"You should talk it over with whoever your sponsor
is."
What if your not an alcoholic? There are canadians here too and we don't
start drinking on waking.
You sound kinda dum, maybe you should try for plumber instead, or truck
driver??
Just remember, if you fail at all else, you can always be a HVAC tech.

"Kathy" wrote in message
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wrote in message
ups.com...
Can anyone attest to the quality or lack of
quality for the electrician
apprenticeship program offered by the
International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers?


My son is in his last semester of his last(5th)
year of his apprenticeship with IBEW local 352. He
has studied long and hard to get where he is at. He
has worked on commercial jobs as well as
residential settings over the 5 years of his
apprenticeship. He had worked for a company that
did residential jobs before he went union. The
schooling wasn't easy but as long as he studies, he
does well. There is a lot of technical information
to absorb. You learn all the code stuff too. I
guess my son paid attention because he did all the
electrical work to the addition I had built last
summer and upgraded our service. The electrical
work was the only aspect of the work we had done
that Never failed an inspection. The inspector knew
my son was doing it and even commented on what a
nice looking job he did as well as following the
code to a T, down to calking around the wires where
they went thru the top plate. I felt kind of proud
to hear the inspector say good things about him.
Back to the apprenticeship.... the only drawback
with working for the union is that when the job is
done you get laid off and have to go "sign the
book" and wait your turn to go to another job. The
contractor he is with now kept him from the last
job and let him work somewhere else right away. He
is trying to keep my son. I guess he likes his
work. You can end up working for the same company
for years and years. But that doesn't always
happen. There have been times where he was laid off
for a week or 2 between jobs. For a single guy the
time off is welcome but if he had a family to
support I'm not sure he would have stayed with it
because of the lay-off risk.

You should talk it over with whoever your sponsor
is.