A career as an electrician is exciting, purpose driven and rewarding. You can expect good pay, job stability, and the flexibility of working your own hours. To be a electrician, you will need to get electrician training. If you are still in high school you can prepare yourself by taking courses in that involve math, science and if available electronics. These classes will prepare you for your entry into the electrician training at which ever school you choose. If you choose not to go to a trade school or university, you can also consider the armed forces. The electrician training in the armed forces is second to none and you will be able to apply your knowledge immediately.
Another added benefit to this form of training is that any school training that is required to become certified will be provided to you by the armed forces. However, maybe neither of these choices is appealing to you. In that case you still have another option left to fulfill your electrician training. You can apply to local electrical contractors as an apprentice. An apprentice is a paid trainee that learns his or her skill while on the job. This choice has a benefit to the employer and to you, you are getting paid to learn, he is getting a reduced cost labor force.
But let's say you just want to go to school, you should probably research the schools you are interested in to find out what classes you will be
required to take under the electrician training program. Now the problem with going to an institution is that the hands-on training is minimal and you will still need to complete an apprenticeship. However the benefit of a book learned education, as well as the degree you receive upon completion will help you succeed in the next phase of your electrician training. It will provide you with more ideas and solutions to fixing everyday problems, how to design and implement better electrical connections and other various skills that can then be applied to the real world. It will also make finding an apprenticeship a lot easier as you will already be able to prove a working knowledge of the job and your employer will not have to constantly babysit you while you learn.
Once you have completed your electrician training courses either at a school or by an apprenticeship you will have to apply for your electrician license. A license shows future employers or customers that you have met the minimum required training. Generally that is around 144 hours of class room training and 8000 hours of apprenticeship (four to five years). Having the license is however not the end of your electrician training, you should continue to strive for more education so that you can learn new ways of dealing with problems. Also, the world is evolving as we push to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels; the need for electricians will be in higher demand.
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