ceb58
Senior Member
- Location
- Raeford, NC
A little background. My youngest son is 19. He has been working with me pulling wire,wireing homes, services and light to med. commercial work since he was 10. He is working now with a medium size electrical contractor and going to school at night for his electrical certification. So he is not unfamiliar with the work or work in generial. He is thinking hard about joining the Army and working as an Interior Electrician. Their job description is what you would find for most shops for that type of work and not much,if any, than he is used to.
Question. Have any of you, that were in the military, do any of this type work or get your start in the electrical field? If so what was the up side and down side?
The only thing I see is the pay. I think with his experience he could come out of boot camp as an E3. If he puts his mind to it he could go ahead and take the NC contractors exam and go in with his license which may bring his rank up. They list the base pay for an E3 at a little over 20k, but that doesn't include any allowances he may be entitled to.
Any experiences?
Question. Have any of you, that were in the military, do any of this type work or get your start in the electrical field? If so what was the up side and down side?
The only thing I see is the pay. I think with his experience he could come out of boot camp as an E3. If he puts his mind to it he could go ahead and take the NC contractors exam and go in with his license which may bring his rank up. They list the base pay for an E3 at a little over 20k, but that doesn't include any allowances he may be entitled to.
Any experiences?