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apprenticeship

  • Aptitude test for the IBEW electrician apprenticeship

biographical

  • Aptitude test for the IBEW electrician apprenticeship
  • Reflections on 150 days of work
  • What is this all about?

conduit

  • Conduit bending and installing immersion
  • Making and installing lighting wire “whips”
  • Never miss a chance to shut up

cut-in boxes

  • I washed my notebook but remembered to write down how to cut in new outlet boxes

newbie

  • Conduit bending and installing immersion
  • First week tool use
  • I washed my notebook but remembered to write down how to cut in new outlet boxes
  • Identifying circuit colors in three phase 120/208 volt panels (or how I learned the Rule of 6)
  • Never miss a chance to shut up
  • Newbie jitters
  • Reflections on 150 days of work
  • Shocked by 277 and 120 volts

tools

  • First week tool use
  • Newbie jitters

union

  • Aptitude test for the IBEW electrician apprenticeship

wiring

  • I washed my notebook but remembered to write down how to cut in new outlet boxes
  • Identifying circuit colors in three phase 120/208 volt panels (or how I learned the Rule of 6)
  • Making and installing lighting wire “whips”
  • Shocked by 277 and 120 volts

Recent Posts

  • Reflections on 150 days of work December 6, 2018
  • I washed my notebook but remembered to write down how to cut in new outlet boxes August 9, 2018
  • Shocked by 277 and 120 volts July 30, 2018

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