PLUMBER vs ELECTRICIAN: Which Is a Better Job?
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Everyone who watches my videos knows I'm a huge advocate for the trades. I get asked a lot which is better, being a plumber or being an electrician. You can probably guess which one I choose, but you have to see why!
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So, you heard my case but I want you to tell me: WHICH IS BETTER?
Plumber is better, im currently a student at Los Angeles trade tech once I complete my certificate in a few months, my dream is to move to Texas and work for Texas Green Plumbing!
Plumber, like you said if You get wet you dry off but an electrician gets shocked 😯
I know how you feel Roger. I have an evil twin too. People always blame me for stuff I didn't even do.
Roger Wakefield there sure is a lot of “buts” in this video n stinks like a plumber. I choose to work with electrical ⚡️
There both the same. You have to install either pipe or wire from point a to b. In plumbing a lot of the work done is more stationary and heavier than an electrician.
Electricians and plumbers will always feud just like Drywallers and Electricians or Drywallers and HVAC or Drywallers and other Drywallers...those damn Drywallers
I’m glad someone finally said it
Friggin drywallers.... they can do the whole project from start to finish themselves
Disagree. Electricians and plumbers have a mutual respect for each other. Atleast where I’m from.
at least it is universal that we all hate drywallers, they rush and rush you, they put their dry wall up in 2 hours, while you have to run 5 separated circuites of 60 m each for some stupid ad pannels in a fucking mall, it is a problem of management and they have to finish their job to get paid but at least make holes for my cables and take my cables out if you rush and make me and my coleagues run with 300 m of cable on the stairs at the 5th floor and do the connections and hear that they closed their pannels with your cable inside
Guys can't we agree on trade people are better than whiny entitled doctors and lawyers?
1st year apprentice electrician. Found this path at 31. Your never too old to learn something new
31 and start my first electrician apprentice job Monday
Do you need any experience to get a job as a apprentice?
Z winn no
Trying to get into a trade, but I am missing a left hand, anyone ever seen an electrician or plumber with one hand?
Starting my level 2 nvq plumbing and I am 40
I was a helper for a master electrian. Was doing some wiring on a ladder and got electrocuted. Fell off ladder broke my ankle. I'm a licensed plumber today. Lol
Electrocuted = Death by electricity
Just got shocked pal
Correction. Your right.
So is it like a daily thing being shocked? Don't they have safety equipment and stuff. I'm trying to chose a career and now the idea of being shocked is worrying me😂
@@anthonywilliams3048 people use that word all the time👌👍
An electrician I know told me that as an electrician, he was taught to always work with your non dominant hand, incase it got blown off. You'd still have your good hand. That was when i realised I wanted to be a plumber.
He told you the truth then.
@bbb sss apprentices are a dime a dozen.
Thanks for sharing that story. Now I have a clear idea which route I’m headed for.
@@doulayebangoura8318 😂😂😂
Well only if you're a gash electrician that would happen
Regardless of which trade is “better” we are all out there working hard and building America. Blue collar pride all day baby!
That's right
Murikaaaaa fuck yeah
Yup
Joshua Gardner you know it buddy
Amen brother
I went to trade school to be an electrician. Now I'm an accountant.
Having said that - there is a lot to be said about the value of learning trade skills.
To the young kids out there - if you learn these three things in life, you'll thank yourself greatly.
1.) Learn how to cook: not just to make something edible, but to actually understand cooking. Your wife may not always be there, or she may be sick and need help, or maybe she just doesn't like to cook and you don't want to spend $20-40 per night going out to eat.
2.) Learn a trade: Plumbing, electric, drywall, Mechanic, Welding. It will always be a great backup option should things go south for you financially.
3.) Learn to do your taxes properly! SO many schools should be teaching this life skill but DON'T! Go to your local CPA office and ask for a job as in intern, you'll learn more in one spring than college will ever teach you - and it will be something you can use for the rest of your life!
You say to have a trade as a backup, but why not as a primary job? I am 17 and just wondering as I am thinking about becoming an electrician
💯💯💯💯
@@roaming740 I say that because no matter what your primary is, having another trade as a backup is always a good thing.
If you're an electrician, you need to know how the other trades work/operate. If you know it well enough and have good networking skills, you might have a good fallback for when the electric union has layoffs.
@@roaming740because it’s labor intensive, and you’re going to want to spend time w family working from home if you could in the long run
I'm went to school to be an accountant and now I'm deciding between electrician and plumber 😆
Trades are the future. Everybody wants to go off to college and go into massive amounts of debt just to work in a cubicle all day. This well make the demand for tradesmen skyrocket which means more bread $$$
You make good money as long as you work ALLOT.
Michael Scott It depends which country do you live.
@@saladcaesar7716 exactly all the developing countries has a bunch of "techs" and they get paid dirt cheap and often die a lot , like cmon some of the hottest countries dont even have ACs! its still new technology for a lot people
Goat Like True. The same way being a plumber is a good career choice in Canada but a bad one in Bangladesh.
I’m 19 and just started my electricians apprenticeship. I’ll be honest it’s TOUGH work. I managed to find an Independent Contractor who does big jobs and needed a helper. I hit him up and now I’ve got a job. He demands a lot from me but it’s good because I learn quick this way. When choosing to go into the trades it just made more sense than college. Even if I went for something like Computer Programming or Engineering I like working with my hands. The pay is good and the work environment even better. 👍🏽
I was trying to decide between plumbing, HVAC, and electrical work. Plumbing ended up being the better fit for me in the long run. Less stress on your body compared to HVAC, more fun and unique jobs than electrical work, and you have a good reason to get messy. Can’t wait to start my apprenticeship and get my career rolling!
Brevin Ainslie good luck bro
Pro Hooper thanks, I’m going to need it!
@Brevin Ainsley I think this is one of the best jobs in the world! Where are you located?
Roger Wakefield Lansing Michigan, local 333
@@brevinainslie6357 with the cold up there, are you able to work all year?
Apprentice electrician here. Electricity is a beautiful and powerful energy. You must respect it and she’ll treat you right. Just gotta work smart. I love it so much and will look forward to doing it for the rest of my life.
Vicfit361 I love that you have found a career that you seem to be very happy about! I hope you always love it!
u get paid while you're in apprentice right? or u have to wait til u get hired
MIKE DADON yes you get paid
You sound like you just got electrocuted big time 😂 but im bout to finish my pre trade course too!
I'm an electrician apprentice to local 440...and we do get dirty also
I’m an Electrician and I’ve never been shocked, but I’m going to shock the world by becoming a Plumber!
As an electrician I can definitely attest to the idea that we don’t like to get dirty. Also one reason I kind of wish I had gone into plumbing is during this pandemic a lot of us were furloughed (temporarily laid off due to lack of work) where as pluming jobs skyrocketed due to people staying home and clogging up their sewer lines and septic tanks
I don’t think that’s what happened. Do You really worry about getting dirty? Or were you joking
@@murkyturkey5238 no i wasn’t joking, I’m a germaphobe and as far as trades go, electricians are the cleanest (we don’t clean up our messes but out job is the most sanitary 😂😂)
My school tried so hard to discourage me from going to a vocational school for half my day junior and senior year. Kept telling me im gonna regret not getting an advanced diploma but here I am with two cars a work truck and a 2,100 sq ft house when I was 24. Studied HVAC where I learned to thread pipe then moved on to plumbing for a year and a half, been doing Fire Sprinkler System inspections and service for five years now loving almost every minute of it
hahaha as a master electrician i actually loved this video
By the way, I'm a big fan of Gary Vee, I'd love to hear the story behind you talking to him about your business
Electrician U
You the best electrician, you are helping me on my aprenticeship , i watch ur videos and i take notes... thanks for everything , thanks to you im ahead of some people that have more time than me, i know stuff that people in my company dont know and thats thanks to you!! By the way im 18 years old, started electrical as soon as i graduated high school. You are my motivation! Keep it up!!
Dustin, you need to make a video with this guy
Would it be smart for me to pursue my electrain trade with metal in my back?
How much do you make?
You should get Dustin Stelzer from Electrician U on for a discussion!
Sam Bromley I’d like to see this
That would likely be such a passionate discussion. :-)
Sam Bromley that would be awesome!
Tru
Lol. Just discovered both of these guys within the last week. I completely agree.
I got all jacked up about playing in the mud - until they opened the sewer pipe. That aint MUD!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Plumber lifestyle 😎😎
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You gotta do what you gotta do
I’m a residential electrician i originally wanted to be a welder still may do that in the future who knows but all of the above are great traits to be in. My worst nightmare is being stuck in a cubicle answering phones. Be passionate in whatever you do and take pride.
I'm an electrician and I have a lot of respect for turd herders!
David Rios thank you for watching and commenting. Most of us in the trades respect each other! I hope you tell 4,000 of your electrician friends to subscribe to my channel. Maybe I can help them see the light... Thank you sir!
@@RogerWakefield We always hated the mud guys. There was always some guy on a big site who thought it was funny to flick a little mud on someone's back as they passed. Caught a few when they flicked the mud on one of our guys but didn't realize the rest of us were a little ways back and could see everything.
Respect the turds
@@jimsongworld8224 and the turd polishers
B Y plumber lifestyle 😎
When I first got into Plumbing I was with the local union on my first day I started talkin to the electrician foreman and he asked me why I became a plumber instead of an electrician I looked at man dead in the eye and said because s*** wipes off
William Knighton should’ve been hvac👍
@@Professor-taboo why do you say that
William Knighton because that’s what we do .😉
William Knighton it will always wipe off!
@@RogerWakefield yes but electricity won't
I want to be an Electro-plumber.
Owen Video What’d you think of the editing on this one!?
Otherwise known as a HVAC tech
luigi?
Owen Video I will teach you everything I know!
Owen Video working on the future electrified smart toilets !
You could argue that being an electrician there is a higher danger of getting an electric shock since the job involves working with electrical services but I think if you are worried about getting an electric shock you are a better candidate to become electrician then someone who isn’t. Once trained as an electrician you can identify dangerous electrical situations that nobody else can see so you’ve got less of a chance of getting an electric shock then an a person who is electrically uneducated (you inherit a duty of care to make sure nobody else gets an electric shock too by always looking at electrical infrastructure at work, home, shopping, out and about, wherever). Working around electricity is safe with the right mindset and the correct testing equipment. Remember electricians don’t get paid to turn things on we get paid to turn things off - isolate properly!
I don’t think anyone can be an electrician, you need to a person that is always thinking “how could this go wrong?” “If I do this, how will it effect that?”
Another thing to consider is electricians have to be comfortable with working at heights maybe a little more then plumbers.
A tip I learned in new construction residential plumbing. Be nice to electricians. They hook us up with 7/8 drill bits all the time. What they consider dull is perfect for a plumber with a file.
laoboyardee1 we should always be nice to each other. When we all work together it is so much better!
Been plumbing for a while and I love it. You learn way more than just plumbing, most people just don't understand
I'm an electrician but I have alot of respect for plumbers. Sometimes being an electrician is stressful. I'm sure plumbing can be tough at times but you have a good point about getting shocked!
Thanks for the comment brother!
If you still in , how can I get into this trade ? Just graduated I’m lost . What’s the stressful things about electrician !?
@@edwinjimenez960 Just think about it. You have to be super careful and precise. But then again every job is stressful.
Electrician here, going on six years in the trade. 31 years old and never regretting the career change despite working my first two years in industry and engine rooms on ships, incredibly dirty and fun! My current company have an electrician branch and a plumbing branch and the feud is glorious. Loosely translated we usually call the plumbers "pipe benders" while they refer to us as "glow worms" 😁
Good luck to you. Call them "leaky". They love it. Highly recommend u join the union. Best call I ever made.
Plumber: You get to touch biohazoardous water plus get to smell
Electrician: Possible injury/death if power isn't shut off
I'm a plumber apprentice. I did heavy diesel before and live in Canada. I learned some plumbing and electrician skills in collage. I found plumbing a more straight forward thought process. I don't mind getting dirty.
just wanted to add that I love the videos as well wanted to say y'all in Texas are in my prayers. best of wishes.
I am a painter but I respect all trades. Roger is a class act and watching your videos give me knowledge I otherwise wouldn't be exposed to.
One of the main reasons I'm leaning towards plumbing is I've been told by relatives who are in trades that electrician is more dangerous and for me safety is a really important deciding factor. I know all trades can be dangerous but I have the ability to be interested in either trade so for me safety is going to have a big influence on my end decision.
wow, im glad you point this out. this isnt being talked about enough. thank you!
As a apprentice in plumbing 2 months in, im glad i joined and repair is always in meed of new blood
I’m an electrician apprentice and I do love the little trade feuds. Keeps the day entertaining. I like messing with the carpenters more though, mainly because they think we’re the most lazy. I’ve always felt electricians, plumbers and sheet metal workers share the same common respect for each other.
I"m a union Carpenter and I"m thinking going to over the plummers or sheet metal
I can't stand tin bangers. Just my opinion though
@@Aimlifestyle sheet metal gets boring after a while.
Service is where it’s at bro
I work as an electrical systems journeyman in the USAF doing interior, exterior, alarms and airfield lighting. It’s got it’s good days and bad just like any job would. It’s a fun job and I’ve learned a lot but I’m really considering transferring to power production. I love working on engines, it’s my hobby outside of work, and I’d like to learn a new skill set. I love all the different trades and the fact there’s always a need for them. Thank you to all the trades workers, life wouldn’t be what it is without y’all.
Been an electrician for ten years and have gotten very dirty
Tyrone Biggums you must be doing something wrong! Not really. I actually come home very clean as a plumber too. Some people it really bothers, luckily I'm not one.
Just a bunch of demo and channeling going into walls and what not very clean work
@Phil Mccrevasse who do you think normally does more underground though. I didn't mean that electricians never get dirty or muddy. It is just not as often as plumbers... I think both trades do a great job though!
@@8enzloc I don't think it's as dirty as plumbing though. Do you?
@@RogerWakefield i have seen never seen a plumber get dirty really i dont doubt that it can get to that point but like everything els it depends on what exactly you are doing
The editing in this video is flawless. Hats off to you, mr editor!
Electrical side all the way!!😎
i’m an electrican i just started last year really and i love watching your videos. i’m fascinated with other trades.
Great channel. Stumbled upon it today. Love the humour, clear presentation and honestly some of the best editing ive ever seen. Lastly. Power to the sparkies haha!
I’m doing plumbing as of right now. Also got my pl01 license. Been doing commercial service for about 3 years now. I tried new construction but it was a bit boring for me. I like seeing the person that is paying the bill and knowing I made their life a bit easier.
Love the editing on this lol. Thank you for the video!
I was an Industrial Electrician for about 8 years then moved to a different job within the company to become an Automation Technician. I loved working as an Electrician, but the headache and frustration of having to deal with the mechanics patch jobs and dangerous improper fixes helped push me to move to a new job (More money helped too)
Great video @Roger Wakefield as usual. I set out to be an electrician like my grandfather, but after my first secret experiment at 10 years old with some parts I "borrowed" out of his garage without his knowledge, I was taught the hard way what can happen if you don't watch what you're doing. I ended up getting into electronic engineering where I can still see sparks without dying instantly. I'm still pretty sure plumbers AND electricians make more than engineers, as well they should, and don't have to worry about paying back tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. I've never liked swimming, mudding, playing in the rain or even spending more than 10 minutes in a shower, so plumbing was never for me. I watch your channel to be an educated consumer.
Right out of high school I started in the electrical union. Due to a careless mistake from my journeyman I got shocked and got thrown off my ladder (only about 6’ up) and I decided to leave. Now I’m looking into joining the union again, but this time the plumbers union. I’d rather have crap under my nails than to have an exit wound somewhere else haha.
Have shrapnel explode in your face from pressure testing piping. It's all dangerous
Evy Negrete it can all be dangerous. I have always enjoyed plumbing. I think it is a great career. I really don't have anything against electricians. I just like giving them a hard time! Check this out... ruclips.net/video/ACkqrX09GlE/видео.html
K M it can happen. You should never test at pressures that high though. We all have to be careful and work safely in all that we do.
I was a licenced plumber for 25 yrs
I recently achieved my electrical licence.
Now that I only do electrical work now, I'm able to bite my nails again. ..
@Sudan Nutellaboth good money, but electrical is the cleaner end of the trade. I install split system air conditioners, meaning I can complete plumbing and electrical work myself now. (Australia)
Hi. how did you do that? How to get both licences at same time?. Can i have your advice, I'm looking for a career and i love both of them,....HVAC too.
@@quanvu3630 4 years apprenticeship for plumbing, 4 years for electrical, and 1 year for refrigeration.
I did this over a 35 year period.
@@richardday2893 Total 9 years to get all of them. After i spend 4 year in plumbing and got the licence, need i quit plumbing job and do the same process in electrical?
@@quanvu3630 yes it's a Long trip but need some luck on the way.
This man's content right here... GOLD
Dewd, awesome video. We're all tradesmen at the end of the day. Plumbers have to know things, electricians, HVAC, even masons and drywall guys.....on the upper level plumbing stuff, there's some fluid flow and pipe sizing stuff that's pretty cool, bunch of code stuff...electrical there's all kinds of stuff to know, but it ain't rocket science. We get big time dirty ( at least I do) but, branch circuit stuff is easy as can be. Running big rigid pipe isn't as easy. When you understand how to do jobs, money can be made on both ends. Side jobs, deluxe. Neither one happens overnight either. Much respect to all the tradesmen out there. Keep on doing it. Lean on guys and respect their trade. We've all had to learn somehow. And he's right, you can fry your balls off as an electrician. You really shouldn't have to, but I've landed hot panels etc, because it was required by the job condition. But, im no green bean either. I know how not to fry myself. Still, would be better to do not live. No question. Pick a trade and roll with. Same kind of money, same kinds of learning involved. At the end of the day, you have to learn and know shit another guy doesn't, and be on a job making it happen with other trades.
Should get a master electrician to debate as well, not just a one sided discussion
hhtetris3 I can'y find any here in Dallas that will come on video with me...
Roger Wakefield Dustin steltzer from Journey2Master
@@RogerWakefield i know of a guy working at walker engineering, in the dallas area
@@erickdafoe2723 I will reach out to him! Thanks...
@@hhtetris3 have him contact me please...
Electrician is by far the better trade.
I hate getting wet while I'm working. I've done all the plumbing on my house and hated every second of it.
Much respect to the plumbers that come out to unclog my septic lines.
But that's service plumbing, actual new construction plumbing is clean and not like that at all, I see all the electricians busting their asses and have them come up to me and say they wished they had picked plumbing
@@vanillasky4221
Traitorous electricians!!
I've worked alongside new construction plumbers and you're right, it's not bad. But I'll choose wires anyday.
David Simpson I hate getting shocked. Wet doesn't bother me... Where are you located?
@@RogerWakefield
Lane County, Oregon
@@techdave05 good for you brother! It's beautiful up there!
I am a plumber and a combat vet. I kind of fell into the trade as most people do after the service, and finding out I could make a lot more in my trade then what I was going to school for. I'm also very driven, and spend a lot of my time learning, teaching, and trying to be better at what I do. I actually do electrical as well. Small thing's like jumping an outlet, or adding a breaker to a panel and what not. I respect all the trades; even though we all talk trash about each other for fun, but I'm happy with the trade I am in. If you're a hard worker, and have problem solving skills, and/or common sense you'll succeed. Also I have many friend's I've made through different trade's, and companies that you can reach out to to expand your knowledge. I worked in an office for about 7 year's before joining the Army, and I tell you what I'm not sure I could go back to that. I like what I do, and I like being the guy people come for with the right answer.
Christopher Retallic thanks for serving. I'm glad that you like what you are doing now. I hope you enjoy it for many years!
Our company is plumbing heating and air. Only been 3 days there. So I don't know much. But I can tell you I love plumbing and HVAC. I'm so blessed to have the opportunity to learn. Im 41 young but wished I would of learned this early in life. I'm an ex flatbed driver and went to machining, now I'm here. Much love
I'm an retired nyc elactrician,for 35 yrs and it was the best job I've had.I loved the job and I enjoy it.
Electricians cant cry, its dangerous for us. It lowers our body's natural resistance and makes us more susceptible to shock. But what would make us cry is to be a plumber and drown in poo. I had to throw in a lame joke at the end. Either way they're both good trades. Its good to know a bit of both. Any knowledge on how to build something or work on something is always good.
Karl Beerman they are both great trades. There is a lot of respect between the trades too. Or, a lot of fighting!
Lol how does crying lower ur LOL it really just matters how dry ur skin is
Depends how much you cry I guess. But electricians dont cry.
Crying makes you a bad electrician...people get shock when they find out that I am a bad electrician...
As a electrician I’m gonna say that is false. I work with cry baby’s all day everyday.
Was looking to get into the trades applied for the electrian union. The process was very long with don't contact us just wait for the next step, did my test interview everything haven't heard anything in 6 months. My wife's uncle got me in to be an apprentice for a plumbing company and it only took a month and I've been loving it every day. I know the processes I spoke about are far different but I'm still happy how everything worked out.
hey roger, I see your channel is just starting out! I like your style and thanks for all the helpful information. Appreciate what you're doing.
Caleb Ross thank you. We are new but we are starting to grow really fast. If you like it tell 4,000 of your closest friends to subscribe!
I am licensed pipe filter / welder and licensed journeyman / master electrician all the trades are
Important and all make
Good living. I’m firm believer if u can do one trade u can learn to do many others. Being good craftsman knowing how to read prints and biggest part is just giving a shit about what u r doing have pride in ur work so u can provide
For family and pass it down to the next
Generation
+Dav Cot you are amazing sir. I love your enthusiasm!!!
Can u be my dad
JakeMCGreen not sure about @Dav Cot but I am trying to get rid of the kids that I have now... Where are you located?
Whenever this topic comes up the painters quietly back out of the room.
Well painters dont get bitched at much unless they're messy.
It really is about knowledge you accumulate in any field. The more you know the more efficient and safely you execute a task. It’s gotten to the point where Ive done everything hot for the last few years. Never have to turn circuits off anymore, which could disrupt a business that’s currently in operation. Unless it’s serious voltage and wire sizes exceeding 500’s. Great video 👍
Electrician here for 5 years and I love it. Every day is something new. I've done a mix of residential new construction, remodel and service and commercial remodel and service
Oh your good sir 😂 just started plumbing but have about 3 years construction experience I'm excited to learn
Great video! Watched this when i woke up! I thought i was still sleeping when i saw 2 of you!!
Grizzly Freight we are having fun in the studio. Are you enjoying the videos?
I love the editing style on this video
Rah we are having fun. That is for sure!
I’m a plumber, but most things we do nowadays is work on waterheaters.
In the Netherlands plumbers are more of a jack of all trades. Water, gas, ventilation, we even do some electrical!!
Omg hey I'm so happy to have found this comment its a dream of mine to move and live in the Netherlands I was wondering how HVAC holds up over there. I should mention I'm from Canada and holding a G3 and G2 license for Ontario. Thanks
the edits have me laughing my ass off. another great vid!
I'm an electrician and a plumber I love doing them both but I especially love the troubleshooting and different scenarios Involved in residential service work
How and what age did you get started?
Thank you for the comparison Roger. I am definitely looking into a side gig and this video helped out a lot!
Love your channel brother. I am a Texas Journeyman commercial electrician out of San Antonio. Open shop my entire career. The past 5 years I have done service/technician work. I did residential plumbing for a few years before switching trades. It has definitely benefited me over all. I love both trades, I just saw more opportunity and money in the electrical trade. My pay is excellent. I was recently offered two separate opportunities one for elevator technician and one for equipment technician. Both offer much more pay + travel. I am a bit torn because neither require a Journeyman license hahaha. On that note, I always kick myself for not pursuing my Texas Journeyman Plumber's.
Awesome vid. I've been a Journeyman Elecrician for 10 years now. My best friend is a plumber. We razz the shit out of each other constantly. It's all in good fun. Both very good trades
I'm an Electrician who does alot of multitasking. I also do plumbing and just about everything else. I enjoy the variety my job has. It all depends on the individual. Making yourself marketable is key.
So you do electrical, plumbing and other trades at once? Can you do one of them properly?
@@germs951 I wouldn't take on anything I couldn't complete with confidence. I just take my abilities seriously.
Thanks for posting this. As an electrician in Toronto this debate has been ongoing for as long as there have been tradesmen. Correct in saying it's really just a matter of preference.
My next door neighbor took up a plumbing apprenticeship and promptly quit after only a week on the job, it seems they were called out to change the motor in a sanitary sump pit, took the cover off puked his guts out and left.
Just took my journeyman's test for plumbing, here in Sioux falls SD! Want to thank you for all the help! Also wanted to say that the editing in this video is hilarious 😆
Benjamin Armijo congratulations. Was it harder than you thought? We are having fun here, that's for sure!
I would definitely have to say it was easier then I thought! I was really stressed out about the closed book portion of the test. It ended up being alot of definitions and common knowledge you can find in the code books! Passed my state test and I am getting ready for our city test!
As an electrician, I can say that it really do depend on who you ask and what kind of work you prefer to do.
I’m an electrical and Instrumentation technician and I’d have to say by far the best career choice I’ve ever made. I’m 20 years old with 2 associate degrees and 5 electrical certificates and I got hired at a paper mill making 30 dollars an hour. Electricity is way more complex than plumbing. Being an E&I is 100% more complex than being just a journeyman electrician. You have to know how to fix anything in the plant that may go down, the machine you may be working on may cost 35,000 an hour to run. I definitely recommend becoming an e&i, the schooling has made it where I know how to do almost anything in any trade.
NoScope you can live without electricity but you can’t live without water that’s what separates us from third world countries 💯
Or substation tech or splicer or.......
Am an industrial Electrician, however i have a lot of respect for Plumbers and the art of what they do. i don’t know a lick of plumbing and sometimes i look around in the manufacturing plant just wonder what all goes into the cool runs that they make and the skill set required, always nice to know the plumbing technology involved.
As a soon to be jr in highschool, I find it really cool that this man makes it comical and interesting to learn about plumbing and things about the trades in general, genuinely cool
I appreciate that! We love to educate and entertain!
Great video 👍🏽 I leaned towards electrician. I’m attempting to get hired into the ibew. Finally got a date for my apprenticeship test next month.
My father was a plumber who became an electrician. I've done a little of everything. But then, I'm an environmental scientist working in information technology. I sure am glad there are people who focus on one thing.
Starting an apprenticeship and I really love the opportunities you have as a plumber. I see soooooo many job postings online all over the country and theres so little plumbers to meet demand. Its definitely a great paying career and I honestly can't wait to start doing it. I am thinking I am going to start commercial because everyone, including a guy who I know knows plumbing says its better for your skill set. I am looking to get licensed and someday get the master license, which is when we start talking big money.
I love your editing!! very creative!
New sub... 3rd year Electrical apprentice.... Love yall
Im learning to do it all with the folks I work for now. And I’m going to school to be an electrician. Open my own business in about 3-5 years doing electrical, plumbing, drywall, carpentry, and general remodeling for homes. I thought about doing a moving business along side that.
How’s it going so far
First year electrician here I just enjoy hearing your side about plumbing and how you feel about the trade. I’ve met some funny cool plumbers they all love their jobs and make good money. They’ve also don’t electrical work but don’t like getting shocked
Apprentice Electrician here, and so far I like your channel
when looking at local union pay rates here in eastern wahsington, plumber is higher pay than an inside wireman by $5 ($41 vs $36) - though that is union, and one thing about plumbing, everyone has to poop :) though if you went into low voltage/energy electrician there is less risk of getting shocked lol, but the pay is less too as its only 4800hrs for journeyman in WA
whoever does your editing, you're doing a good job!
Thank you! I really appreciate it (:
Loved the video and I am not in any of those trades but I got to say I am leaning to the spark of life
Good job with the video man
I really enjoyed your video. I'm actually a computer programmer in Silicon Valley, but I DIY electrical (replace switches and receptacles, add a new circuit for led can lights), plumbing (replace faucets and toilets, occasional soldering copper pipes), and HVAC (replace 24V transformers, replace flame safety boards, replace bad caps in blower motors) in my house. I like doing physical work and Silicon Valley is a pretty expensive place.
You are doing wonderful. I started this channel for people like you.
How much do you make as a programmer in silicone valley?
@@supercooldude824 $177k, however I also get a pension, which is difficult to value in relation to total salary. One method financial analysts use to calculate the value of a pension while the employee is still working and has many years left before retirement is to ask how much the "lump sum value" is if the employee quits today and wants all the money immediately instead of the monthly checks for life. I've been working at my current job 11 years and the lump sum value of my pension is worth $500k if I were to quit today. Note that taking the lump sum can be a very poor financial choice (or the optimum choice) but is depends on the specifics of the employer pension plan.
@@donaldlee6760 Also, whether the money will even be there. Many have lost retirement due to companies going bankrupt, etc.
@@Kathleen67. - I previously worked for Continental Airlines in the HQ (in Houston, Tx). Soon after starting I was shocked that the airline already had 2 or 3 bankruptcies over the previous 60 years. This came up because sometimes people would call up the HQ and say they found their parent's Continental Airlines stock in the attic and we would explain that that Continental Airlines doesn't exist, so that stock is worthless. It's funny that Continental Airlines HQ in downtown Houston was next door to the Enron HQ. There are hardly any more public companies that still do pensions so employees losing their pension due to bankruptcy is no longer a problem (maybe still a problem for coal miners). Even when the city of Detroit went bankrupt, the city employees pension payments were immediately reduced by 4% and those retirees also no longer got a yearly cost of living increase (final settlement by the bankruptcy judge). Detroit was in a terrible financial state so I was surprised that their pension was reduced by such a small amount.
As an electrician I've laughed and enjoyed video so much. Also seen serious side of it. For sure a man of the trades lol. Good stuff.
Mike Rod I believe the trades are the future. There is so much demand right now and it's only getting worse. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That line about “would you rather work with water or electricity” really helped me decide that I would rather be a plumber. That and my ibew instructor joking about wishing he was a plumber on the daily
Im a 5th year apprentice working on my clas 110 hours for my journeyman test in 2020 here in MA and ill admit theres days ive just thought about throwing in the towel and moving/doing something else but with the finish line close and the opportunity ahead with the added security with employment im so happy i never gave up on the trade and always tell people they should highly consider it.
The editing in this video is 10/10
I'm a plumber. Been doing it since 05
Just discovered your channel. Love it. Subscribed.
Love the direction the channel is going in. The humor is just as good as the info!
Brandon Hamilton we do believe in having fun! Where are you located?
@@RogerWakefield Alabama!
@@shineperishingrepublic please don't tell me you are a 'Bama fan...
@@RogerWakefield unsubscribed
@@shineperishingrepublic that's rough brother. I'm a Longhorn fan...
I'm & electrician & plumber, but there's something about current that just excites me
your licensed in both?
I'm a former electrical apprentice. I moved over to Sheet Metal because I was tired of getting shocked with mislabeled panels. Besides, the benefits are amazing.
Can you give me more information on the sheet metal trade?
I’ve done both plumbing and electrical. With that being said I mostly do electrical but it’s good to know both trades and understanding and respecting your surroundings.
Elijah Bernal they are both great to get into. Do you still do both? I know you said mostly electrical.
Yes I still do both and HVAC as for the company I recently worked for did all three trades so I became knowledgeable on all 3 and do jobs with plumbers on the weekends and on the weekdays electrical.
@@theone4412 you are like me. I used to work 3-4 jobs at a time to get ahead while I was learning and growing. I loved doing different things though. Thank you for commenting!
I’m in UK and studying plumbing but hoping to study an electrician course after I’ve finished as I feel the 2 could come in handy and know I will always get a job---- loving plumbing so far would encourage anyone to do it
James Caborn they are both great professions! I hope they work out well for you!
Im an electrician, and i could not stop laughing at your video....
Jedi vs Sith
Arcanum 101 Electricians got that force lightning 😎
@@arcanum1018 more like, nurses vs janitors
@@funyun who is who?
@@trueislam8696
Which one do you think you have to go to school for?
I’m currently in my second semester of plumbing at Los Angeles Trade-Technical college just 2 more to go then I graduate an earn my two year certificate, than after I’ll complete 12 more units an get my plumbing AS degree 👍🏽
good luck bro
How much will you be making a year after you get your plumbing AS degree???
I live in downtown LA and was planning on going into plumbing at that same school. After you get your two year degree, what’s next? Become an apprentice for another 4 years?
I’m looking into a plumbing apprenticeship after working for a sewer drainage company but my dad is a contractor and says plumbers are lazier when it comes to lifting heavy materials. Dad is a carpenter