Ms. Hanson, I've been an IBEW industrial electrician for over 30 years. You have such a great attitude and perspective. I have great respect for you because you've "paid your dues", so to speak. I've both worked with and helped train ladies in the trade many times. Any male dominated trade is tough for women to be in. But I'll tell you what, those that stick though it, gain the experience and qualifications and make it through the apprenticeship will garner the respect of the team. My hat's off to you. I hope you find what you're looking for in life. All the best!
This girl is a go getter I like it! Respect that she had the "metaphorical" balls to do a mostly male dominated field! She learned her shit and stuck with it, shows commitment! Respect ✊
@@lllIlIlIIII why are you attacking he gave her props, some fields of work are "dominant" male jobs such as roofing, tree cutting, auto mechanics, working on oil rigs, ect. Now days women are coming into the "dominant" fields of what was once all men working jobs. Women can do men jobs and just as good if not better soo no hate on gender just a reality check on what life was and now is.
It's interesting, you went from electrician to wellness coach, and I went from yoga, herbs and wellness to the electrical field, and it has totally changed my perception of life. Like a huge thing was missing up until now. I kept wondering about the situation of myself and others not making progress. Having dealt with every aspect of the body-mind-spiritual connection there was a point where I realized how EMF's were able to seriously affect us. I work with electricians, tracking down code violations in electrical systems. I get spider webs in my hair, the rest is like asanas :D. Yes a bunch of wires I sometimes have to measure for hours, just like yoga patience is key. The mind just gets into a quiet space. At some point I realized the obvious, that the human body Is also an electrical circuitry, with chakras as the breakers in a panel. When the mind goes nuts in thoughts its the stray current... And the spinal cord is like the equipment grounding conductor, Actually seen research that says this.. One electrician I worked with, we both agreed humans should be grounded, too. It just has the most amazing mind clearing and pain removing properties to get on the Earths potential., Now I make sure I do that every day and developed techniques based on awareness of how electricity works (out in nature and man made) Anyway thanks for sharing your points.
I teach electrical tech school in California. I show this video to my students, it is great attitude builder. I was a contractor for over 50 years, and would have love for all my electricians to have your attitude. Thank you for the video, my female students get a big boost from it.
How do you find the right trade school to go to I don’t want to go to one that is a scam or anything I’m in California also and I just graduated hs and want to become a electrician
I was an electrical apprentice in Alberta before I got laid off due to the oil prices dropping. I graduated with a B.A. from a university in Ontario before I decided to go into the trades. I can completely relate to everything you talked about here. I feel like I was watching myself talk hahaha. Loved the video!
One of the best things about Electricians and most construction trades is the pride we take in our craftsmanship. For you and everyone to physically see your finished work. I will never forget walking away from some jobs in pure awe of what I had my hands in. It's an incredible feeling, making me instantly nostalgic of the place (and sometimes the people) I was leaving.
LOVE THIS VIDEO! Thank you so much for sharing. I just started an apprenticeship a few months ago and i was feeling like giving up. Youve inspired me to stay on this journey and work hard 💛💛💛
I totally understand what she's saying. I started out on my own at 18, doing my own business and by the time it became necessary to get my license I already had 12 years of experience so it was a bitch having to sit there and be instructed like I was a child. Once I got all legal my pay decreased 50 percent and I never even did a switch gear or a panel for the following 2 years because I was labeled a first or second year apprentice. Then I worked for a company in Detroit that temped me out to many different electrical contractors and I had to prove myself over and over again every other week. That was the shitty part of my career. After a year or so people would remember me and say they were glad I was sent to the job which was nice but it wasn't easy to get in that position. Then is what happened is these contractors would request me through my company to do some serious jobs and I was still only making $15 an hour while I was running entire floors sometimes by myself or maybe I had one or two of the contractors apprentices that were assigned to me. I think it would have been easier to get my apprenticeship before I went out on my own. Another thing also is just because someone is a 1st or 2nd year apprentice it doesn't mean they're not capable of running their own business and likewise a journeyman is not necessarily capable of changing bits in a hammer drill so... Schooling isn't the cats ass when it comes to electrical. I find the best electricians are the ones who started fucking with electricity at the age of 5 or 6. Folks often also find out the hard way about how much labor is involved, crawling into deep holes half full of water or rolling around in fiberglass insulation in 130 degree attics and there's also the aspect of stupid shit that a customer wants but just isn't going to happen. One thing believe it or not, that my old bosses liked about me (eventually) is I have a motto that goes "Sometimes the answer is no". And I had to fight to maintain that style. I'm not going to do stupid shit just so you can plug a lamp into a solid concrete wall. I'll set you a box and pipe it but I'm not going to cut into the cement and fiddle fuck with one outlet or switch for 12 hours when it's 104 degrees with fuck you percent humidity. It's definitely a sink or swim trade to be in and as long as you have a reasonable work ethic, you really have to stick to your guns. Even if that means going through a few different companies.
I really appreciate and can resonate with you on this. I'm currently on a trial basis for an electrical apprenticeship. It's nice to hear that you gradually learnt and understand different aspects of the job in different ways. I think this is something I need to think about whilst working and not just let the present (be it tedious/boring) shape my thinking. Great video! Thanks
I needed to hear this. You don't get many words of encouragement in this line of work. Been dreading trying to find a job and go back to work as a recently laid off 4th year. I feel so under prepared to be a Jman, especially with ADHD.
Why did I watch this video? Because I am a degreed Mechanical Engineer and I sit at a desk all day. I took a residential electrician class in high school and loved it. My dad pushed me to college. I realized that I am a blue collar kind of guy more than a white collar kind of guy. I only take home $30 per hour, and I think this profession, even with the cost of all the tools, will net me more cash at the end of the year than my current position. And I can be outside of the cubical playing corporate america games. :-p. I do a lot of electrical work around my house, so I think now is the time to see what training options are out there. Buy buy you corporate america A holes.
@@cantthinkofaname4616 college is over prescribed for one. You have to pay a lot for school only to be one in a million. The trades in cases like this pay you to learn and have a more fulfilling job.
Thats cool to see an electrician thats a female. I know of triplet framer girls who were all badass framers. Its very hard to work around attractive women in the construction field and i too wonder if you were treated any differently then i was when i was trained. I started at 17 and now that im 30 im so glad i was given a chance to get shocked and make great friends throughout the many hard working years. Congrates on staying with it. Most people get shocked once and never wanna work again. I am one who has shown up everyday and been one of the best in every company ive worked for. But i could have never done it alone. The hardest times are when you lose a friend on the job that you were just talking to senconds before. I got hung up on 277 which deopped me of an 18ft ladder ripping tbar down everywhere and after hittin ? The ground continued to fry for another couple minutes while other trades just looked at me in fear. Nobody knew what to do and as i saw memories of my past flashing by i remember seeing my foreman split the crowd grab my linesman and cut the line. Sinnce we were building a hospital the next one was a ways away, but when i woke up there i had the hole crew waiting. I was purple for a few day from the ultra violet burns beneath my skin but im still love my job. Its scary when you see steam coming from your pores and realize that burning smell is actually you. So always keep a piece of wood near you so other trades dont go looking for somethin to hit you with, they dont always have good ideas. Congrates once again to making it a career you love as well. Can you do a cold switch threeway? Just to rattle your brain :) yes its possible even though its rare.
about 6 months in myself and i was shocked like that but not for minutes, brought the t bar down a bit i was standing on the ladder wrong, facing away from it and i was trying to be sly working hot while all these grounds are above me in the ceiling, well i got shocked and i saw white in my eyes from the electricity ended up dislocating both shoulders from the shock it's called posterior dislocation now it's been two weeks since then and i just want to keep working but i haven't been called in for a job yet, i hope it works out
Wow. I hope you guys are fully healed now. How have things been going? I've been trying to get into electrical for a year and just got accepted into an apprenticeship. I know it's dangerous work but I'll do my best to learn from people like yourselves and help others stay safe too. Thanks for sharing
Good advice, when you're staring at a rat's nest of wires the best thing to do is to get the obvious out of the way first and foremost. It's good to remember that no one knows everything, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. My strengths are in troubleshooting and visualizing complex systems - my memorization of certain parts of the electrical code are my weakness which if there's something I'm not sure about I'll search for it in the code book which I have saved on my phone. Also I'm used to mostly working alone or just with a single helper. When I have more than one helper I find it hard to delegate work, as I like to have stuff done neatly and in a certain way.
James Balducci exactly! I love the trouble shooting. Running big conduit is fun. I don’t enjoy huge cables as much. You must have good skills in giving instructions to your helper.
Eh be nice people... skilled workers in this country are fading into oblivion. Its good to see someone explaining their experience as an electrician and actually being able to articulate it. Might convince more people to join our craft!!! Keep it up!
This has nothing to do with her being a woman, but if you're in front of a panel with all the wires hanging down to the floor and you don't know every aspect of where they go then you don't need to be doing a panel like that. Other than that it sounds like she's got a good head on her shoulders.
Wizzle great input! The particular panel I was thinking of had not been fired up yet. It was overwhelming at first. I wasn't sure where to begin. I was an apprentice. As I began with what I did know, It became more evident. Your right there are dangers and being educated, and sure of your next move are essential.
Altered Self Wellness Coach Mandy Hanson But granted, starting at a panel that someone else pulled is a lot harder than one that you pulled yourself because THATs when your like WTF? because then you have no clue what's what. If you ran the pipe and pulled the wires then you have a good idea. Matter of fact I'm working on one today that someone else pulled all MC cable to it and it's such a fucking mess I think today is one of the few days I rolled my eyes. I couldn't believe how terrible it was. All the MC was woven in and out and it was already strapped so you couldn't follow anything by sight. Nothing was labeled, all the strands were untwisted and the hots and neutrals weren't paired.. What a mess. 42 space panel, 15 lights on a 4 way switch setup with double pole double throw contactors. I want to say 60 recepticals.
Mandy, thank you for this unusual video. I came across it by accident. I am surprised it did not garner more likes. (40K+ views and < 425 likes) I appreciate the honesty portrayed here. This does not seem like Manly-Man talk which may explain the lack of likes. It seems like all these factors coalesced to help you with your life skills. The (primary) enabling factor (moment of insight) seems to be rule 7 - Believe in yourself. I actually watched this all the way through several times to extract all of your rules. Here’s what I got: 1. Take actions, however small to move toward the end goal. Learn as you go and fill in any gaps by any means available. 2. Model others. Leverage the experience of others, this can save a lot of time but beware of rule 5. 3. Be patient, work at your skill level but keep focused on improving your skill set. Understand that you cannot move immediately to your end goal skipping important milestones along the way. 4. Reliability/Consistency. Make this a personal trait. This is important in anything you may choose to do. 5. More than “one way to skin a cat”. Observe/learn various way of accomplishing a specific task/goal. Then be selective about what you choose to use. 6. Leverage the strengths of others. Leadership skill. The most effective leaders maximize productive output by utilizing the strengths of team members effectively (and avoiding ineffective task assignments). 7. Believe in yourself. This one is key IMO. It is this belief that allows you to accomplish anything. Without it you tend not to try things. 8. Accept that some this just don’t work harmoniously. Accept this, don’t try to fight it. I realize this conflicts with rule 8 a little, but we only have so much energy and need to make sure we direct it wisely. Fighting losing battles is not one of these. 9. Depth of Knowledge improves as skill improves. As you form methods for doing things, (all things) work through the reason(s) for the choices you make. This will help a lot later when you are challenged by others. 10. Be grateful. This is also very important IMO. A moment of reflection from time to time helps us to stay focused on our goals and possibly make refinements to those goals as we acquire more knowledge along the way. Again, my thanks...
I FULLY understand what you say. My father was a CLASS A electrician for IBEW local 1 and he would tell me stories about the new guys that would not understand measurements, fractions and other stuff pertaining to the field. I myself am a license Aircraft and Powerplant mechanic on aircraft. Some of the things you said can also be applied to new A&P mechanic fresh out of school. Sometimes there work would makes you think of how is that Airworthy?
Qualified or unqualified, neither makes you an electrician, you see this is what nobody understands these days, just because you passed a little exam to gain a bit of paperwork that says you are an electrician does not make you one, its down to experience!
I will agree with that, but on the other hand being licensed helps you with the legal side. I would love to be a freelancer but without the licence I can't. That is where titles matter.
Im electro-mechanic engineer and believe me, know the theory help you a lot to learn when you real are on the field, but at the end of the day every one just need to have a lot of experience time to learn all the situations on the process of trouble shooting and how the best way to solve it.. good video.
Maybe in a right to work state. I live in New Mexico and we have the toughest exam in the nation being qualified has plenty to do with safety as well. For many years I worked as an unlicensed electrician with your mindset. Now having my licence In New Mexico I'm qualified by the nation to work in 19 different states. Legally is the biggest key word anybody can wire a house my son can wire a house but are you qualified to do so is the real question?
@Conor Sheehy lol... it's not bad behavior tho... it's kinda just a compliment.... lol what... u mad cause he beat you to th punch or something? It's not that serious
Really great insights Sis. I can relate to all of your points! I can see how you got into wellness coaching, you really looked at things objectively and handled your emotions. I have a hard time with that especially when someone criticizes my work.
You speak the truth about what it's like being a union wireman. You spoke about just showing up. That is your main function. To be on the job every day. Even if you know you won't be doing your best for whatever reason. Showing up, is what the foreman and your tool partner are relying on. You mentioned that there are different ways to do a job and get the same final results. You can have five journeyman that need to do the same exact job and each one will have a different way or vision and solution to make it work. They are all correct as long as code is upheld. You talked about the badass electricians, the ones who do the best work, the fastest, and they do all the crazy, life threatening jobs, and those guys aren't company men, they are union brothers. They are in it for the thrill and for the glory. I was, and still am, one of those guys. I was the guy who showed up at the gangbox right at 6:30 am and not a minute earlier. I wasn't there to make friends and to show up 15 minutes early to talk with the guys and brown nose the foreman. I always had a key to the gangboxes so I would unlock them, say good morning to a few people and throw my tools on my cart with whatever material I needed and I always tried to and usually ended up in the electric room doing building feed. Setting switchgear and transformers, setting up the tuggers and the reels and sending a mouse with a string and then using the string to pull a rope and the rope to pull a bigger rope and running the main feeders wire pulls, and then I was the guy who did all the landing of the feeders (500, 600,750, mcm) into the main breakers, etc.... The other electricians would see me for 5 mins first thing then I would take my break alone or with my toolpartner and lunch I would usually get in my car and do a burnout at 12 on the dot and go to the nearest bar have one beer and a burger and be back in less than 30 mins and disappear into the hole and when it was clean up time I was always the last guy to the gangbox to put my tools away and get my stuff together. I'd lock up the carts and ladders with chains and locks and it would be time to go home. I was the mystery man. A lot of times the other electricians didn't even know I was there working. I loved it. Sometimes I would get an apprentice, usually a 4th year to show how an electric room is built. I was usually one of the last men to be sent to another job because I am an excellent troubleshooter and because I would know every aspect of the building electrical system better than anyone else. So when the tenants moved in and if something wasn't working or they needed to add something I was now the TI in house wireman until the next high rise was in the core phase and I'd be sent to that job to set temp power for the iron workers and Elevator guys and it would start all over again. 30years later I now own my own electrical contracting company in Los Angeles. I spent 16 years as a journeyman in Silicon Valley and San Francisco during the dot com boom. I was groomed as an apprentice to be a top management or superintendent for the largest electrical contractor on the west coast and then worked for only the biggest and best companies but I wasn't a company man and they knew that. I didn't want to be a foreman and run work, I wanted to do the dangerous jobs and be the hotshot. And I was. I'm still one of the best electricians in the business. Yes, I'm cocky about it.
Who ever said women can't do it? The reason you dont see many women doing electrical work is that it doesn't appeal to most women, and that is reflected by the numbers.
Number 9 really helped me to conclude that sometimes you dont get it right away but just work harder and smarter to understand and keep at it awesome video.
Hardest part of my job was taking orders from someone much much younger than me who had no experience of Electrial....he’s dad was probably owner of the company...laughable
Michael Lack chances r he did know more than you. It’s not about age it’s about how much heart and mind you put yourself in. He could have been on the field since the age of 12
@@dylanmichaud2613 wtf you aren't 'in the field' til you're an adult, or 16 in some states. I definitely understand what he means about not liking taking direction from someone younger, but that's the way it goes. If you dont want that to happen to you, do what you need to do to put yourself in higher leadership positions. I've been in the trade since I was 25, got my license at 29 and promoted to foreman immediately afterwards bc that was always a goal of mine. I'm 32 now, and am preparing to test for my master license and learning to become a project manager. Eventually I want to run my own business, and am doing what I can to make that happen. But aside from that, if you're not trying to move up, don't get angry someone younger than you is trying to move up, and you're not. At best its plain immature, and at worst its pathological.
What I found, in most crafts "The "badasses never. Get promoted unless they are either injured or just getting too old and losing a step. Think about the meeting that goes on when A position is created or open amongst field management. No crew leader wants to give up they're badass. They will keep that guy right there. I never got promoted until I realized that.
Well explained! I am also an apprentice, in my 4.5 year. I take in much s*** actually. I failed at my last task to become an electrician, I do only have one more try :/
@@alteredselfwellnesscoachma4476 how did you know you could do it? How do you know you can do this for years? What was a day like? How were the people around you? Did you join the union?
Damn now idk if I’m tryna do this apprenticeship lol. 26yrs old i feel like i should started at 18. carpentry caught my eye too working at a company that makes cabinets/wall shelf/book shelf.
I think with the advent of the Internet you can learn to do just about anything quicker than in the old days when you had to use book learinin and on the job training
These are the women men appreciate, not those feminist whiners. You lasses are top notch and I guarantee that any man worth anything respects you and your work. When the bombs fall and we need to rebuild, it's ladies like you that will survive. Keep up the great work!
Hi My wife is 26 and I am trying to convince her to become an electrician. I am heating engineer. Can you advice me what is the procedure to study and find an apprenticeship for her age? Can she she get any government support as we have a child? Thank you
Vadim Sirbu hi I'm 21 year old girl who's been on the field for almost 2 years I went to college for electrical for a year it was teaching me all book work (the NEC 2014 ) I got my electrical trainee card I already worked for 3 electrical companies & it's one of the best decisions I've ever made I encourage your wife to become an electrician (:
How has sexism effected your apprenticeship? Im thinking about persuing a career in electrical because student loans don't appeal to me post high school, but Im a tad concerned about work environment.
Rachel Canterbury Hi how are you? I’m glad to see a woman wanting to know about electrical work, I’m an electrician myself and there’s so few people coming into the trade.. good luck in whatever you decide to do.. Pete
Man I have been thinking a lot about this question. I hope to sit and write it out so that I can have clarity. I would say that working in the field showed me that sexism exist. It also introduced me to many great men of integrity. Men who love and cherish their families. Men who respect women.
It's not so much sexism as it is a clash between femininity and the work. It can be pretty much summed up by a single question, "Could you deal with never having nice nails again, ever?" I've had the pleasure to work with great electricians that were female and a bunch of females that were horrible electricians and that one thing is usually what usually divided the two. About 75% of electrical work will screw up your nails, and if your more concerned about protecting your nails than getting the work done you're seen by the guys as a woman doing electrical work, but if you don't give a crap about what happens to them and just get in and get your hands dirty most of the guys will see you as an electrician that just happens to be female.That's pretty much the same across industrial,commercial, and residential. Then you have the differences between each type of electrician. Making it as an industrial electrician as a female is hard to do without limiting yourself out and that's just because of the physical requirements. I've worked with only a couple of females that could physically be put anywhere on an industrial job, and they were very strong women. Running 4 inch conduit, large cable tray, even pulling industrial cable I would say not that many females could do physically. Industrial electricians are some of the toughest bastards you'll ever meet and that goes for the ones that are women, too. You could work for 5 years next to one and not even know the first thing about their personal life because it is a field 100% focused on the job with little down time to chat. That's as a contractor though, if you are lucky enough to land a job for the plants themselves as a maintenance electrician it just relies on knowledge, but those jobs are few and far between. Oh, and you also have to have zero fear of heights. Commercial work is not near as demanding physically, and as a result you will find more women and more men that are used to working with women, but this may actually hurt the environment instead of helping because these guys have seen their fare share of women who were concerned about their nails and you almost have to prove yourself otherwise. It also has the most laid back work environment which is the most chatty which could lead to the most offensive things being said, and jokes., but I wouldn't say any more or less than any office environment. Most construction and maintenance is done by larger contractors that have protections in place for harassment. Residential really doesn't have an environment, as it's just 2 or 3 man environment usually to begin with, and you're basically being trained to start your own thing. Most of the employers are self employed guys themselves. Least protections, least open, but in the end you're your own boss so there is that.
I have worked independently (with and without a journeyman) for many years in industrial and residential. I have a question: is an average work day 12 hours long? I have a reason for asking.
Mandy, thanks so much for sharing your 'LIfe Lessons' with us. There really is a profound relevance and universality to every lesson you articulated whether in one's job, relationships or nearly any aspect of life. I learned many of the same lessons with guidance from my yoga practice. How is the Self-Wellness Coaching pursuit going for you? Thank again!
There is nothing fun about working 5-10 hours a day making crumbs to an elephant. I make $14 an hour as an apprentice and rarely get a 40hr work week. No health insurance or retirement plan. Family owned. I understand it’s a good trade but I really do not enjoy being in construction. I also don’t like not being able to earn a livable wage here in Southern California. 9months in and its not who I am that’s for sure. There’s way more to life than working full time labor. I want to be the person who needs an electrician not the electrician.
I see the journey men who have been doing it for over 15 years and I don’t want to be like them. I’m 27, I feel the only hope to strive in this is to get in the union.
9 months in? You won't do ANY better in the union with your attitude and entitlement syndrome. Coming from an IBEW electrician with almost 20 years in who runs work for a living 90% of the time You know NOTHING about electric with 9 months in. You know NOTHING about electric with 3 years in. I make 6 figures a year every year, but I earn every fucking penny and ate shit for a lot of years, NOTHING was handed to me. You won't make it in the trades. Get a desk job and make 20$ an hour the rest of your life, or accept that making good money in the trades means you're busting your ass. Owning a business in the trades means you'll work even harder for the money.
Good job Altered! Don’t worry about some of these yo-yo’s on here that want to pick you apart as an electrician. Drawing comparisons from electrical to life is beyond their small galaxy of thought :(
I appreciate your video so much! I did really well on my aptitude test and becoming an electrician apprentice is becoming a very REAL opportunity. However, being a decent looking girl, I'm worried about sexual harrassment and the work environment. I'm not worried about getting dirty... I change my own oil, build my own shelving, fix minor issues with toilets... I'm only worried about not being welcomed because simply put - I have a vagina! UGH
Just do your job and you should be fine. The environment working as an electrician is much different than an office job. Workers regularly talk crap to each other, up to and including what could be called sexual harrassment. I dont care if I'm working with a woman, but I do care when she starts complaining about carrying heavy stuff and asks me to help her move it. A part of the hiring process is a basic set of physical requirements including being able to lift a minimum amount of weight every day. When I'm at work, I expect all workers to be able to do the same tasks, otherwise I'm pulling their slack, which is unfair to me, and any other workers on my team. This is coming from a foreman journeyman electrician. What I find interesting is my wife is in a management white collar position, and regularly complains about male workers being much more difficult to train. Lol oh well that's life. Good on this lady for doing what she wants!
You.did a good job. Show up on time. Just moving forward. I'm teaching daughter now. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. I say if you can bend pipe and do motor control. You will always have a job
Thank you for the insight on a trade I'm interested in. What convinced you to move on from the electrician field? I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it's definitely a long ways from what you're doing now. (Although, it's amazing that you learned all that human insight from within it.)
Peter Salazar I knew it was not the right fit for me. That being said, the golden handcuffs were hard to move on from. I had some troubling health concerns that required multiple surgeries and a long recovery period. It was time and I was ready. I took a huge pay cut but ended up doing something I love.
The lady here could've successfully had renewable energy off the grid without hiring an electrician. Being able to convert the solar energy's DC to AC is a cool idea.
When a real woman enters a construction trade like this babe, she's on a quest for knowledge. That's how you make a Jill of all trades out of women. Thanks for sharing and you're a real woman btw.
I've worked with some female electricians. And some great electricians who happen to be female. The difference is the great ones were electricians first. For those looking to get into this you should know that this trade is Brutal to the body. All the old timers have arthritis, bad knees, and have to get back, arm, and carpal tunnel surgery. Even guys in their late 20s throw out their backs and feel the damage. Women are prone to this physical damage faster because of their smaller stature and less muscle mass. Any female who wants to get into this, you can. Just make sure you come into it with the right expectations.
You sort of speak didn't knew anything about the work as an electrician and you didnt have the real, what it seemed, "interest" in it either, why did you choose it?
dtiydr great question. I was not naturally inclined to love working with tools. I actually don't have great spacial awareness. My father became an electrician when I was young and then my single mother became an electrician in her late 30’s pulling herself out of poverty. I wired outlets and odd jobs with my dad when I was little. It was never something I immensely enjoyed. I chose electrical to pull myself out of poverty. I gained an array of other beautiful gifts from practicing the trade. It's still not my passion.
Just hearing her voice I could tell this women was traumatized by something in her past.... the comments about her appearance are extremely disgusting too. She literally went from being an electritican to needing to do self care for a living because of a field that likely treated her the way these male commenters are treating her. Jesus fucking christ.
No worries! She is the only woman for me. I think the greatest lesson that I learned at my job is that you should never assume others do their job right. I've made mistakes myself. Double check your work.
katrina MURPHY you can do it if you set your mind to it and work hard regardless of your sex! Women can succeed in the electrical field. I'm proof of that😉
Dang sounds very similar yes it does teach you all that. That's great and your hot wish you were on my crew what a great attitude also. Strong in mind and body not the easiest jobs. Got to love those 750s or 500s
Ms. Hanson,
I've been an IBEW industrial electrician for over 30 years. You have such a great attitude and perspective. I have great respect for you because you've "paid your dues", so to speak.
I've both worked with and helped train ladies in the trade many times. Any male dominated trade is tough for women to be in. But I'll tell you what, those that stick though it, gain the experience and qualifications and make it through the apprenticeship will garner the respect of the team. My hat's off to you. I hope you find what you're looking for in life. All the best!
This girl is a go getter I like it! Respect that she had the "metaphorical" balls to do a mostly male dominated field! She learned her shit and stuck with it, shows commitment! Respect ✊
oh shut up with your mostly male dominated field bullshit
@@lllIlIlIIII You a male feminist? Or did you not have a dad around to show you how to be a man?
@@michaelh9251 my point is why u gotta bring up the gender thing? It shouldn't even be something to point out
@@lllIlIlIIII why are you attacking he gave her props, some fields of work are "dominant" male jobs such as roofing, tree cutting, auto mechanics, working on oil rigs, ect. Now days women are coming into the "dominant" fields of what was once all men working jobs. Women can do men jobs and just as good if not better soo no hate on gender just a reality check on what life was and now is.
@@tonystarts3243 even acknowledging that its mostly dominated by men is the part that concerns me like okay? cool?
It's interesting, you went from electrician to wellness coach, and I went from yoga, herbs and wellness to the electrical field, and it has totally changed my perception of life. Like a huge thing was missing up until now. I kept wondering about the situation of myself and others not making progress. Having dealt with every aspect of the body-mind-spiritual connection there was a point where I realized how EMF's were able to seriously affect us. I work with electricians, tracking down code violations in electrical systems. I get spider webs in my hair, the rest is like asanas :D. Yes a bunch of wires I sometimes have to measure for hours, just like yoga patience is key. The mind just gets into a quiet space. At some point I realized the obvious, that the human body Is also an electrical circuitry, with chakras as the breakers in a panel. When the mind goes nuts in thoughts its the stray current... And the spinal cord is like the equipment grounding conductor, Actually seen research that says this.. One electrician I worked with, we both agreed humans should be grounded, too. It just has the most amazing mind clearing and pain removing properties to get on the Earths potential., Now I make sure I do that every day and developed techniques based on awareness of how electricity works (out in nature and man made) Anyway thanks for sharing your points.
Hmmm this is interesting im a yoga teacher now but looking to learn electrical so I’ve been looking at these videos.
I teach electrical tech school in California. I show this video to my students, it is great attitude builder. I was a contractor for over 50 years, and would have love for all my electricians to have your attitude. Thank you for the video, my female students get a big boost from it.
How do you find the right trade school to go to I don’t want to go to one that is a scam or anything I’m in California also and I just graduated hs and want to become a electrician
I was an electrical apprentice in Alberta before I got laid off due to the oil prices dropping. I graduated with a B.A. from a university in Ontario before I decided to go into the trades. I can completely relate to everything you talked about here. I feel like I was watching myself talk hahaha. Loved the video!
Hi! Can you do a video about your experience in being an apprentice. Thank you! Would love to know.
@@JessicaNaranjo4094 I agree! Even if it’s just a short one
One of the best things about Electricians and most construction trades is the pride we take in our craftsmanship. For you and everyone to physically see your finished work. I will never forget walking away from some jobs in pure awe of what I had my hands in. It's an incredible feeling, making me instantly nostalgic of the place (and sometimes the people) I was leaving.
LOVE THIS VIDEO! Thank you so much for sharing. I just started an apprenticeship a few months ago and i was feeling like giving up. Youve inspired me to stay on this journey and work hard 💛💛💛
I totally understand what she's saying. I started out on my own at 18, doing my own business and by the time it became necessary to get my license I already had 12 years of experience so it was a bitch having to sit there and be instructed like I was a child. Once I got all legal my pay decreased 50 percent and I never even did a switch gear or a panel for the following 2 years because I was labeled a first or second year apprentice. Then I worked for a company in Detroit that temped me out to many different electrical contractors and I had to prove myself over and over again every other week. That was the shitty part of my career. After a year or so people would remember me and say they were glad I was sent to the job which was nice but it wasn't easy to get in that position. Then is what happened is these contractors would request me through my company to do some serious jobs and I was still only making $15 an hour while I was running entire floors sometimes by myself or maybe I had one or two of the contractors apprentices that were assigned to me. I think it would have been easier to get my apprenticeship before I went out on my own. Another thing also is just because someone is a 1st or 2nd year apprentice it doesn't mean they're not capable of running their own business and likewise a journeyman is not necessarily capable of changing bits in a hammer drill so... Schooling isn't the cats ass when it comes to electrical. I find the best electricians are the ones who started fucking with electricity at the age of 5 or 6. Folks often also find out the hard way about how much labor is involved, crawling into deep holes half full of water or rolling around in fiberglass insulation in 130 degree attics and there's also the aspect of stupid shit that a customer wants but just isn't going to happen. One thing believe it or not, that my old bosses liked about me (eventually) is I have a motto that goes "Sometimes the answer is no". And I had to fight to maintain that style. I'm not going to do stupid shit just so you can plug a lamp into a solid concrete wall. I'll set you a box and pipe it but I'm not going to cut into the cement and fiddle fuck with one outlet or switch for 12 hours when it's 104 degrees with fuck you percent humidity. It's definitely a sink or swim trade to be in and as long as you have a reasonable work ethic, you really have to stick to your guns. Even if that means going through a few different companies.
Wizzle man you have an amazing story to tell!
I really appreciate and can resonate with you on this. I'm currently on a trial basis for an electrical apprenticeship. It's nice to hear that you gradually learnt and understand different aspects of the job in different ways. I think this is something I need to think about whilst working and not just let the present (be it tedious/boring) shape my thinking. Great video! Thanks
Your very welcome! Hang in there, it gets more amazing as you go.
I needed to hear this. You don't get many words of encouragement in this line of work. Been dreading trying to find a job and go back to work as a recently laid off 4th year. I feel so under prepared to be a Jman, especially with ADHD.
You never stop learning about electrical because it's changing everyday
Michael Lack agreed
Why did I watch this video? Because I am a degreed Mechanical Engineer and I sit at a desk all day. I took a residential electrician class in high school and loved it. My dad pushed me to college. I realized that I am a blue collar kind of guy more than a white collar kind of guy. I only take home $30 per hour, and I think this profession, even with the cost of all the tools, will net me more cash at the end of the year than my current position. And I can be outside of the cubical playing corporate america games. :-p. I do a lot of electrical work around my house, so I think now is the time to see what training options are out there. Buy buy you corporate america A holes.
@@cantthinkofaname4616 college is over prescribed for one. You have to pay a lot for school only to be one in a million. The trades in cases like this pay you to learn and have a more fulfilling job.
@@cantthinkofaname4616 be an accountant. You'll make more money and do less physical work.
Thats cool to see an electrician thats a female. I know of triplet framer girls who were all badass framers. Its very hard to work around attractive women in the construction field and i too wonder if you were treated any differently then i was when i was trained. I started at 17 and now that im 30 im so glad i was given a chance to get shocked and make great friends throughout the many hard working years. Congrates on staying with it. Most people get shocked once and never wanna work again. I am one who has shown up everyday and been one of the best in every company ive worked for. But i could have never done it alone. The hardest times are when you lose a friend on the job that you were just talking to senconds before. I got hung up on 277 which deopped me of an 18ft ladder ripping tbar down everywhere and after hittin ? The ground continued to fry for another couple minutes while other trades just looked at me in fear. Nobody knew what to do and as i saw memories of my past flashing by i remember seeing my foreman split the crowd grab my linesman and cut the line. Sinnce we were building a hospital the next one was a ways away, but when i woke up there i had the hole crew waiting. I was purple for a few day from the ultra violet burns beneath my skin but im still love my job. Its scary when you see steam coming from your pores and realize that burning smell is actually you. So always keep a piece of wood near you so other trades dont go looking for somethin to hit you with, they dont always have good ideas. Congrates once again to making it a career you love as well.
Can you do a cold switch threeway? Just to rattle your brain :) yes its possible even though its rare.
about 6 months in myself and i was shocked like that but not for minutes, brought the t bar down a bit
i was standing on the ladder wrong, facing away from it and i was trying to be sly working hot while all these grounds are above me in the ceiling, well i got shocked and i saw white in my eyes from the electricity
ended up dislocating both shoulders from the shock it's called posterior dislocation
now it's been two weeks since then and i just want to keep working but i haven't been called in for a job yet, i hope it works out
Wow. I hope you guys are fully healed now. How have things been going? I've been trying to get into electrical for a year and just got accepted into an apprenticeship. I know it's dangerous work but I'll do my best to learn from people like yourselves and help others stay safe too. Thanks for sharing
@@y04a I'm looking to join an apprenticeship too. Wish you the best
Good advice, when you're staring at a rat's nest of wires the best thing to do is to get the obvious out of the way first and foremost. It's good to remember that no one knows everything, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. My strengths are in troubleshooting and visualizing complex systems - my memorization of certain parts of the electrical code are my weakness which if there's something I'm not sure about I'll search for it in the code book which I have saved on my phone. Also I'm used to mostly working alone or just with a single helper. When I have more than one helper I find it hard to delegate work, as I like to have stuff done neatly and in a certain way.
James Balducci exactly! I love the trouble shooting. Running big conduit is fun. I don’t enjoy huge cables as much. You must have good skills in giving instructions to your helper.
You need to know what you're doing if you're going to do a panel. It's not a matter of guess and hope it works.
Eh be nice people... skilled workers in this country are fading into oblivion. Its good to see someone explaining their experience as an electrician and actually being able to articulate it. Might convince more people to join our craft!!! Keep it up!
This has nothing to do with her being a woman, but if you're in front of a panel with all the wires hanging down to the floor and you don't know every aspect of where they go then you don't need to be doing a panel like that. Other than that it sounds like she's got a good head on her shoulders.
Wizzle great input! The particular panel I was thinking of had not been fired up yet. It was overwhelming at first. I wasn't sure where to begin. I was an apprentice. As I began with what I did know, It became more evident. Your right there are dangers and being educated, and sure of your next move are essential.
Altered Self Wellness Coach Mandy Hanson But granted, starting at a panel that someone else pulled is a lot harder than one that you pulled yourself because THATs when your like WTF? because then you have no clue what's what. If you ran the pipe and pulled the wires then you have a good idea. Matter of fact I'm working on one today that someone else pulled all MC cable to it and it's such a fucking mess I think today is one of the few days I rolled my eyes. I couldn't believe how terrible it was. All the MC was woven in and out and it was already strapped so you couldn't follow anything by sight. Nothing was labeled, all the strands were untwisted and the hots and neutrals weren't paired.. What a mess. 42 space panel, 15 lights on a 4 way switch setup with double pole double throw contactors. I want to say 60 recepticals.
Wizzle where I come from there’s a panel schedule and circuits are clearly labeled so any one should be able to make up a panel
Wizzle there’s also no reason to work on a new panel live. An new apprentice shouldn’t working on live parts anyway
Wizzle you mean she looks like she gives good head?
I have a great video coming soon with three women electricians.
Mandy, thank you for this unusual video. I came across it by accident. I am surprised it did not garner more likes. (40K+ views and < 425 likes) I appreciate the honesty portrayed here. This does not seem like Manly-Man talk which may explain the lack of likes. It seems like all these factors coalesced to help you with your life skills. The (primary) enabling factor (moment of insight) seems to be rule 7 - Believe in yourself.
I actually watched this all the way through several times to extract all of your rules. Here’s what I got:
1. Take actions, however small to move toward the end goal. Learn as you go and fill in any gaps by any means available.
2. Model others. Leverage the experience of others, this can save a lot of time but beware of rule 5.
3. Be patient, work at your skill level but keep focused on improving your skill set. Understand that you cannot move immediately to your end goal skipping important milestones along the way.
4. Reliability/Consistency. Make this a personal trait. This is important in anything you may choose to do.
5. More than “one way to skin a cat”. Observe/learn various way of accomplishing a specific task/goal. Then be selective about what you choose to use.
6. Leverage the strengths of others. Leadership skill. The most effective leaders maximize productive output by utilizing the strengths of team members effectively (and avoiding ineffective task assignments).
7. Believe in yourself. This one is key IMO. It is this belief that allows you to accomplish anything. Without it you tend not to try things.
8. Accept that some this just don’t work harmoniously. Accept this, don’t try to fight it. I realize this conflicts with rule 8 a little, but we only have so much energy and need to make sure we direct it wisely. Fighting losing battles is not one of these.
9. Depth of Knowledge improves as skill improves. As you form methods for doing things, (all things) work through the reason(s) for the choices you make. This will help a lot later when you are challenged by others.
10. Be grateful. This is also very important IMO. A moment of reflection from time to time helps us to stay focused on our goals and possibly make refinements to those goals as we acquire more knowledge along the way.
Again, my thanks...
I FULLY understand what you say. My father was a CLASS A electrician for IBEW local 1 and he would tell me stories about the new guys that would not understand measurements, fractions and other stuff pertaining to the field. I myself am a license Aircraft and Powerplant mechanic on aircraft. Some of the things you said can also be applied to new A&P mechanic fresh out of school. Sometimes there work would makes you think of how is that Airworthy?
Lemay wow what a huge accomplishment! Makes us think 🤔
Qualified or unqualified, neither makes you an electrician, you see this is what nobody understands these days, just because you passed a little exam to gain a bit of paperwork that says you are an electrician does not make you one, its down to experience!
Tyrone Nelson you speak some serious truth! Nothing compares to hands on experience.
I will agree with that, but on the other hand being licensed helps you with the legal side. I would love to be a freelancer but without the licence I can't. That is where titles matter.
You can’t get your license if you don’t have hands on experience. You have to have so many on the job hours before you can get your license
Im electro-mechanic engineer and believe me, know the theory help you a lot to learn when you real are on the field, but at the end of the day every one just need to have a lot of experience time to learn all the situations on the process of trouble shooting and how the best way to solve it.. good video.
Maybe in a right to work state. I live in New Mexico and we have the toughest exam in the nation being qualified has plenty to do with safety as well. For many years I worked as an unlicensed electrician with your mindset. Now having my licence In New Mexico I'm qualified by the nation to work in 19 different states. Legally is the biggest key word anybody can wire a house my son can wire a house but are you qualified to do so is the real question?
On behalf of the men here, I sincerely apologize for any inappropriate commentary about you. Great video explanation.
From male
@Trollin Charlie you dont speak on behalf of the men here as you were never elected to do so, you self-important, shit.
Go white-knight elsewhere.
@@skunk12 chill yo... why are u so upset?
@Conor Sheehy .....but you literally just did the same thing by calling him a self important shit 😂
@Conor Sheehy hell even calling someone out there name is rude...... so chill lol... you're being just a tad irrational
@Conor Sheehy lol... it's not bad behavior tho... it's kinda just a compliment.... lol what... u mad cause he beat you to th punch or something? It's not that serious
Great advice for anyone starting in the work force. Well explained.
Really great insights Sis. I can relate to all of your points! I can see how you got into wellness coaching, you really looked at things objectively and handled your emotions. I have a hard time with that especially when someone criticizes my work.
mike3177 thank you for your kind words
You speak the truth about what it's like being a union wireman.
You spoke about just showing up. That is your main function. To be on the job every day. Even if you know you won't be doing your best for whatever reason. Showing up, is what the foreman and your tool partner are relying on.
You mentioned that there are different ways to do a job and get the same final results. You can have five journeyman that need to do the same exact job and each one will have a different way or vision and solution to make it work. They are all correct as long as code is upheld.
You talked about the badass electricians, the ones who do the best work, the fastest, and they do all the crazy, life threatening jobs, and those guys aren't company men, they are union brothers. They are in it for the thrill and for the glory. I was, and still am, one of those guys.
I was the guy who showed up at the gangbox right at 6:30 am and not a minute earlier. I wasn't there to make friends and to show up 15 minutes early to talk with the guys and brown nose the foreman. I always had a key to the gangboxes so I would unlock them, say good morning to a few people and throw my tools on my cart with whatever material I needed and I always tried to and usually ended up in the electric room doing building feed. Setting switchgear and transformers, setting up the tuggers and the reels and sending a mouse with a string and then using the string to pull a rope and the rope to pull a bigger rope and running the main feeders wire pulls, and then I was the guy who did all the landing of the feeders (500, 600,750, mcm)
into the main breakers, etc....
The other electricians would see me for 5 mins first thing then I would take my break alone or with my toolpartner and lunch I would usually get in my car and do a burnout at 12 on the dot and go to the nearest bar have one beer and a burger and be back in less than 30 mins and disappear into the hole and when it was clean up time I was always the last guy to the gangbox to put my tools away and get my stuff together. I'd lock up the carts and ladders with chains and locks and it would be time to go home. I was the mystery man. A lot of times the other electricians didn't even know I was there working. I loved it. Sometimes I would get an apprentice, usually a 4th year to show how an electric room is built. I was usually one of the last men to be sent to another job because I am an excellent troubleshooter and because I would know every aspect of the building electrical system better than anyone else. So when the tenants moved in and if something wasn't working or they needed to add something I was now the TI in house wireman until the next high rise was in the core phase and I'd be sent to that job to set temp power for the iron workers and Elevator guys and it would start all over again.
30years later I now own my own electrical contracting company in Los Angeles.
I spent 16 years as a journeyman in Silicon Valley and San Francisco during the dot com boom. I was groomed as an apprentice to be a top management or superintendent for the largest electrical contractor on the west coast and then worked for only the biggest and best companies but I wasn't a company man and they knew that. I didn't want to be a foreman and run work, I wanted to do the dangerous jobs and be the hotshot. And I was. I'm still one of the best electricians in the business. Yes, I'm cocky about it.
You shouldn't be drinking while at work, mr badass.
DANGEROUS PERSON one drink for a heavy set dude ain’t gunna do nothing
Very proud that a women can do it
Who ever said women can't do it? The reason you dont see many women doing electrical work is that it doesn't appeal to most women, and that is reflected by the numbers.
On the other hand, I dig chicks who get into computer science too.
10 is very important to be able to appreciate what you’ve done and be proud of your work after your hard days work
Number 9 really helped me to conclude that sometimes you dont get it right away but just work harder and smarter to understand and keep at it awesome video.
Hardest part of my job was taking orders from someone much much younger than me who had no experience of Electrial....he’s dad was probably owner of the company...laughable
Michael Lack chances r he did know more than you. It’s not about age it’s about how much heart and mind you put yourself in. He could have been on the field since the age of 12
@@dylanmichaud2613 wtf you aren't 'in the field' til you're an adult, or 16 in some states. I definitely understand what he means about not liking taking direction from someone younger, but that's the way it goes. If you dont want that to happen to you, do what you need to do to put yourself in higher leadership positions. I've been in the trade since I was 25, got my license at 29 and promoted to foreman immediately afterwards bc that was always a goal of mine. I'm 32 now, and am preparing to test for my master license and learning to become a project manager. Eventually I want to run my own business, and am doing what I can to make that happen. But aside from that, if you're not trying to move up, don't get angry someone younger than you is trying to move up, and you're not. At best its plain immature, and at worst its pathological.
They want them young so, they pay them less lol
Interesting comments
What I found, in most crafts "The "badasses never. Get promoted unless they are either injured or just getting too old and losing a step. Think about the meeting that goes on when A position is created or open amongst field management. No crew leader wants to give up they're badass. They will keep that guy right there. I never got promoted until I realized that.
Well explained! I am also an apprentice, in my 4.5 year. I take in much s*** actually. I failed at my last task to become an electrician, I do only have one more try :/
Did you achieve it?
make more electrician videos please. I love the advice about apprenticing.
L1ne3 I would be happy too. what would you like to hear or learn about? Give me a few specifics😉
@@alteredselfwellnesscoachma4476 how did you know you could do it? How do you know you can do this for years? What was a day like? How were the people around you? Did you join the union?
Damn now idk if I’m tryna do this apprenticeship lol. 26yrs old i feel like i should started at 18. carpentry caught my eye too working at a company that makes cabinets/wall shelf/book shelf.
I think with the advent of the Internet you can learn to do just about anything quicker than in the old days when you had to use book learinin and on the job training
Thanks for this video
These are the women men appreciate, not those feminist whiners. You lasses are top notch and I guarantee that any man worth anything respects you and your work.
When the bombs fall and we need to rebuild, it's ladies like you that will survive.
Keep up the great work!
hots go into the breakers neutral go on neutral bus bar grounds go on ground bus bar mark the breaker numbers with the feed wires :)
Awesome!
Hi
My wife is 26 and I am trying to convince her to become an electrician. I am heating engineer.
Can you advice me what is the procedure to study and find an apprenticeship for her age?
Can she she get any government support as we have a child?
Thank you
Vadim Sirbu It will depend on where you live. There are grants to help women become electricians. They need more women in the field.
She can either do union or nonunion apprenticeship. Start by inquiring at the local job Center. They should be able to tell her all her options.
Vadim Sirbu hi I'm 21 year old girl who's been on the field for almost 2 years I went to college for electrical for a year it was teaching me all book work (the NEC 2014 ) I got my electrical trainee card I already worked for 3 electrical companies & it's one of the best decisions I've ever made I encourage your wife to become an electrician (:
Vadim Sirbu trust me u don't want ur wife on a site
Why do they 'need' more 'women' ?
How has sexism effected your apprenticeship? Im thinking about persuing a career in electrical because student loans don't appeal to me post high school, but Im a tad concerned about work environment.
I will reflect on this question and add a response as soon as possible.
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Rachel Canterbury
Hi how are you? I’m glad to see a woman wanting to know about electrical work, I’m an electrician myself and there’s so few people coming into the trade.. good luck in whatever you decide to do..
Pete
Man I have been thinking a lot about this question. I hope to sit and write it out so that I can have clarity. I would say that working in the field showed me that sexism exist. It also introduced me to many great men of integrity. Men who love and cherish their families. Men who respect women.
It's not so much sexism as it is a clash between femininity and the work. It can be pretty much summed up by a single question, "Could you deal with never having nice nails again, ever?" I've had the pleasure to work with great electricians that were female and a bunch of females that were horrible electricians and that one thing is usually what usually divided the two. About 75% of electrical work will screw up your nails, and if your more concerned about protecting your nails than getting the work done you're seen by the guys as a woman doing electrical work, but if you don't give a crap about what happens to them and just get in and get your hands dirty most of the guys will see you as an electrician that just happens to be female.That's pretty much the same across industrial,commercial, and residential.
Then you have the differences between each type of electrician.
Making it as an industrial electrician as a female is hard to do without limiting yourself out and that's just because of the physical requirements. I've worked with only a couple of females that could physically be put anywhere on an industrial job, and they were very strong women. Running 4 inch conduit, large cable tray, even pulling industrial cable I would say not that many females could do physically. Industrial electricians are some of the toughest bastards you'll ever meet and that goes for the ones that are women, too. You could work for 5 years next to one and not even know the first thing about their personal life because it is a field 100% focused on the job with little down time to chat. That's as a contractor though, if you are lucky enough to land a job for the plants themselves as a maintenance electrician it just relies on knowledge, but those jobs are few and far between. Oh, and you also have to have zero fear of heights.
Commercial work is not near as demanding physically, and as a result you will find more women and more men that are used to working with women, but this may actually hurt the environment instead of helping because these guys have seen their fare share of women who were concerned about their nails and you almost have to prove yourself otherwise. It also has the most laid back work environment which is the most chatty which could lead to the most offensive things being said, and jokes., but I wouldn't say any more or less than any office environment. Most construction and maintenance is done by larger contractors that have protections in place for harassment.
Residential really doesn't have an environment, as it's just 2 or 3 man environment usually to begin with, and you're basically being trained to start your own thing. Most of the employers are self employed guys themselves. Least protections, least open, but in the end you're your own boss so there is that.
You go girl I am in the trade 25 years
very good video im a electrician here n new york city i love my job n thanks for all input n keep striving
I have worked independently (with and without a journeyman) for many years in industrial and residential. I have a question: is an average work day 12 hours long? I have a reason for asking.
theodore roberts average I worked were ten. Some special jobs in the oilfield required 12s
@@alteredselfwellnesscoachma4476 thank you so much for your reply. 12's.. Eh, if they can do it... 😊
Mandy, thanks so much for sharing your 'LIfe Lessons' with us. There really is a profound relevance and universality to every lesson you articulated whether in one's job, relationships or nearly any aspect of life. I learned many of the same lessons with guidance from my yoga practice. How is the Self-Wellness Coaching pursuit going for you? Thank again!
Robin Woodbury thank you very much! Yoga is a stunning practice. Wellness coaching is going wonderfully. I love being a servant.
There is nothing fun about working 5-10 hours a day making crumbs to an elephant. I make $14 an hour as an apprentice and rarely get a 40hr work week. No health insurance or retirement plan. Family owned. I understand it’s a good trade but I really do not enjoy being in construction. I also don’t like not being able to earn a livable wage here in Southern California. 9months in and its not who I am that’s for sure. There’s way more to life than working full time labor. I want to be the person who needs an electrician not the electrician.
I see the journey men who have been doing it for over 15 years and I don’t want to be like them. I’m 27, I feel the only hope to strive in this is to get in the union.
Carl Jonesey you need to apply for a company to work at an oil refinery.
9 months in? You won't do ANY better in the union with your attitude and entitlement syndrome.
Coming from an IBEW electrician with almost 20 years in who runs work for a living 90% of the time
You know NOTHING about electric with 9 months in. You know NOTHING about electric with 3 years in.
I make 6 figures a year every year, but I earn every fucking penny and ate shit for a lot of years, NOTHING was handed to me.
You won't make it in the trades. Get a desk job and make 20$ an hour the rest of your life, or accept that making good money in the trades means you're busting your ass. Owning a business in the trades means you'll work even harder for the money.
@@xprocharged1 any advice im looking to get into the electrical trade. The desk jobs are overhyped in my opinion
@@xprocharged1 well said, i started electric a year ago and i fucking love it.
Good job Altered! Don’t worry about some of these yo-yo’s on here that want to pick you apart as an electrician. Drawing comparisons from electrical to life is beyond their small galaxy of thought :(
alphaonespf Thank you.
I appreciate your video so much! I did really well on my aptitude test and becoming an electrician apprentice is becoming a very REAL opportunity. However, being a decent looking girl, I'm worried about sexual harrassment and the work environment. I'm not worried about getting dirty... I change my own oil, build my own shelving, fix minor issues with toilets... I'm only worried about not being welcomed because simply put - I have a vagina! UGH
U aren't an electrician if ur an apprentice
Just do your job and you should be fine. The environment working as an electrician is much different than an office job. Workers regularly talk crap to each other, up to and including what could be called sexual harrassment. I dont care if I'm working with a woman, but I do care when she starts complaining about carrying heavy stuff and asks me to help her move it.
A part of the hiring process is a basic set of physical requirements including being able to lift a minimum amount of weight every day. When I'm at work, I expect all workers to be able to do the same tasks, otherwise I'm pulling their slack, which is unfair to me, and any other workers on my team. This is coming from a foreman journeyman electrician. What I find interesting is my wife is in a management white collar position, and regularly complains about male workers being much more difficult to train. Lol oh well that's life. Good on this lady for doing what she wants!
way to be reflective, balanced, and authentic
Anne Chovey thank you!
:)
You.did a good job. Show up on time. Just moving forward. I'm teaching daughter now. The only stupid question is the one you don't ask. I say if you can bend pipe and do motor control. You will always have a job
David Petrusewicz thanks. Love that you're teaching your daughter.
Yes showing up is most of the battle! She has a great point there.
Mandy --- thank you for the like and heart as well as highlighting, my comment.
Excellent! I really appreciate that you have your feet firmly planted on the ground, and the great advice. Thanks for posting this video.
AerialLensVideo thank you and you're very welcome! Thank you for watching.
It is not for the faint of heart but we are all electric as we are people
Good to hear from you!
This babe has what takes to be the Jill of all trades, not just an electrician.
how'd u handle conduit bending?
Can u show me how to change a outlet plz make a vidoes
Great idea, I will add that to my list.
well said same way taught me in Basic training one step at time
can you please make video about codes in electricity in USA??
i am happy that Being An Electrician taught someone how to be an actual person
Do people ask you to do work for them sometimes?
Thank you for the insight on a trade I'm interested in.
What convinced you to move on from the electrician field? I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it's definitely a long ways from what you're doing now. (Although, it's amazing that you learned all that human insight from within it.)
Peter Salazar I knew it was not the right fit for me. That being said, the golden handcuffs were hard to move on from. I had some troubling health concerns that required multiple surgeries and a long recovery period. It was time and I was ready. I took a huge pay cut but ended up doing something I love.
I still keep my card up to date if ever I should need it.
I spent time on the opposite spectrum compared to you I'm 20 yrs now in the trade and still humble
The lady here could've successfully had renewable energy off the grid without hiring an electrician.
Being able to convert the solar energy's DC to AC is a cool idea.
Zen and the Art of Electrical.
Shit I wish I had helper like her. 😘
You'd be my helper!
hahahahahah she Zapped you
Sweater melons look ripe
@@alteredselfwellnesscoachma4476 is it a hard trade to get your head round, trying to figure out what's right for me
Thank you.
Eric Elder your welcome.
Your hired!
I learned what cubital tunnel syndrome is, thanks to my career as an electrician.
When a real woman enters a construction trade like this babe, she's on a quest for knowledge. That's how you make a Jill of all trades out of women.
Thanks for sharing and you're a real woman btw.
Jill of all trades LOL
Why did u leave?
Should be called "lessons I learned from being a smoking fucking hot electrician"
Hi, great video all well put.. just subscribed to see more good videos
Thanks Pete
Peter Lowry welcome! I’ll keep putting out the videos and you just let me know if they’re awesome or if I need to work harder 😉
Thanks for the reply, did you enjoy the electrical work? I love it but my back is starting to get bad... hopefully holds out for a few years yet..
Peter Lowry I absolutely loved aspects of being an electrician. It’s a wonderful skill to have. It’s a beautiful trade to be apart of.
Terminating panels is great meditation time
Yes TOTALLY they put you in front of a panel and watch you mess up and yell at you
I'm in love !!
wears the tightest sweater she could find
i aint complainin :)
Seems okay with me
She could wear nothing for all i care 🤷🏽♂️
........and that's a problem, WHY???
Even a loose sweater would be very tight...
something electrical just broke! lol
I've worked with some female electricians. And some great electricians who happen to be female. The difference is the great ones were electricians first.
For those looking to get into this you should know that this trade is Brutal to the body. All the old timers have arthritis, bad knees, and have to get back, arm, and carpal tunnel surgery. Even guys in their late 20s throw out their backs and feel the damage. Women are prone to this physical damage faster because of their smaller stature and less muscle mass.
Any female who wants to get into this, you can. Just make sure you come into it with the right expectations.
5 to 9 yep but the value is all to often under paid by all rounds
You sort of speak didn't knew anything about the work as an electrician and you didnt have the real, what it seemed, "interest" in it either, why did you choose it?
dtiydr great question. I was not naturally inclined to love working with tools. I actually don't have great spacial awareness. My father became an electrician when I was young and then my single mother became an electrician in her late 30’s pulling herself out of poverty. I wired outlets and odd jobs with my dad when I was little. It was never something I immensely enjoyed. I chose electrical to pull myself out of poverty. I gained an array of other beautiful gifts from practicing the trade. It's still not my passion.
I would get injured with a girl like this on the job site.
Just hearing her voice I could tell this women was traumatized by something in her past.... the comments about her appearance are extremely disgusting too. She literally went from being an electritican to needing to do self care for a living because of a field that likely treated her the way these male commenters are treating her. Jesus fucking christ.
It's a skill that is not easily 😏 mastered by jumping in and out for more than 3 years
Yet the base value remains the same and the customer still pays the same
I loved your input!! Very true!
there's definitely not enough women in the trade
I've been a electrician for 24 years and I can say this is the sexiest electrician I have ever seen
7yr IBEW 379 member here Charlotte, nc in the house
bodymrgood IBEW357 Las Vegas in the house brother
wife got jealous when I said we need to hire her
adam adam oh no!
No worries! She is the only woman for me.
I think the greatest lesson that I learned at my job is that you should never assume others do their job right. I've made mistakes myself. Double check your work.
Hi. Im interested in being an apprentices with our local... but I AM A WOMAN! Can i do this?????
katrina MURPHY you can do it if you set your mind to it and work hard regardless of your sex! Women can succeed in the electrical field. I'm proof of that😉
I like the video
Respect
Can somebody in the comment section tell me why all electricians have that same hairline? Is it something in the wires?
when in doubt, cap it out
She’s reading a script lol
Obviously
Continuously
You sound stronger than me
Dang sounds very similar yes it does teach you all that. That's great and your hot wish you were on my crew what a great attitude also. Strong in mind and body not the easiest jobs. Got to love those 750s or 500s
Nice
Female electrician , no way 😨🤤😨🤤