failed journeyman's exam, please advise

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alecthenice

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electrician
I didn't really work on anything that would have prepared me for the journeyman's test I took while I was an apprentice. Now I'm eligible for the exam and allowed myself to get blind sided by the exam, I've failed once so far and honestly was expecting to have passed it. Should I just take it again or try to exam prep somehow? I mostly did medium voltage distribution and some EMT in wall rough ins as an apprentice. Can anyone recommend a specific exam prep course and how long to devote to it?
 
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Alec, where in VA are you?

There are plenty of free tests online. Do you have trouble with certain code articles?
 
do you have any formal education in the trade or is pretty much all you learned from on the job experience?

To pass exam in most places you should know how to use the code, a lot of the test questions will usually be questions that either the answer can be found in code or you will be using tables in the code to do calculations.

Guys that start out as a helper with no previous education and are not in a union or other formal apprentice program often will not get a lot of experience using the code. Not sure what your situation is though.
 
My training sucked at my school. I wanted to get my master got mikes book and learned what I should of. Best thing.
Also tried master the NEC from another guy I forgot his name. Was pretty good also.

Get his book takes two months study 3 hours a day and you will pass. I still buy his books and do a complete study every 5 years
 
I am preparing to take the test right now using Mike Holt's exam prep book. I would recommend it.

After working thru the first sections of the book that cover various calculations and sections of the code book I'm doing 25-50 questions a day from the practice tests. It's getting easier every day.
 
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