Many people aren’t excited about the prospect of working in the same office from the time they get their first job until the day they retire. They cringe when they think about the length of time they’ll need to spend sitting underneath fluorescent lights staring at their computer screens analyzing data and preparing […]
Types of Electricians | StateCE
To a lot of folks, an electrician is an electrician. But if you’re involved in the electrical industry, you likely know that there are, in fact, many different types of electricians.If you’re an electrician or an electrical contractor or are thinking of becoming one, it’s important to understand the different types of electricians, the different […]
15 Tips For Getting Hired as an Electrician
Getting a job as an electrician requires relevant skills and credentials, preferably with several years of experience in the field. If you lack experience, starting a career as an electrician will require more gumption, since you’ll probably have to search numerous wanted ads and interview with various utilities, making a strong case each time about […]
Electrician Salary, Demographics, and the Future of the Industry
A vast range of industries need electrical work. While it is not a white-collar trade, an electrician’s salary can ascend the upper five figures. Upon completion of a training program from an electrician trade school, you could earn an electrician apprenticeship and work your way up from there. Electrician jobs are abundant throughout the country, with […]
Becoming a Female Electrician: What You Need to Know
Historically, women have often pursued work in traditional occupations such as administration, nursing, teaching, and retail. Even with nearly 60 percent of the women living in America participating in the workforce, conventional occupations like the ones just mentioned are still the dominant sources of employment for adult female workers. While there’s nothing wrong […]
Electrician Tools List | StateCE
Can you imagine today’s world if we suddenly lost all our electricity? It would be chaos. The electrical grid affects every part of our society from transportation to basic life needs like eating, cleaning, and communicating. As an electrician, you play a vital role to ensure our homes and businesses have a reliable electrical supply. […]
What Changed? A Look at the NEC 2020
With every release of a new NEC code book, electricians across the country find themselves faced with a large, unwieldy document that has many wide-ranging implications for their industry and their working life. With the current (2020) edition of the NEC code book comprising more than 900 pages, having an accessible guide to the most […]
What Changed? A Look at the NEC 2014
With every release of a new NEC code book, electricians across the country find themselves faced with a large, unwieldy document that has many wide-ranging implications for their industry and their working life. With the current (2014) edition of the NEC code book coming in at more than 900 pages, having an accessible guide to […]
3 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE ELECTRICIAN INDUSTRY IN 2021
Electricity tends to be one of those things people only start thinking about when something goes wrong. Just look at this past February, when a brutal polar vortex surge hit Texas hard and left thousands without power. Suddenly lots of everyday people who had never thought twice about what happened when they hit a light […]
Avoiding the Shock: Electrical Safety for Electricians
As one of the world’s first electricians, Benjamin Franklin discovered two very important things. Electricity can give you a shocking experience. Don’t fly a kite in an electrical storm. In the 200+ years that have followed Franklin’s kite-flying experiment, we’ve learned a great deal about how to use electricity and, importantly, how to handle it […]