Like can yall please just stay in the lineman and electrical field.
This field isn’t typically unionized so the sudden surge of workers only leads to lower wages.
I’ve gotten a job offer for an entry level position. However I’ve been having a nagging feeling that I should go through an electrical apprenticeship first , and having a jmans would be beneficial in the long term.
Has anyone wished they had gone through an electrical apprenticeship instead and then switch over to Field service work.
Currently a level 2 neta protection and control technician.
currently making 80$ an hour, but the work is boring.
Any former relay techs make the jump to lineman?
Almost everyone I’ve met who wants to join or knows of people who join mention the disability. Is this system sustainable?
Is it wrong for prospective recruits to plan for disability compensation?
If you develop sleep apnea as a civillian you get 0% disability.
If you so happen to develop sleep apnea in the military, even working at a desk job, you get 50% disability and payments for life.
If you twist your ankle as a civillian you get nothing.
If you twist your ankle in the military, you can now get monetary compensation for the rest of your life.
If you tweak your back while working out at the gym as a 21 college student , you get nothing.
If you tweak your back while working out at the gym working as a 21 year old with a desk job in the military, you get payments for life.
Also keep in mind you can still be 100% disabled and work as a lineman or electrician or any heavy duty job.
This is a light reaction, earlier I touched it and she yelped and tried to bite me.
Besides that she’s fine, eats normally, drinks normal and plays normal.
Another thing. I noticed she peed in my closet and while I was cleaning it some of it got on my hands. I noticed it had a slightly tacky feel to it, almost sticky but not really. Is that normal or am I overthink it .
26M, 5’9 226lbs 105 total test.
The numbers
About three weeks ago at a men’s health clinic. Fasted, drawn around 9:40 AM, run on a point-of-care analyzer rather than a reference lab:
• Total testosterone — 105 ng/dL (ref 214–1009)
• PSA — 0.96 ng/mL (ref 0–4.0)
This week through Labcorp, both draws fasted:
• LH — 4.3 mIU/mL (ref 1.7–8.6)
• FSH — 3.4 mIU/mL (ref 1.5–12.4)
• Prolactin — 21.7 ng/mL (ref 3.6–31.5)
**What’s confusing me**
The LH is what I keep getting stuck on. From what I understand, if the problem were with my testes, LH should be way up trying to compensate. Instead it’s sitting right in the middle of the range while my T is at 105. And the prolactin is technically in range for this lab.
Anyone else had this combination — very low total T with LH and FSH sitting normal instead of elevated? What did your workup turn up.
Did anyone actually get a cause identified, or did you start treatment and leave it at that?
If you started enclomiphene with LH already in the normal range, did your numbers actually move?
Appreciate any input from people who’ve been through this.
Also any recommendations on services would be appreciated, I’m kind of tight on money but I would love to finally feel normal again.
The lost test makes so much sense now, I was the guy everyone made fun of for going to the gym and never had anything to show for it. I’ve been struggling with weight loss for god knows how long. It always seemed like everyone was doing something right , they put on muscle like crazy meanwhile I’m over here struggling to make any progress.
Also, say I get 60% when I seperate. Can I immediately hire a VA attorney to work my way up to 100% would that be a good idea or should I wait?
Follow up with my PCM is a few weeks out I’m just a nervous wreck thinking about it.
It explains so much when I found out my T was that low I knew that there was something wrong when I struggled to put on muscle, workout partners would always surpass me.
I could go on forever , I was always that guy the shop made fun of for constantly going to the gym but never made any progress
What options were presented to you besides TRT?
I’m getting out of the military and my local utility has a spot they’re willing to give me. I’ll be starting as a relay tech 1 making 35-40$ an hour. On the other hand there’s veep, a couple of skillbridge positions, and my local utility also has a lineman apprenticeship spot they’re willing to give me aswell.
Kind of at a crossroads on which I should choose they both seem like a really good career.
I’ve done both electrical work, high voltage work, and also IT work in the military. So I gravitated towards relay tech but being a lineman sounds super enticing especially with how some of them pull 200k a year working 40 hours a week
Been thinking long and hard about this, I have mixed feels if in the next 5-10 years VA disability is harder to get. They’re already coming for sleep apnea and tinnitus, there’s people already locking in their claims but what about all of us future veterans? How is this fair?
Stuck between accepting an entry relay tech position or should I try and get into the ibew first and finish a electrical apprenticeship
IBEW electrical apprentice or go straight into protection and controls?
Seperating from the military soon and I’m in the window where I have been applying everywhere.
These are not guaranteed positions but I have some interviews with IBEW locals and some protection and controls technician positions.
Kind of torn on which path I should take, I have enough money saved and plan on using my G.I so I’ll be able to get through the first couple of years of my IBEW apprenticeship. IBEW journeyman card would be worth its weight in gold and I could always find another protection and controls tech spot.
However it seems like protection and controls technician positions pay really really well. I wouldn’t be wasting my time as an apprentice.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Seperating from the military soon and I’m in the window where I have been applying everywhere.
These are not guaranteed positions but I have some interviews with IBEW locals and some protection and controls technician positions.
Kind of torn on which path I should take, I have enough money saved and plan on using my G.I so I’ll be able to get through the first couple of years of my IBEW apprenticeship. IBEW journeyman card would be worth its weight in gold and I could always find another protection and controls tech spot.
However it seems like protection and controls technician positions pay really really well. I wouldn’t be wasting my time as an apprentice.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I’m leaving the military within the next 5 years and safety was more of an additional duty rather than a full time position. Safety was ingrained into all of us and we all at some point had to do safety inspections, updating maintenance records , safety briefs, risk management, etc.
I have multiple friends who are safety professionals on the outside and they all HIGHLY recommend it. They’re the reason I’m currently applying to Embry riddles safety management program.
I just want to get more opinions on this career field. Do you all agree it’s a good career to pursue?
I don’t have a passion for safety, but if it’s a career that rewards hard work, has job stability, good pay, then sign me up
Edit: Thank you for the replies. Also want to clear up some misconceptions about safety in the military. From my experience you can’t “force” people to be safe in the military either. You can educate, write people up, shut down job sites, etc - but at the end of military personnel aren’t being monitored 24/7 for safety.
Incidents still happen and we have to write up reports detailing what went wrong.