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Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by nullsense on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:20PM (#34266762)
I know nothing about the industry, but out of curiosity... what are considered the more interesting jobs?
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by prottog on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:35PM (#34267015)
I only know a bit more than nothing, but I'd wager anything industrial is considered more interesting. Single-family residential wiring, especially for new construction where there's nothing in the way, is so simple that even I, using just what I've learned being a homeowner, could meet code with it.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by baremetal on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:56PM (#34267373)
Industrial.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by SoftTalker on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:04PM (#34267511)
Yeah, industrial/institutional, high voltage, multi-phase, transformers, utility-level stuff e.g. generation and transmission, etc.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by baremetal on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:00PM (#34268209)
Industrial automation as well.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by alvah on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:34PM (#34270229)
24V / 4-20mA isn't really the same job though.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by quartesixte on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:17PM (#34269024)
Talk to contractors in any city with a hardware startup scene and they absolutely are making a killing. Lots of 220V, 480V, miles of 120V. Transformers, machine hookups. You name it.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by Infernal on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:58PM (#34269482)
220, 221, 222… whatever it takes!
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by systems_glitch on Thursday January 05, 2023 @09:21PM (#34270140)
208 and 277 as well!
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by jasondigitized on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:05PM (#34267518)
Higher voltage = Higher wages
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:07PM (#34268283)
And a perk, in casse of on-the job death, free cremation service included!
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by jxramos on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:21PM (#34267712)
commercial sites are supposed to be good; I know a commercial electrician and he'd talk about the many tech company headquarters and new buildings he and his team would wire up and do all the equipment for. This includes outlets, infrastructure like AC and any special equipment like fire alarms smoke detectors, any everything in between. He'd say working for government jobs were too slow, they took forever to complete, it was always more lucrative to go for private industry large construction sites like new malls, big buildings with large square feet footprints. Basically commercial real estate stuff.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by datavirtue on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:06PM (#34268269)
Commercial....wayyyyy different. Need to know a lot more. Employment sucks. I knew HVAC people and flooring people who had it made but they worked for themselves.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by quartesixte on Thursday January 05, 2023 @07:18PM (#34269036)
Industry and commercial construction got mentioned. But also, the film industry can be an interesting one. Really crazy voltages over there too.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by chrisdhoover on Thursday January 05, 2023 @08:38PM (#34269815)
Lineman, controls, fire alarm, even commercial is probably better then stapling romex and ruining joists.
Re:America needs carpenters and plumbers. Try telling that t... by Spooky23 on Friday January 06, 2023 @02:26AM (#34271916)
A guy I went to high school with was dangled from a crane to do stuff with a new turbine in a power plant. Sounded pretty crazy.