I am open to any of these.
I have underground electrical experience
Can you sub tech and cable splicing guys still storm chase and make good ass money from it?
Thanks just looking for some advice
Honestly just looking for some feedback as I am open to any of these.
I have underground electrical experience.
Do you guys ever in the lineman union ever wish you got into a different role within the trade such as outside line? Sub tech? Or cable splicing?
Can you still make good ass money and storm chase as a cable splicer or sub tech?
Thanks
Why do these guys wash up?
Physically demanding trade?
Long hours with traveling?
Book work?
Hazing from the Jws?
Why do most of these guys wash out? Traveling/ long hours? Book work? Physically demanding trade? Hazing of the job?
Not going to name any of these companies job sites or the name of my local to remain anonymous basically
I was at one of the biggest electrical contractors in the country, and I was doing a lot of hands-on work and learning a lot from the great JWS teaching me I was able to get in the lifts get in the trenches all sorts of stuff the only time I was doing bullshit is when it got slow and if I was doing it, everybody was doing it. I really like that company and have nothing bad to say about it. The only problem was the job site was extremely far from my house sometimes I was driving 2 1/2 hours to get home and an hour to get there
I ended up getting called from a Project Manager of one of the smallest companies in our local to work on a job for the same pay and hours way closer. I am working with a bunch of shop rockets that will sit when laid off and am doing about 60 hours a week right now very close to my house. The only problem is, I am not learning anything and I feel like I only got hired to be a spot the guys in the lift since it is a requirement on the site I have only been here about a month and it seems I’m the only person that only spots. everybody else gets a turn in the lift and they switch off spotting and being in the lift the apprentice I am working with barley lets me bend any pipe I maybe bend 10-15 pieces a week with the scrap and he doesn’t even put it up but he checks it and he says it looks good then it gets tossed I mentioned it to my foreman and he just said “ all the pipe is exposed it’s gotta look good” so we need the apprentice to do it and what kinda annoys me but I mean I get it is that the-other cw is working with a JW and teaching him a lot and he’s in the lift all the time and I said something about that aswell and he said he’s a JW it’s his job to teach him and they are doing non exposed pipe. I wish I could be working with him I get bored spotting and don’t learn as much as I want to.
Another thing that concerns me is my local from what I was told has more cws (pre apprentices) then JWS in the local which I believe him because there is a shit ton and he goes to all the meetings. I was told by my hall that 2000 people apply and the class size is barely above 70 and it’s only once cycle a year. I did the math and there’s about a 5% chance to get in. So it is very competitive. I have met cws/ces that have never gotten in and I have met some that got in after 6000 hours. I don’t get why there’s so much competition when all the other unions in the city pay more. I got some union in the family and there union is straight apprentices the other family members union and has a time limit for the Pres until they get indentured. (Not any longer than 1 year) for his union. I am concerned that I won’t get the apprenticeship might get laid off and not learn anything when this job ends. I have met a bunch of cws who have been in for 2-3 years and haven’t gotten in. There’s a route to become a jw with the cw path but you have to pass a test that gets harder every 2000 hours without schooling and do that 6 times until you have 12000 hours then your expected to pass the jw state test with 0 schooling. I live close to two states and the other state has locals that take on only apprentices and don’t have cws and does multiple cycles a year and takes on a lot more then my local. I just don’t know what to do. Go to a different local? As cws we are allowed to apply to different locals to take the apprenticeship test so we aren’t stuck our local for the only option.
Am I entitled? Should I shut my mouth?
Thanks anything helps