JohnE
Senior Member
- Location
- Milford, MA
What are your personal opoinions on what an instructor should have for credentials?
I was having a conversation with one of my employees yesterday. He is in a class at one of the larger schools to prepare for his journeyman exam. Massachusetts has recently increased the number of schooling hours from 300 to 600, and it is divided into Journeyman1 and Journeyman2 curriculums. He is currently in Journeyman2.
He was explaining to me that he needed to go to a Journeyman1 class to make up one he missed in Journeyman2. He continued to explain that he couldn't be late as the instructor is very strict.
With further conversation he told me that the instructor was IN his Journeyman1 class last year, but only needed the 300 hours and became licensed last summer. So, within 3 months of becoming a Journeyman electrician, he is instructing the entire Journeyman1 course.
Now, I don't want to discredit his instructor. My employee says that the instructor is a "code junkie", which I respect and probably admire. And admittedly I don't know anything else about his background. But, if I were recomending instructor credentials, I'd like to see one with a Master's license and for a fairly arbitrary number, 5 years experience.
How's everyone else feel?
John
I was having a conversation with one of my employees yesterday. He is in a class at one of the larger schools to prepare for his journeyman exam. Massachusetts has recently increased the number of schooling hours from 300 to 600, and it is divided into Journeyman1 and Journeyman2 curriculums. He is currently in Journeyman2.
He was explaining to me that he needed to go to a Journeyman1 class to make up one he missed in Journeyman2. He continued to explain that he couldn't be late as the instructor is very strict.
With further conversation he told me that the instructor was IN his Journeyman1 class last year, but only needed the 300 hours and became licensed last summer. So, within 3 months of becoming a Journeyman electrician, he is instructing the entire Journeyman1 course.
Now, I don't want to discredit his instructor. My employee says that the instructor is a "code junkie", which I respect and probably admire. And admittedly I don't know anything else about his background. But, if I were recomending instructor credentials, I'd like to see one with a Master's license and for a fairly arbitrary number, 5 years experience.
How's everyone else feel?
John