Originally Posted by TheLastLemming76
Originally Posted by hanco
I went to apprentice school two nights a week for 5 years, worked 10,000 hours of hands on to complete my apprenticeship.

Same here except the schooling was one day a week every other Thursday for 8 hrs. The IBEW paid for the schooling minus the books and I missed out on a days pay. Overall it was a good deal. My grandfather was a pipefitters for a major chemical manufacturer. I wound up working for the same company that my Grandpa worked for but in a non trades chemical processing role. My trades experience got me my foot in the door and credit for better starting pay and additional time off.

Went through the IBEW apprenticeship too. Pay is great, I've only had to work outside of the local twice. I usually had to work 6 months to make what my wife made in a year teaching with much better benefits overall.