I am a hands on Electrician. I can prepare and pass a test, it just takes a lot of commitment. I am committed to running a profitable business right now. It takes a lot of energy just to do that.
If it boils down to taking the test again, I will do it. It?s just a hard pill to swallow after, it seems like yesterday, to go do it all over again.
The test I took was 2 hrs business law 50 questions, and 4 hours electrical 100 questions.
I should feel confident, I turned my exam in when they called time for the journeymen exam. I didn't realize until I walked outside and started talking to one of the other guys in there. He told me "he needed to pass that journeymen test to make more money". I walked back in there to get the test back and they told me it was too late. I thought I had failed for sure, I answered 25 questions in 20 minutes, 78%.
It is an intimidating test. I was hoping I was past that.
If I test for anything it will be to get the EC, not just an alarm.
If you had asked me 6 months ago if I would ever do an alarm I would have said no way. Now I have found a need for it, to continue my business the direction I want it to go.