How To Become A Electrician

09/04/2019 Careers,E,Education

If you’re really good with your hands & smart on your feet becoming a Electrician is a promising career & here’s why. There will always be a need for power and you can’t get power without calling a electrician.  A electrician duty consist of installing & maintaining wiring and components that keep electricity flowing through homes, offices, schools and factories. Some also set up the low-voltage wires that run computers and phones & etc.

In 2017, Electricians earned an average of $52k per year and up per year. Electricians has been growing at a rate about 8% to about 750k people in 2016 to 800k people in 2017. About 98% of Electricians are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. 81% of Electricians are White, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing about 8% of Electricians, Black is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. 

How To Become A Electrician

Some electricians are first hired as helpers, most begin as apprentices in programs that generally last four years and require 144 classroom hours and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training; one apprenticeship-sponsoring organization is the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). Some workers get a head start by studying first in vocational, technical or training academies, allowing them to start as higher-level apprentices; courses may focus on electricity; properties of conductors; conduit fittings; residential, commercial and industrial installations and heating and lighting practices.

An apprentice electrician must be at least 18 years old and have a high school diploma or General Educational Diploma (GED). Electricians should also be physically fit and have good balance, hand-eye coordination and color vision.

(souce: datausa.io )