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The original was posted on /r/electricians by /u/stick-it-inside on 2024-01-19 02:42:55+00:00.
in my area we are oversaturated with electricians. domestic and international level. there is zero way to get into the industrial side/plant jobs without having prior experience. There are immigrants with 15 years experience who get paid average wages and aren't even ticketed
My initial thought was to watch a bunch of YouTube videos and lie about my experience, I already have studied about motor control, have commercial troubleshooting experience and know ABOUT plcs/vfds and instrumentation but havent actually touched one ever. My hope here would be that i would get past the intial interview and hope that the employers/coworkers see that i am trying my hardest to pick up on the knowledge
What i do see are listings for apprentices in these industrial companies ( my thought being they want apprentices to be groomed to be the perfect j-man who does things the company way and a cheaper investment if person doesn't work out)
my other option was to lie about being a 3rd/4th year apprentice and make my resume reflect that of the best apprentice ever and try to get into an industrial job that way.
any thoughts?
ps- not trying to get into big industrial construction where you just bend rigid all day and pull cables for months. I'm talking about small company industrial where its mainly small projects,service/troubleshooting or plant work