Yup. Lots of electricians out of work right now. They say if you're good you'll always have work, which is not true. What stands more true, is that if you are good at the job, you will have lots of enemies. IBEW full of snakes but hey, it's a pay cheque I guess.
Does anyone know if you have to drug test immediately after applying or if that happens after your accepted into the program? I want to apply to the IBEW now but I smoked weed about a week ago before realizing the unions don't allow that (I live in WA)...
If you are at the beginning of the application process you should be good. It takes a couple months to go from submitting the application to taking the test and if you pass, going in for an interview
@@ericadame4885 okay cool thank you! The aptitude test was about a month after applying and the interview date is the end of this month. I’m pretty sure I should be good to go now. Just hoping I do well on the interview!
You need to do summer school or some kind of equivalent credit. The JAC called me and asked me if i wanted to join the union, and I didn't have certain highschool credits so I told them I'm going to get them and eventually called back and got it.
Look for schools where ever you live, bro. Summer schools allow adults as well. Also, I'd recommend HVAC or Plumbing, instead. They make the same amount of money (usually more) and have much simpler tasks. I used to think electrical work is good because it keeps you fit physically and mentally, but i soon realised it's not worth it. Too late for me but not for you. Plumbing is more practical, everyone can live without a light or a bedside plug, but no one can live without taking a shower or poop. Anyone can make a plumbing company, but not anyone can make an electrical company. Good luck
@@CruiseWavy1388 I was thinking doing LEA my local union pays about 50 an hour seemed pretty interesting and is low voltage work too but I’ll consider it for sure
@@CruiseWavy1388hey dude I really wanted to ask you about something I’m finishing up high school right now and in my high school district we do algebra 1 in the 8th grade middle school and algebra 2 9th grade high school and I didn’t pass algebra 2 and took summer school for the algebra 2 and passed it with a b+ do you think I can still get in?
Has anyone gotten placement without a highschool transcript? I have a college certificate for Electrical Techniques at a recognized trade school and have been accepted to the training program. Would this pass as sufficient for placement after the program?
Don’t really understand what you’re asking, do you mean as far as pay scale goes? If you don’t have experience in the field then they’ll just place you at the starting level/wages. Having already done a trade school may get your wage scale up a bit but you’ll still have to do the full apprenticeship
I do not recommend the IBEW apprenticeship. Here in NY, they're really training engineers for huge projects (railways, power stations, wiring up skyscrapers) not houses or apartments. They make you take a terrible 4 hour electric science class every week, plus a useless college degree in labor studies. The electric class is no good, poor instruction and 10 hours of studying a week. Worst of all, you get no college credit for it. It'll be 5 years before you can start doing a degree in electrical science. I recommend going to college first and getting a degree in electrical engineering. Then they'll let you right in.
It's dependant on what the contracts out there are. Ibew is a trade a career the apprenticeship is a specialized training that is given to train individuals in the jurisdictions main work. Where I am their is no residential work for us to take. The ibew and the apprenticeship program for each local hall isn't a college that you attend and thrown out to find your own work. Understand what your conditions are and your protections. The advocates at the hall right for the benefits you get.
@@StanDaMan4487 Depends on the work and where. Do solar in a blue state for little work for lots of money. Do underground in a red state to work hard for little money.
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wtf so its a lottery basically
Yup. Lots of electricians out of work right now. They say if you're good you'll always have work, which is not true. What stands more true, is that if you are good at the job, you will have lots of enemies. IBEW full of snakes but hey, it's a pay cheque I guess.
Ya, not ab what u know it’s ab who you know 🤣
Same for an outside lineman apprenticeship. Just a lottery.
Does anyone know if you have to drug test immediately after applying or if that happens after your accepted into the program? I want to apply to the IBEW now but I smoked weed about a week ago before realizing the unions don't allow that (I live in WA)...
Sorry bud but your scrood
use fake urine brother
If you are at the beginning of the application process you should be good. It takes a couple months to go from submitting the application to taking the test and if you pass, going in for an interview
If you do good in the interview it’ll take weeks or months before you get an offer at which point you have to do UA
@@ericadame4885 okay cool thank you! The aptitude test was about a month after applying and the interview date is the end of this month. I’m pretty sure I should be good to go now. Just hoping I do well on the interview!
I didn’t have good math grades in high school but graduated am I fucked
You need to do summer school or some kind of equivalent credit. The JAC called me and asked me if i wanted to join the union, and I didn't have certain highschool credits so I told them I'm going to get them and eventually called back and got it.
@@CruiseWavy1388 thanks bro where did you do yours ?
Look for schools where ever you live, bro. Summer schools allow adults as well. Also, I'd recommend HVAC or Plumbing, instead. They make the same amount of money (usually more) and have much simpler tasks. I used to think electrical work is good because it keeps you fit physically and mentally, but i soon realised it's not worth it. Too late for me but not for you. Plumbing is more practical, everyone can live without a light or a bedside plug, but no one can live without taking a shower or poop. Anyone can make a plumbing company, but not anyone can make an electrical company. Good luck
@@CruiseWavy1388 I was thinking doing LEA my local union pays about 50 an hour seemed pretty interesting and is low voltage work too but I’ll consider it for sure
@@CruiseWavy1388hey dude I really wanted to ask you about something I’m finishing up high school right now and in my high school district we do algebra 1 in the 8th grade middle school and algebra 2 9th grade high school and I didn’t pass algebra 2 and took summer school for the algebra 2 and passed it with a b+ do you think I can still get in?
Has anyone gotten placement without a highschool transcript? I have a college certificate for Electrical Techniques at a recognized trade school and have been accepted to the training program. Would this pass as sufficient for placement after the program?
Don’t really understand what you’re asking, do you mean as far as pay scale goes? If you don’t have experience in the field then they’ll just place you at the starting level/wages. Having already done a trade school may get your wage scale up a bit but you’ll still have to do the full apprenticeship
Pay will be the same but you will most likely have a higher advantage than everyone else for a job because you have a certification
Hello I'm a foreigner and how would I get to work as the electrician apprentice?
Dang i really paid 0 attention in all of highschool...
Fr if you’re not tryna be a brother and a craft worker then just go somewhere else. If you don’t want to fight for a cause go somewhere else.
Bro my algebra transcript grade was D I am cooked :(
I had a D for algebra for college and I was able to get in due to me still getting credit
They'll tell you where you can go if they want you to take the class again.
@@laqueenamarshall3827 True
I do not recommend the IBEW apprenticeship. Here in NY, they're really training engineers for huge projects (railways, power stations, wiring up skyscrapers) not houses or apartments. They make you take a terrible 4 hour electric science class every week, plus a useless college degree in labor studies. The electric class is no good, poor instruction and 10 hours of studying a week. Worst of all, you get no college credit for it. It'll be 5 years before you can start doing a degree in electrical science. I recommend going to college first and getting a degree in electrical engineering. Then they'll let you right in.
Cap 🧢
It's dependant on what the contracts out there are. Ibew is a trade a career the apprenticeship is a specialized training that is given to train individuals in the jurisdictions main work. Where I am their is no residential work for us to take. The ibew and the apprenticeship program for each local hall isn't a college that you attend and thrown out to find your own work. Understand what your conditions are and your protections. The advocates at the hall right for the benefits you get.
Go to college and get in debt, sounds amazing. Fuck outta here
IBEW=
I'm broke every winter
I've been everywhere
I block every walkway
Non union is like that too. Thats construction period.
Extortionistists, cult, gang its a sham
Lol I want to join the IBEW so I could do little work for lots of money
@@StanDaMan4487 Depends on your skin color as well.
@@StanDaMan4487 Depends on the work and where. Do solar in a blue state for little work for lots of money. Do underground in a red state to work hard for little money.