quality hand tools will last a very long time and are a joy to work with. Besides that, they won't destroy stuck bolts as fast, because they have a much nicer fit. The high quality cat rated multimeter will just save you from death or injury. When I worked on my electrical system in my garage, I used my Fluke 87 to measure the resistance between the phases. Between switching the breaker, one time I forgot to switch off the breaker and put my multimeter in the resistance measurement between the phases. Luckily nothing happened and it convinced me to never ever use a cheap ass multimeter on high power electrics.
When choosing the Klein "Linemans". Get the ones with the fish tape pulling wedge D213-9NETP, it helps me out on those hard pulls. Just don't use it on fiberglass fish tapes. Everyone I work with has a clamp style multimeter. I have a Fluke T5-1000 multimeter. All the cool kids use the Milwaukee fat tape measure with measurements on both sides.
I’ll start by asking the obvious. Why do NONE of my colleagues look like this? SMH. Also, love the list, I might add a tool belt, a torpedo level and a headlamp.
Whats great about that wera set , saves tons of space. And 💯 correct those #3 screwdrivers are everyones blunt chisels most used to beat lock rings, and the hammer your using ? It's called lineman pliers used to beat said screwdrivers 😅
I have literally tons of tools that I keep in my van. wall chasers and vacs lots of power tools etc etc, but they stay in the van until needed. I wear a tool vest with a gun holder and dewalt gyro screwdriver in it with all my screwdriver bits clipped to my vest, with pockets for knife, tape measure, small level etc etc etc and belt clip for impact driver etc. It's not heavy and I hardly ever have to get any other tools out of the van but they are there if needed. Just a shame the ladders wont clip to the vest lol
One of my biggest life regrets was not taking an apprenticeship with a well loved and known electrician. I chose butchery, a very dead trade today unless you wanna work factory. I chose wrong!
@@29ibrahimsayed95 I think he is dead now, and I’ve moved on. Get a house and wife now, still would take an apprenticeship if a cool electrician asked if I wanted to learn some cool shit. Not even for the money, just cool to learn new stuff from people that are at the top of their game.
In NYC most used a Small army tool bag not near as big as that bag she has. We may have to go to different jobs on the subway, train or bus so a smaller kit was more portable.
If you haven’t already, you need to try the knipex strippers. Since getting them 2 years ago I can never go back to a normal style stripper again. They’re extremely versatile and will cut almost anything
I wish I would have just went to Menard’s or some other big box store when I started and bought a cheap starter pack for electricians and finished it out with the cheap screwdrivers. Because chances are, you are gonna get others when you have idea what you want after doing it for a few months.
I'm not a prof. mechanic, but use Miwaukee 18v 3/8 drive impact wrench(bought it new from USA) and it's great! Also the battery and charger(that i bought here in Holland), runs a long time. Only thing is the import-tax (because it's from outside the EU) and shipping-costs (pretty high from USA). Despite it was a lot cheaper than here in Holland, for exact the same tool! And it was new. Ohh, strange..it looks like import-tax from USA is higher than for example from Japan? Is that kind of "trade-war" between USA and Europe?? Also have for a few years an Kielder 18v, 1/2" impact wrench(700nm), it's good but afterwards it was not so good choice, because you don't see/hear someting about this brand(British) anymore. They(Kielder)don't have a "network" and Milwaukee does have a good network also here in Europe.
I don't know if the landscape has changed much but I applied at my local union shop about 10 years ago. Went through the whole process of sending over high school and college transcripts later took a pretest and afterwards was invited for an interview. The interview one of the weirdest experiences I've had for a potential job/career. Felt like I was on the tv apprentice show. Basically 10-15 guys on one side of a table and you smack in the middle on the other side. It was a very demeaning interview where they basically were like "what makes you think you have what it takes?!" I basically ended up pushing back b/c I did nothing beforehand to be talked down to and ultimately didn't want to be an environment where that was the culture. Not to my surprise I never got a call back and ended up working in industrial maintenance where I still do a decent amount of electrical work. My first maintenance job I actually ended up working with someone that was apart of that very union and when I told them about my experience they were not pleased that they were still doing this style of interview for new potential electricians.
I used to be Telephone Repairman for NJ Bell Telephone Company...so, I worked outside on the telephone cable, in the Central Office, & inside both residences & businesses...I made good union wages, & I had a Lift Truck, plus I used my hooks a lot...I always envied the electricians & the Linemen I'd run across on the job...I was always especially intrigued by the Lineman profession--is it harder, & does it pay more than being an electrician?
Love your videos, nice work. Suggestion is to mount the phone or camera to record in landscape mode, makes seeing it on monitors and tvs a lot easier lol
the us is such a strange place. The tought of hiring someone and expecting them to bring their own tools is so far away from the country i live in. While i cant speak for every company under the sun, all the ones i have come across trough my 15 years as an elecrician and now a teacher will provide you with everything you need except. All you need to bring is underwear, the rest is provided.
For everyone that goes to a school that's a credited program. Veto has program for there bags. It's a great deal. I have a veto MB3 . I was in HVAC SCHOOL AND WORK AT HOSPITAL ..
Great video! I really appreciate the information! I have so many questions. How did you get started? Where? How long has it taken you to get to the point you’re at now? Things of that nature? I’m leaning more and more toward getting into this work once I grow up and get an adult job. 😂 Thanks again!!
IMHO, start out doing residential. The reasons are that you'll learn how to tie things in early on (3 & 4 way switches, panels, etc...). Within 6 months to 1 yr at most it's not unreasonable to expect that you've learned enough to be a proficient mechanic and run work (i.e. work in a foreman role) in residential. After that get into commercial. You'll have an advantage as much of commercial is learning how to run conduit and other installation methods that are required for commercial installations. A lot (not all of course) of apprentices that started in commercial or industrial will learn conduit bending and commercial installations earlier on but don't learn the circuit nuances until later on. At least that was my experience after starting in residential and then going on to commercial and industrial working in both non-union and union shops in the Washington DC metro area and in Southern California. Got my first Master's license right at 6yrs experience. In the states the IEC has a great apprentice program to start with and union shops of course do too. Hope this helps. The electrical trade is a fantastic profession and one it's not something that can be outsourced or otherwise automated and two, it'll give you the background to easily move on to more technical areas such as electronics, communications, networking etc which is what I did.
Like what this guy said. I started off in residential. You will learn a lot of troubleshooting as well which is valuable everywhere. But I was young and dumb so after 5 years of experience I ended up loving to a new state and had to restart from the bottom since my state doesn’t recognize hours if you’re not part of an official apprenticeship. But it is what it is. And if you do start try to go union since they do have great benifits. Jon union shops sometimes have them but it’s rare and far in between. And in the union you have the benifit of multiple shops to work for when you journey out, and you can travel to other places and do big jobs.
Can you do a video on cable tray and conduit please :D, I'm an level 3 electrical improver and I want to learn techniques for tray and conduit installing but not many videos are available I learn better and quicker by watching videos, I hate reading :(
Hi ! I admire your videos, you really know your stuff and your work is really clean and meticulous. I’m currently majoring in electrical, I’ll get my A.S , then transfer to university for B.A in ee. My question is how long did it take you to get where you are and what steps did you take along the way? Thank you respectfully. Edward
@@reccocon3442 I want to continue school as a contingency plan, while waiting for a apprenticeship, I guess it takes awhile to get in, how ever in electrical if you get an associates then a ba in electrical your basically an ee. I just want to become a master electrician, maybe you can answer
Someone along time ago used the phrase “earn your tools”. When your just starting out buy what you need not what you want. As your paychecks grow so can your tool collection.
Great content, I enjoy watching it!
Yep sound advice, the old guy I started out with lent me some tools to begin and then told me to buy a tool every week or two for the first year until I had a decent set of my own.
I won't trust advice coming from someone who confuses "a long" and "along" and can't differentiate between your & you're. You haven't even nailed the basics of your native language let alone your trade.
@@MFWb00bi3s You've used an ampersand there as opposed to the word and, but I'll let you off with that as it's an informal message. But no comma after language? Tsk tsk, I have to remove one mark for that. Solid effort, though.
You must be a blast at parties.
right, i have maybe 10000 usd in tools that i never use...
Nah. I'm an electrician and you definitely need a buy a number of specific tools after the first paycheck of your apprenticeship to not inconvenience your fellow tradesmen. The rule of thumb is that if you need to borrow a tool more than three times, you should buy it for yourself.
Don't listen to her. Spending a $1000 on power tools on your first week as an electrician is the way to go 🔥🔥
I barley started my trade school being Eletrical Trainee and I already spent 700 on tools not yet having a job in field yet, but ready 🧰 🛠️ 😅
I can't tell if your serious.... wtf
yeah but her list is short. @@felixriedel5312
Lemme tell you, I had a list when I started of about 1000 worth in tools. That was 3 years ago and have probably quintupled that since
Thanks for this advice. At home depot right now.
Huge difference in tools needed between working union and non union. Im a retired IBEW inside wireman. As an apprentice and journeyman, I only needed hand tools, as all the power tools were supplied by the contractor. IBEW is definitely the best way to learn the trade. 👍👍
Depends on who you work for. My boss supplies us with power tools and its a small business, but def not the norm.
@@thomasmarcotte270My boss doesn't even give me sawzall blades. Occasionally, he'll give some tape...
In Denmark you are equipped with every imaginable tool you could want, I got a van filled up with all the power tools, equipment and other stuff I could need, all provided to me by my employer.
Ibew is the best way to see how people hide behind the union shield ibew 1191 and 641
I've only ever had to bring my own hand tools. PPE is just boots, the rest should be supplied by the employer.
Love to see the younger gen taking on the challenges of a trade job. We all need them to help us out. Thank you.
Good to see promotion of the electrical trade. We are running very low on qualified electricians good ones are quickly hired. I started out like you and others bending pipe, pulling and terminating wires. Makes your hands very strong. A good thing to do is keep advancing to becoming a Industrial Electrician where you use computer, automation, instrumentation, robotics, sensors, etc. later. You will have the benefit of knowing power distribution as well as how to troubleshoot, improve and maintain the equipment powered. Take PLC, VDF, AC/DC theory while working and you will be working along side Engineers making very good money. 6 Figure +. Put that on your resume and you will work through covid like me, and never be unemployed.
Don’t have much luck here in California, I guess they want lazzy boys here lol
Thanks for the advice sir! im a electrician apprentice at the moment but I want to become a plc technician/ Programmer but your saying to find a industrial electrical company and just learn PLC VDF AC/DC through them? that's perfect hopefully I can find a industrial company that hires apprentices
Good for you. Study applied math specifically algebra. Find a growing company that has capital projects expanding factory floor equipment. All along having AC and DC theory first. Learn materials along the way. There are foundations needed before advancing. Jumping into PLC's and installations will leave little association unless you have a good foundation of what you are doing, and how it works. If weak on math work on that first.@@BoxingIntelligence
I'm a retired spark-chaser of 35 years, and from my experience, having a tool bag of that size potentially will be so heavy that it'll be more of a burden than an asset. I would suggest a hip-type tool pouch, maybe a medium size tool box to keep your meter and the tools you don't use as often. As time progresses, you'll see what you use the most and what is used occasionally. Avoid the temptation to think you need every tool right up front. Give it time, and you'll figure it out. Residential tools will vary differently than commercial as well as industrial.
Same here i have tons of tools, i only carry a small bag specially climbing ladders and popping out ceiling tiles, i only get what i need and putting it onto this smaller lighter bag..
My back seized up just seeing the size of that bag.
I'll admit to not being an electrician but I've been carrying tools around for a long time and the smaller you can make your everyday 'must have' tool bag, the better
She doesn't seem to have a problem with it.
@stevenhansen5453 when you're young, no, it doesn't, but keep doing it for a prolonged period of time, and it will become an issue.
@@gregorall9779😂 agree. Ive stripped down my daily carry tools to as generic, as light and as few as possible. I've even started balancing where and what i weigh my hips down with after an uncomfortable confrontation with my aging lower back😂 .
All I have to say is that you are a very hard-working girl and we need more like you
Smart, beautiful, and hardworking. Good to see they're still out there.
Indeed! Reminds me so much of my daughter!
Electrical Unicorn
@@deepzone31 WHAT a stupid comment
Thanks for putting out this video Karly. I hope it will encourage young viewers to consider an apprenticeship. Nice job!
Best tool pouch are my cargo pocket pants. 12 years and have never let me down.
As an apprentice I really appreciate this video, and yeah I've used Klein Tools for years and I really like their quality. Thank you @Karly the Sparky for the advice!
That's why you wear bags instead of carrying around a big bag, it's way faster and more efficient especially for resi
I’m beyond smitten over how hardworking, dedicated, intelligent, and beautiful you are… Just like the rest of the guys that have watched your videos.
Great work!
If you are thinking about becoming an electrician it's a good idea to look up the local for the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) in your area. They are the gold standard in the USA.
Best wages, safest, working conditions excellent benefits
Highest quality schooling ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
Put in some hard work and you meet and connect with the journeyman you work with…I have had multiple journeyman gift me tools, tool bags and pouches along the way. Every time you get paid set a little money aside and every once in a while go out and get what you need** this video is a great reference as to what apprentices will eventually need…you build up your tool set as you grow in the trade, don’t give up!
I’ve been a electrician for 9 years and in 4 different states, I’ve never had a company supply power tools, so I highly suggest to get a drill and sawzall
You sir are not IBEW! Sorry for you
@@yoozzy2339 so you feel sorry for me because I have my own tools that I bought and am able to take home? Bandsaw, 2 sawzalls, 2 drills, impact, sds drill, multi tool, grinder……. Good day
Karly presented a nice collection of must-haves for beginners. 👍
There is also a version of the Knipex Cobra available, that‘s insulated up to 1000V. The Knipex pliers wrench also comes in handy (also available insulated up to 1000V).
If your company also does the wiring for e.g. computer networks, you‘ll need a crimping tool, the VDV226-110 by Klein Tools is easy to use and the wiring diagrams for RJ45 and RJ11 plugs are printed on the tool. Also go for a network cable tester (one to check, if the wiring is done right, I don‘t prefer any specific brand). A headlamp is also useful, if you need to work in places that are badly lit (I use the ones from Varta, but that‘s up to you).
Tick testers have their advantages, like providing first hand information about live wires, some also about the polarity (like the Benning Tritest easy). Don’t use them as your only measuring device, buy one to get solid information about the electric systems you‘re working on. The multimeter by Fluke, Karly presented here, is a great choice. The T5-1000 by Fluke is also an option to start with, if you don‘t need to use every function a multimeter offers. Just ask your employer, what‘s suitable for the work to be done.
Just a tip clamp on meters are better in almost every aspect compared to to normal digital multi meters since they have the option to measure amperage which in some electrical applications can be a benefit.
Also super expensive and unnecessary for an apprentice. You can use the journeyman's fancy dancy amperage measurement multimeter
@@boris9305there are cheap ones to be had, under 20€
@@boris9305 Only expensive if you buy Fluke. The last time I checked, you could get a very decent clamp meter from a well-known Chinese website for 15 quid (about $20) on a special offer, with free shipping. That wasn't the top model in the manufacturer's line, but still measured AC and DC amperage at true RMS. I had already previously purchased the top-of-the-line model for about £50 ($65). It gives me the exact same readings as my ultra-expensive Fluke 179 down to the one thousandth of a volt. I don't think you're ever going to need that level of accuracy working as a sparky.
Yeah, she don't know
Idk I use amp meter often and I'm not an "electrician" lol depends on your work environment I'm in a powerplant and if your doing any kind of diag, instrumentation it's a must
There will be a massive demand for tradesmen in the near future. Not only with the lack of young people getting into the trades, but many of the young people are not taught any skills, so large majority of them will rely on tradesmen. Think about how many 20-year-olds now that would call a service tech to change a receptacle, light, sink faucet, hvac thermostat.
Many young people look at tradesmen work as bottom of the barrel, yet tradesmen can do very well.
I started as an electrical helper as a young teen, joined the military at 17, got out at 21 and back into electrical work. By age 24 I was a State licensed electrical contractor, by 26 I had started my electrical contracting company doing all commercial and industrial projects. While doing sub-contract electrical designs for engineer's nights and weekends. By age 28 I had average 40 employees with blanket contracts on projects, booked years in advance. At age 40 I had the electrical business working with the guys in the field along with electrical engineering and architectural engineering business.
Some young people think poorly of trades, because their parents raise them this way, wanting a kid with an academic degree to boost their ego. Studying isn‘t the right choice for everyone, being good at a trade is equally valuable and equally useful. But somehow, society forgot about that. Someone needs to keep the infrastructure alive.
I first went through an apprenticeship being a mechanic, got interested in the engineering part and started studying mechanical engineering in my mid twenties (got a masters degree), ended up being a research assistant. I didn’t really plan on getting a degree, it just happened, to be honest, after school I was totally fed up with theoretical knowledge.
I also think it is sad to see, that some younger people aren‘t even interested in e. g. knowing how plumbing or electrical installations work, I mean, everyone having a house or wanting to have one should at least have some basic insights. I also do everything I‘m capable of on my own, not only to save money, I enjoy doing it, especially the electrical part (not just diy stuff, by the code). But to be honest, I‘m more used to machine controls with or without plc‘s and also microcontrollers. I also had no one really teaching me crafting skills. But if you need a service technician to tie your shoes, something went terribly wrong.
Dykes, linemans pliers, Ideal T-Strippers, needlenose, slotted & #2 philips screwdrivers, #1 & #2 square drive screwdrivers, tick tester, tape measure, sharpie, pencil, utility knife, small impact driver with 1/4" & 5/16" drive bits, #2 philips drive bit, #1 & #2 square drive bits, 6" extension bit, slotted offset screwdriver, plug-in tester, wire-nut drive bit all in electricians bags/tool belt.
Love your videos!
No self respecting electrician uses those wire nut drive bits.
@@TKO593 Seriously?
@@fredgarvinMP You seriously think it saves you time to use a drill to dress out a box? Or does it hurt your fingers to twist a wirenut? They come in the bag with the wire nuts and straight into the trash as soon as I open the bag.
@@TKO593 I KNOW it saves time while making up a box. And I buy the Rack-A-Tiers ones, I don't use the free ones that come in the bag.
Don't discount it so quickly. If you make up a lot of boxes, they're a time saver and a finger saver.
@@fredgarvinMP It’s not faster and it’s an extra tool to lug around during trim out. Im in local 728 and don’t know a single electrician that likes them. If it was faster then show me an advertisement that claims to be faster. Not one video here on UA-cam demonstrates that it’s faster.
Great video, like the comment on the Keystone screwdrivers, mostly using them as chisels.
I bought the WERA screwdrivers last year. I love them. The Phillips driver has small flutes on the tip to stop striping out the screw heads. They are insulated 0:18 along the metal shaft too which I appreciate a lot since I tend to have to reach into a live breaker box to test tightness of #2 Robertson screws. No more wrapping screwdriver shafts with black tape.
electrican of of 25 years here, really good list of showing off needed and good tools, though i would never buy that large backpack I do have packouts depending on the size of the job but would not recommend something that large as your main tool bag, also I do not recomend a razor knife you can easily cut groves in your wires when skinning them, klien makes elelcrtician knives, and I would add getting a simple voltage tester along with a multi meter, a good wiggy should always be on you.
For apprentices in Canada you can get a $4000 0% interest loan for 6 years to buy tools if needed
What?? I'm going to have to look into that!
@@426F6F you don’t need to start making payments till after the 6 years if you want, after the 6 years it will start accumulating interest but it’s still good for when your not making not money at the start
A credit card will do the same
@@allborosnyc4544 no credit card is gonna stay at 0% for 6 years
@@allborosnyc4544 a credit card with 0% interest for 6 years? i highly doubt it
One of my biggest regrets is not becoming an electrician.... Would've loved it!!
Agree
Are you too old to go back to school, or doing something else?
@@James3-8 Almost 50... went in to another career, yada yada lol
We have a 52 year old apprentice. He is a retired fireman.
@@moosepasshippie Wow!! That's great. Something to think about I guess.
Fantastic ambassador for your trade ,keep up the great work
It takes years to master all parts of the trade.
At the start you’ll mainly use a shovel - or be running pipe. Employer provides most stuff. First tools are 25-ft tape measure, Sharpie, hacksaw, reamer, TWO Channellocks, and a 10-in-1 screwdriver. Maybe add a pocketknife, flashlight, and small strippers. IF you supply your own drill. / driver, make it a tiny 12V impact (first), 12V hammer-drill ( second). The hacksaw MUST be a quality high- tension model.
Meters? Surprise! Electricians are hired because there’s no power. Meters can wait - and are usually company supplied crew tools.
Employer supplies the shovel and pipe benders. You supply the boots and gloves. And rain / cold weather gear.
Loved your video. Very good and informative compared to just about any other tools to start out with. Only thing i would suggest is don't use a flat head screw driver as a chisel. Use instead a chisel. You can get cheap ones for on most cases the same or less than your flat heads and they are also designed to chop wood.
Im an 8 year solar installer and I still use all of these tools. Loved it.
Thank you for the Electric information.👍🌹🌹🌹
So refreshing to see smart young people getting into these important trade jobs.
Not gonna lie, those are some solid choices.
dont forget the wiha 32800 80pc rolling tool set case. i would use it. it looks very master electrician~ish.
Just started watching you on UA-cam, love it
Yes I know that a majority of the electricians will agree with me, Almost Everything, you have in your hand, can & will substitute as a hammer, but I think that is the only essential tool you omitted. So glad to see a successful young lady as yourself coming into the trades. Keep on letting the rest of the others that they can be successful also.
This was a great video, as an electronics tech I like your recommendations and explanations of each tool. Some people are saying what you showed cost $1000 but they werent paying attention to when you said you dont have to by top of the line tools to start out.
Always good to see people encourage people to trades. I wish I got into one sooner... I kept buying one nice Klein with each pay til I got where I am... the tool bags though... I went through a lot of cheap styles, til I settled on a Milwaukee Packout backpack, and I'm glad I got it. A good bag is definitely a good investment.
Its nice to see a well spoken, NICE young lady for a change out there on social media. 👍
IDK, but about 90% of what you need to do in residential can be done with very few tools, like a good needle nose pliers, a cutter, 3 sizes of philips screw drivers, and 5 sizes of flat head screw drivers, electrician scissors, and 1000% you need a A clamp meter, not just a normal meter, which also measures amperage(with this, there is no need for a plug tester or voltage tester).
Also a tool pouch for wearing around the hip. All this can fit in an average size toolbox for $50.
As for parts and pieces that you need to carry, like plugs, connectors, switches, etc. for whatever you encounter that can get crazy.
I started in the trade making 10 bucks an hour and bought all my own hand and battery tools. Also drove over an hour to and from work, paid for my own parking etc. don’t expect anything for your employer. Show up and work hard and you will move up.
Top notch video that kicks major ass. You know your tools, Karly. Keep up the good work.
Hi Karly, thanks for this nice video on electrical tool recommendations for our Electrical Apprentices. All the best, Steve K.
If you’re young. I’d recommend ibew. Don’t believe what everyone says about it it’s not that bad. Plus you will have a real nice retirement when you get old.
I totally agree with you on an apprentice program but I would have to say to go union because the journeyperson pay for non-union is not much. Plus, the union has an excellent training program where a private contractor could not afford to give. Union journey person makes over $100 per hour. about $65 on the hourly check pay and $45 in benefits. I'm in NYC and did 15 years with the union, got my master electrician license and now have my own business. I cannot pay NYC union wages but ill give steady work.
I would suggest getting a comfortable, durable toolbelt WITH SUSPSNDERS. Take some of the weight awkwardly off your hips and more comfortably on your shoulders. Will save you a lot of pain. I don't wear a toolbelt every day in my current position but when I do, I feel it in my hips.
The most beautiful electrician in the world..!!
This vid is pretty spot on with the tools you need to start being a sparky. I found the "Klein Tax" to not at all be worth the cost. Esp when you're just starting out. I much preferred Ideal wire strippers (the Klein's would wreck my hands, Ideals wouldn't, etc). Your side cutters WILL get blown up so don't spend huge $ getting spendy Klein one or Knipex's. Klein screwdrivers are terrible, the tips would never last more than a couple days before they started deforming. I went to Craftsman screwdrivers almost immediately due to the cost and nearly instant breaking down of the Kleins.
Yes, i got made fun of for not being a "proper" sparky and going Klein. But the cost and durability of the Kleins wasn't worth it just for a name on the side of the tool.
😊same in uk lots of electricans are retired or at the age of retirement.
More apprenticeships needed so great points and helping new young electricians on tools and whats needed.❤😊
As german I prefer Knipex pliers. Tick tester are not allowed. You are teached to use always a bipolar tester. For an parentis I would recomand a smal bag wich is always much more handy and anough for the task in the beginning. Consurning the style of aprintership in germany. I loved my Electrician belt bag from Tough Build. Now I use a Bag from Velocity Pro gear in the field and in My Van I Have a big Case from B&W International with weels. Here no one uses a Lineman, but we also don't use wirenuts. We prefer WAGO's and before that screw connectoers. Your side cutter from Knipex is allowed here as it is sertivicated to work on electricity., Kline's? As Aprentice I didn't have an own car and went allways with changing kolleges so my mane Idea was to minimise the stuff to carry but be prepared for most tasks. So I found my selfe for instance the Knipex13 96 200, I had a smaler Cobra and a Plier Wrench. In my Cargo trouser I always carry The Zyclob Softbag set from Wera. and at hte Belt a cutter from Würth with an hardend tip wich I can use to lever. I love the screwdriver Set from Wera you have. I'm tinking to get the one from WIHA wich has the Tips in the grip. Thanks for your interesting insights. By the way I work as HVAC and we have here the same problem to find good people are people at all. Wich kind of aprintice did you have in the US? Here it is a dual system 1/3 at school - in block ore once a week - and 2/3 in the job where you get paid. Usually something arround 600€. Staring lower ending higher. Duration 3,5 jears. Only with an degree you`re allowed to work here.
Danish electrician apprentice here with a question: How does the apprenticeship work in the US? Do you work with a firm and then go to school for the theoretical and then back into the field for training and do the back and forth until you are finished? Or are there some other methods?
Also mystified that you guys need to buy your tools, here our employer either loans or gifts us the tools we use for our craft (Including toolbag), which is sensible, I mean, an apprentice who just starts out can't be expected to have all the tools and you can't expect the apprentice to work without the tools of the trade. The apprentice might not be given the best stuff, often it's the more worn stuff that has passed through the hands of previous apprentices, but it's workable.
I'm not even an apprentice and I've used a meter to diagnose many household things. I'd say get a meter and know how to use it, electrician or not.
Intelligent, great work ethic , beautiful, she's got it all !
Like watching your videos you do good clean work keep it up
Nice run down of the basic tools needed.
All an apprentice needs is what is known as a Wiggan's. Ideal makes one that's voltage and continuity
I would definitely recommend a high quality cat rated multimeter to start with together with some necessary high quality hand tools. The high quality hand tools will last a very long time and are a joy to work with. Besides that, they won't destroy stuck bolts as fast, because they have a much nicer fit.
The high quality cat rated multimeter will just save you from death or injury. When I worked on my electrical system in my garage, I used my Fluke 87 to measure the resistance between the phases. Between switching the breaker, one time I forgot to switch off the breaker and put my multimeter in the resistance measurement between the phases. Luckily nothing happened and it convinced me to never ever use a cheap ass multimeter on high power electrics.
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When choosing the Klein "Linemans". Get the ones with the fish tape pulling wedge D213-9NETP, it helps me out on those hard pulls. Just don't use it on fiberglass fish tapes. Everyone I work with has a clamp style multimeter. I have a Fluke T5-1000 multimeter. All the cool kids use the Milwaukee fat tape measure with measurements on both sides.
Awesome job Karly and love the work you do!Keep it up!
Nice tool and looking lovely lady 🌷
I’ll start by asking the obvious. Why do NONE of my colleagues look like this? SMH. Also, love the list, I might add a tool belt, a torpedo level and a headlamp.
I love how her tools all look new. If you see my bag my tool look like they came from the Stone Age and some rust.
Whats great about that wera set , saves tons of space. And 💯 correct those #3 screwdrivers are everyones blunt chisels most used to beat lock rings, and the hammer your using ? It's called lineman pliers used to beat said screwdrivers 😅
I have literally tons of tools that I keep in my van. wall chasers and vacs lots of power tools etc etc, but they stay in the van until needed. I wear a tool vest with a gun holder and dewalt gyro screwdriver in it with all my screwdriver bits clipped to my vest, with pockets for knife, tape measure, small level etc etc etc and belt clip for impact driver etc. It's not heavy and I hardly ever have to get any other tools out of the van but they are there if needed. Just a shame the ladders wont clip to the vest lol
So nice to see a female talking about stuff and giving good info without the need to wear cut off shorts or a bikini. Well done.
Ideal tuff tote is the way to go $200ish lifetime warranty
I work at lowes and we just started carrying Klein tool, for some reason I trust you and now wanna try the brand
One of my biggest life regrets was not taking an apprenticeship with a well loved and known electrician. I chose butchery, a very dead trade today unless you wanna work factory. I chose wrong!
you still have time man comeon
@@29ibrahimsayed95 I think he is dead now, and I’ve moved on. Get a house and wife now, still would take an apprenticeship if a cool electrician asked if I wanted to learn some cool shit. Not even for the money, just cool to learn new stuff from people that are at the top of their game.
If i didnt have the money i would make my own tool case.
It would be perfectly suited to what i need.
In NYC most used a Small army tool bag not near as big as that bag she has. We may have to go to different jobs on the subway, train or bus so a smaller kit was more portable.
If you haven’t already, you need to try the knipex strippers. Since getting them 2 years ago I can never go back to a normal style stripper again. They’re extremely versatile and will cut almost anything
The automatic ones or the ones with the little pliers on the front?
@@fredgarvinMP the manual ones with the pliers on the front
I wish I would have just went to Menard’s or some other big box store when I started and bought a cheap starter pack for electricians and finished it out with the cheap screwdrivers. Because chances are, you are gonna get others when you have idea what you want after doing it for a few months.
Wow! It took a few years before you used one you said. You would have been using a meter the first day with me.
Awesome presentation!!!
I'm not a prof. mechanic, but use Miwaukee 18v 3/8 drive impact wrench(bought it new from USA) and it's great! Also the battery and charger(that i bought here in Holland), runs a long time.
Only thing is the import-tax (because it's from outside the EU) and shipping-costs (pretty high from USA). Despite it was a lot cheaper than here in Holland, for exact the same tool! And it was new.
Ohh, strange..it looks like import-tax from USA is higher than for example from Japan? Is that kind of "trade-war" between USA and Europe??
Also have for a few years an Kielder 18v, 1/2" impact wrench(700nm), it's good but afterwards it was not so good choice, because you don't see/hear someting about this brand(British) anymore.
They(Kielder)don't have a "network" and Milwaukee does have a good network also here in Europe.
I don't know if the landscape has changed much but I applied at my local union shop about 10 years ago. Went through the whole process of sending over high school and college transcripts later took a pretest and afterwards was invited for an interview. The interview one of the weirdest experiences I've had for a potential job/career. Felt like I was on the tv apprentice show. Basically 10-15 guys on one side of a table and you smack in the middle on the other side. It was a very demeaning interview where they basically were like "what makes you think you have what it takes?!" I basically ended up pushing back b/c I did nothing beforehand to be talked down to and ultimately didn't want to be an environment where that was the culture. Not to my surprise I never got a call back and ended up working in industrial maintenance where I still do a decent amount of electrical work.
My first maintenance job I actually ended up working with someone that was apart of that very union and when I told them about my experience they were not pleased that they were still doing this style of interview for new potential electricians.
They're just hazing you. There has to be SOME initiation. They can't just let you in all easy...
Great video Karly. Way to promote the trades. When are you coming to Ontario to work haha.
Awesome content 👍
Great to see keen new Apprentices moving up to become the next leaders and company bosses
I used to be Telephone Repairman for NJ Bell Telephone Company...so, I worked outside on the telephone cable, in the Central Office, & inside both residences & businesses...I made good union wages, & I had a Lift Truck, plus I used my hooks a lot...I always envied the electricians & the Linemen I'd run across on the job...I was always especially intrigued by the Lineman profession--is it harder, & does it pay more than being an electrician?
Cool 😎
Thanks that was awesome
Very helpful. Thank you. I don't think you can never stop being so beautiful
Love your videos, nice work. Suggestion is to mount the phone or camera to record in landscape mode, makes seeing it on monitors and tvs a lot easier lol
Beautiful female electrician
the us is such a strange place. The tought of hiring someone and expecting them to bring their own tools is so far away from the country i live in. While i cant speak for every company under the sun, all the ones i have come across trough my 15 years as an elecrician and now a teacher will provide you with everything you need except. All you need to bring is underwear, the rest is provided.
For everyone that goes to a school that's a credited program. Veto has program for there bags. It's a great deal. I have a veto MB3 . I was in HVAC SCHOOL AND WORK AT HOSPITAL ..
For pouches look at Though built . If you on a budget.
Very good 👍
Great video! I really appreciate the information! I have so many questions. How did you get started? Where? How long has it taken you to get to the point you’re at now? Things of that nature? I’m leaning more and more toward getting into this work once I grow up and get an adult job. 😂 Thanks again!!
IMHO, start out doing residential. The reasons are that you'll learn how to tie things in early on (3 & 4 way switches, panels, etc...). Within 6 months to 1 yr at most it's not unreasonable to expect that you've learned enough to be a proficient mechanic and run work (i.e. work in a foreman role) in residential. After that get into commercial. You'll have an advantage as much of commercial is learning how to run conduit and other installation methods that are required for commercial installations. A lot (not all of course) of apprentices that started in commercial or industrial will learn conduit bending and commercial installations earlier on but don't learn the circuit nuances until later on. At least that was my experience after starting in residential and then going on to commercial and industrial working in both non-union and union shops in the Washington DC metro area and in Southern California. Got my first Master's license right at 6yrs experience. In the states the IEC has a great apprentice program to start with and union shops of course do too. Hope this helps. The electrical trade is a fantastic profession and one it's not something that can be outsourced or otherwise automated and two, it'll give you the background to easily move on to more technical areas such as electronics, communications, networking etc which is what I did.
Like what this guy said. I started off in residential. You will learn a lot of troubleshooting as well which is valuable everywhere. But I was young and dumb so after 5 years of experience I ended up loving to a new state and had to restart from the bottom since my state doesn’t recognize hours if you’re not part of an official apprenticeship. But it is what it is. And if you do start try to go union since they do have great benifits. Jon union shops sometimes have them but it’s rare and far in between. And in the union you have the benifit of multiple shops to work for when you journey out, and you can travel to other places and do big jobs.
@@Sparky272 thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate the advice!
@@w4gap thanks for the advice!
@@thomasb6460 no problem. I always encourage more people to be a sparky
Very Informative Video ❤
Hottest electrician I’ve ever seen ❤
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Channellocks, medium size. Cut off the plastic grips. Use for deburring EMT
Two most used tools should be linemans (Klein) and 11 in 1 (also Klein).
Terrific video. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed.
I love and respect your hustled
Nice tools 👍
Ya the tape measure is great I love how heavy it is lol
Gorgeous queen
Can you do a video on cable tray and conduit please :D, I'm an level 3 electrical improver and I want to learn techniques for tray and conduit installing but not many videos are available I learn better and quicker by watching videos, I hate reading :(
Hi ! I admire your videos, you really know your stuff and your work is really clean and meticulous. I’m currently majoring in electrical, I’ll get my A.S , then transfer to university for B.A in ee. My question is how long did it take you to get where you are and what steps did you take along the way? Thank you respectfully. Edward
Walking backwards if majoring ee then interested in apprenticeship ?
@@reccocon3442 I want to continue school as a contingency plan, while waiting for a apprenticeship, I guess it takes awhile to get in, how ever in electrical if you get an associates then a ba in electrical your basically an ee. I just want to become a master electrician, maybe you can answer