Transferring Locals
I’ve always been slightly intimidated by this topic due to the vast amounts of mixed opinions I hear about it. Most of the wiremen in my local tend to have a negative view point on transferring locals. I’ve recently found myself in a position where personal events have come up, and I’m now needing to move to a new area that’s under a different local’s jurisdiction. I’m not entirely sure what the process is about proceeding with this.
For context, I’m a third year apprentice, all of my family members are in another state now, and my fiancée, whom I live with, landed a better job in the same state that my family lives in. The local I’m in, most of the wiremen have mixed opinions about transferring locals. Some of them believe it to be ratty behavior in general, and a few of them only believe it to be that way when a journeyman jams their ticket in another local, whilst saying it’s usually fine for apprentices because we haven’t fully established ourselves in this career field yet.
I’ve talked with the director for my school, about my situation, and he seemed fine with it, but told me to be anonymous about it, or not really say anything to the people around me, which was slightly concerning, but I figured it’s more for job security than anything else. I’m curious as to what my next move needs to be because I’ve already communicated between my local, and the one I’m in need of transferring to, but I’m still employed at my current job, and I know there can be consequences for an apprentice to quit his/her job if it’s not done properly, and I’d like to leave on the best terms possible.
What do I do in this situation?