3 ms·

For 2500$ maybe you can pass the exam to become licensed yourself. Like do it over the weekends.

by ozim 9mo ago

lostapathy 9mo ago
This right here - I have been investigating getting my own contractor license for DIY work on a property I own that must be permitted but city will only issue permits to licensed contractors. Took a practice test for the exam on a whim and nearly passed it without studying. Anybody seriously considering DIY'ing the install of something like this probably could get a license without a lot of work.
adrianmonk 9mo ago
To get a journeyman electrician license in Texas, you need to have 8000 hours of documented on-the-job experience working under a licensed electrician[1]. So you'd need to find an electrician who will let for you work them on the weekends, and if you work 8 hours every Saturday and every Sunday, then it will take you 500 weekends. A residential wireman license only requires 4000 hours[2], but I'm not sure if that kind of license would be good enough for the inspection. --- [1] https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/jo... [2] https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/wireman.htm https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/wi...
chasd00 9mo ago
"licensed electrician" is also timewalled behind a lengthy apprenticeship. From google's llm "..requiring 8,000 hours of on-the-job training (OJT) under a Master Electrician .." so even if you could pass the test you still don't get to become licensed until you've paid your dues in terms of time.
- ozim 9mo ago
  Isn't there an exclusion or lower entry requirement if you have a technical education like engineering degree? Like if not electrical engineering because I guess that would be obvious there should be lower entry bar - but for all others at least somewhat related... I guess if you want to dabble with installing battery packs with inverters, that's not your typical bachelor of arts who is trying to do so.
  - scarecrowbob 9mo ago
    I mean, my MA is in Rhetoric... but hey. Where I am at (rural CO), as long as it can be inspected and meets code, the county is fine- you don't need a blessing. Septic is different (that's a $175 certificate, though). But for electrical all you have to do is meet codes, which isn't really super hard.

For 2500$ maybe you can pass the exam to become licensed yourself. Like do it over the weekends.

by ozim 9mo ago

For 2500$ maybe you can pass the exam to become licensed yourself. Like do it over the weekends.

This right here - I have been investigating getting my own contractor license for DIY work on a property I own that must be permitted but city will only issue permits to licensed contractors. Took a practice test for the exam on a whim and nearly passed it without studying. Anybody seriously considering DIY'ing the install of something like this probably could get a license without a lot of work.

adrianmonk 9mo ago

To get a journeyman electrician license in Texas, you need to have 8000 hours of documented on-the-job experience working under a licensed electrician[1]. So you'd need to find an electrician who will let for you work them on the weekends, and if you work 8 hours every Saturday and every Sunday, then it will take you 500 weekends. A residential wireman license only requires 4000 hours[2], but I'm not sure if that kind of license would be good enough for the inspection. --- [1] https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/journeyman-electrician.htm https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/jo... [2] https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/wireman.htm https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/electricians/apply/individuals/wi...

chasd00 9mo ago

"licensed electrician" is also timewalled behind a lengthy apprenticeship. From google's llm "..requiring 8,000 hours of on-the-job training (OJT) under a Master Electrician .." so even if you could pass the test you still don't get to become licensed until you've paid your dues in terms of time.

ozim 9mo ago
Isn't there an exclusion or lower entry requirement if you have a technical education like engineering degree? Like if not electrical engineering because I guess that would be obvious there should be lower entry bar - but for all others at least somewhat related... I guess if you want to dabble with installing battery packs with inverters, that's not your typical bachelor of arts who is trying to do so.
- scarecrowbob 9mo ago
  I mean, my MA is in Rhetoric... but hey. Where I am at (rural CO), as long as it can be inspected and meets code, the county is fine- you don't need a blessing. Septic is different (that's a $175 certificate, though). But for electrical all you have to do is meet codes, which isn't really super hard.