21 Jul
2006
21 Jul
'06
1:56 p.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
I'm not trying to piss off anyone here, but really
only "card-carrying
union-member" electricians do apprenticeships. Purdue (for example)
hires non-unionized electricians, who haven't necessarily been through
any apprenticeship program (though some of them work just as
effectively as Chicago card-carrying union electricians... ;).
Pat,
My point is that an electrician has formal training for the trade, and a
handyman type maintenance person does not. A friend of mine, was
attending the local community college for his electrical training while
working under a local electrical contractor for his apprenticeship. I
don't have any reason to believe that the contractor was union.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA