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I was in a McDonalds the other day and an ad for my former local's apprenticeship program played over the radio. So there is some advertising here. Since they'
by sbierwagen 4y ago
I was in a McDonalds the other day and an ad for my former local's apprenticeship program played over the radio. So there is some advertising here.
Since they're a union, the pay scale is public: https://ibew46.com/media/6924/020623_020424_residential_areawagereport_.pdf https://ibew46.com/media/6924/020623_020424_residential_area... Apprentices start at $21.30.
That McDonalds had a big "now hiring" sign out front, advertising $21 an hour. Hm. Not sure if the extra thirty cents would be worth tying yourself to construction's boom and bust cycle.
- no_wizard 4y agoI agree on the boom bust cycle, but if you're working the chain, once you become a certified electrician it is totally worth getting additional training on non residential things too. I don't know the lingo, but my general understanding from what my friends who are actually electricians tell me, is once you're licensed, its worth going the extra mile and piling on the extra certifications as insulation against market swings. So for instance, one of the folks I know can do residential but also spent a year in the midwest learning how to wire up windmills. I guess that paid off in the last cycle when they had to pivot back and forth on jobs. I just hate physical labor as a job, personally, but he makes almost as good of money as I do now, but my back will last past 50.