brian john
Senior Member
- Location
- Leesburg, VA
IMO allowing a lower standard for homes is just plain stupid, and does nothing to protect the consumer at all. An industry full of two plus year (4800 hour) journeymen... Running their own work and allowed to train others....[/QUOTE]
In our area, almost all the residential electricians (the ones wiring track homes) speak english as a second language. I would bet almost none of them are licensed (though the residential guys never had licenses, from the days I did residential work in thte early 70's).
To me (JUST MY OPINION) wiring track homes becomes assembly line work and is fairly simple to learn. What really takes a skill is residential service work and following all those unlicensed electricians correcting the problems they create.
I have always liked to get an apprentice or electrician that started in track homes got bored, and then did residential service, these guys can trouble shoot just about anything.
In our area, almost all the residential electricians (the ones wiring track homes) speak english as a second language. I would bet almost none of them are licensed (though the residential guys never had licenses, from the days I did residential work in thte early 70's).
To me (JUST MY OPINION) wiring track homes becomes assembly line work and is fairly simple to learn. What really takes a skill is residential service work and following all those unlicensed electricians correcting the problems they create.
I have always liked to get an apprentice or electrician that started in track homes got bored, and then did residential service, these guys can trouble shoot just about anything.