If u aint going to college or have a rewarding job/career, it's time to pick up a trade brehs :wow:

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Cool, that's what I'm in school for. So after school, what licenses/certifications do I need to get?

Depends on what your city or plant requires. Ours doesn't require any.

 

[KangCraSS]

Quick question breh how hard is the work?

if you pay attention can learn and are willing to work overtime and get new training it's not that hard. I've been to prison so this is one of the few careers that will let you run up a check . But by all means do it, we need more brehs in the skilled labor industry.

 

[luciddreamer]

anyone trying to go into certain trades need to know their shyt, its great money yes, but sure as hell isn't easy money.

 

[Mook]

if you pay attention can learn and are willing to work overtime and get new training it's not that hard. I've been to prison so this is one of the few careers that will let you run up a check . But by all means do it, we need more brehs in the skilled labor industry.

im talking about the hurt and the physical labor. One of my boys told me the only thing you really do when u start is pull cable thats physical. That electrician is easy as cake.

 

[KangCraSS]

im talking about the hurt and the physical labor. One of my boys told me the only thing you really do when u start is pull cable thats physical. That electrician is easy as cake.

Breh you can die ... But you have to be paying attention and studying , and you'll always have a helper with harder more technical jobs, and you'd have a harness To protect your back also.You're first year you'll be doing small shyt .

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Operating Engineers Union 825 is accepting apprentice applications the week of Labor Day.

 

[Kobes Two Jerseys]

Operating Engineers Union 825 is accepting apprentice applications the week of Labor Day.

I would greatly encourage any compas within a 100 mile range to get in this. You will not regret it.

 

[Chilliando]

Just finished up year 1 of my electrician apprenticeship... Going well so far... Trying to learn as much as I can... First job was in a high school running new security systems,card readers and locks, etc.... Bent/ran conduit... 2nd job was at PepsiCo... Office space... A lot of drilling... Running wire thru the ceilings... Fire alarm... 3rd was a billion dollar pharmaceutical company... Setting up new labs for them... Working on generators, transformers, conduit, pulling heavy ass wire ("600s" for those familiar)... Now I'm working on two 16 story buildings being built from the ground up.... This shyt is grueling! But it's been very interesting and you definitely go home feeling like you did some real work (albeit, for some change I ain't make since high school.... Should pay off tho)...

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

i preach this everyday, and get negged...these nikkas like working at Walmart

Their worldly desires can be afforded on a Wal Mart wage.

 

[Chilliando]

PS... Nice to get your hands on some of that "mongo!!" (copper to scrap).. Prolly have made close to 2 racks altogether from that...

Anyone reading this and looking into shyt like this needs to research being an "outside linesman".... Not as difficult as an inside linesman (what I do)... Make absurd amount of money (top out at 100+/hr) and you're able to live off the mongo and just stack ya bread... Need a cdl going in...

 

[UpAndComing]

bump

 

[Arithmetic]

PS... Nice to get your hands on some of that "mongo!!" (copper to scrap).. Prolly have made close to 2 racks altogether from that...

Anyone reading this and looking into shyt like this needs to research being an "outside linesman".... Not as difficult as an inside linesman (what I do)... Make absurd amount of money (top out at 100+/hr) and you're able to live off the mongo and just stack ya bread... Need a cdl going in...

What's this? Never heard of it

 

[UpAndComing]

What's this? Never heard of it

Breh check this out

Powerlineman.com Forums

City Light workers top $100,000 in overtime pay
By Sharon Pian Chan

Seattle Times staff reporter

Related

Seattle's top overtime, city workers (PDF)

Overtime was so lucrative at Seattle City Light last year that 27 workers made at least $100,000 of it by working extra hours.

Eleven of those workers topped $200,000 in total income.

A shortage of skilled workers, construction projects around the city and damage from the December windstorm prompted the city-owned utility to rely on employee overtime — with some workers averaging 65 to 70 hours a week.

Three line workers became the highest-paid employees in the city, based on city data, earning even more than City Light Superintendent Jorge Carrasco's 2006 salary of $224,019.

In all, City Light paid out $25.4 million in overtime last year, more than double what it paid in 2005. "We are concerned about it," Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis said. "It raises some issues for us about productivity and worker safety when you work that many hours. In some cases, it does seem excessive."

After bringing up the issue at a recent meeting with Ceis, Carrasco started an overtime audit.

Dennis Sovern is a crew chief who averaged 80 to 90 hours a week last year and made $88,101 in regular pay, plus $136,324 in overtime. He said he works safely.

 

[Big Boss]

Technology vs Engineering are similar, there's some overlap

Engineering is knowing the theory behind what you're working on, and knowing ways to fix and maintain something
Technology is knowing 100% of how something works and how to fix it. Theory is secondary but still important

Computer Engineer knows all the theory behind a computer, building it, troubleshooting, science behind it etc
Computer Technicians knows some theory, but is more focused on the mechanics of a computer.

One example. Technicians would know exactly why a computer is slowing down... Engineers would deduce that the computer is slowing down by lack of performance and cause of the specifications of how the computer was built (RAM, processor speed, pixels, etc). And they would be right.... Technicians would actually go deeper. They would take apart the computer and tell you exactly why the RAM isn't operating right, see if the wiring or belts are susceptible to overheating, know exactly why a hard drive is malfunctioning. And usually uses wrenches, screwdrivers, etc to go in and fix the problem. They can even see the inside and see if you can add extra RAM to make the computer go faster

Engineers would rather build, program, and design a better computer that isn't susceptible to those problems, and find new and inventive ways for that to never happen to a computer again

I mean, you can't go wrong with either. Engineers make more upfront straight out of college like 70K, then obviously make an easy six figures. Technicians (or Technologists) make about 45K coming out, but with 5 years experience can work up to the same six figure amount Engineers make.
Engineers can eventually be big time managers in a corporate setting. Techs usually start self employed or corporate, and can eventually start their own business

For me personally, I rather do the Tech side and start a business, only cause I don't wanna work corporate

 

[UpAndComing]

I know Plumbers make a boatload of money