Electricians Cert/License?

[Oxjockey]

Hey all,
Is there any certification that doesn't involve full-time experience? I've thought it would be pretty handy for work and home to have some sort of junior level license, but I don't have the experience of any sort of apprenticeship.

TIA,
Bryan

[Gummi Bear]

Hey all,
Is there any certification that doesn't involve full-time experience? I've thought it would be pretty handy for work and home to have some sort of junior level license, but I don't have the experience of any sort of apprenticeship.

TIA,
Bryan

None that I know of.


The only way to learn the trade correctly is to strap on some tools; and you'll get boatloads of experience. If you want a lot of exposure, get into service work, and ride with a journeyman.

That being said, make friends with an experienced electrician, and ask him to show you the ropes around the house. Have him teach you the proper way to terminate wires at devices, panels and equipment, make joints, and some basic troubleshooting skills.

[Oxjockey]

None that I know of.


The only way to learn the trade correctly is to strap on some tools; and you'll get boatloads of experience. If you want a lot of exposure, get into service work, and ride with a journeyman.

That being said, make friends with an experienced electrician, and ask him to show you the ropes around the house. Have him teach you the proper way to terminate wires at devices, panels and equipment, make joints, and some basic troubleshooting skills.


That's the difficulty, I can terminate troubleshoot and join as good as a professional electrician friend. He's mostly industrial, so I'm a little more up on some residential things than he is. I was just hoping there was some sort of "knowledge of" certification.

Oh well. Thanks! :beer:

[tippy99888]

Here, You can wire your own house/shop/whatever, It just has to be inspected. I have an industrial licence and the only time I have had to show it was when I was hired. Anything that gets done at work is written down in a book, and when the inspector comes around he will pick a few jobs, check them out and assume that the others are similar. From my experiance this system don't work real well. Another "licenced" electrician here is the biggest butcher I have ever seen. The other guys are right, best way to learn is to work with others who know how to do it right, and take pride in there work. Any way for you to challenge the exam? You can get a Certificate of Qualifaction, but some places like to see a Certificate of apprenticeship too. If your thinking of going and challenging the exam, brush up on your math and electrical theory, I think out of 100 questions, maybe 3 were about installation, ie conduit fill, support of conduit...etc. some calculation loads and proper fusing... and a whole shit load of math.