Electric installation course

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I have been seriously considering starting some sort of Electrical installation course. We all know theres a shortage of qualified persons in the trade, I think it's has to do with both a lack of young people not wanting to say there an electrician rather then " hey I run a startup", and a lack of there parents, teachers etc not pushing them this way. Here in NYC there's a hand full of courses that are not that great . Apex is one and when we hire if they say they went to Apex we pass them immediately in most cases and it's not a cheap class. The high school I went to was a vocational school where I took Electrical installation and it was amazing I learned a lot. Of course feild experience is like no other but if you have a good foundation it helps alot.

So my thoughts are to set up a course first for the basics explaing the tools we use types of cable boxes conduit etc, and eventually have a moc house to wire space to install conduit and things like that, a real hands on class

I'm looking for ideas of things to add to the list to teach , ideas on how to recruit young people I was thinking about maybe reaching out to high School guidance counselors, local representatives I'm sure could help.

I'm in the very preliminary stages of this and looking for some input/ideas I know these types of classes exist in other states I'd love to hear your guys inputs

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Have you investigated the existing programs often run by groups like Associated Builders and Contractors or a Union program? They are facing the recruitment issues already..
 
Just a "heads up" - our illustrious Governor here in NJ passed this change in law for electrical contractors in December 2018. Basically it states the following :
During the five-year period the applicant shall spend one year as a journeyman electrician and four years in an electrical apprenticeship program accredited and approved by the United States Department of Labor, with proof of passage and successful completion of this program while actively engaged or employed as an electrical apprentice.
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This was done behind the scenes and not done through the Licensing Board as it should have been done.

That said, I'm only pointing this out because I don't know how things work in NYC. I would imaging that if you don't have an approved class on electrical installations you may not get people to sign up. I would look into that before investing any $$$.

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In New York City the requirements for licensing don't necessarily require you to have taken courses in an approved registered class. You need seven and a half years experience with a licensed electrical contractor in order to be eligible there's more ways to do it if you have taken a course or graduated in apprenticeship program it counts as two years

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nickelec said:
In New York City the requirements for licensing don't necessarily require you to have taken courses in an approved registered class. You need seven and a half years experience with a licensed electrical contractor in order to be eligible there's more ways to do it if you have taken a course or graduated in apprenticeship program it counts as two years

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Keep in mind such course or apprenticeship program usually needs to be one that is approved by the licensing department to count within their jurisdiction.
 
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