How can I become a licensed electrician person? Or start doing renovations

reesefitzmaurice wrote: ↑ Right now I do cheap labor paid like $15 per hour.

I do work like flooring, demo walls, tiling, dry wall, painting.

I want to earn more money. How can i become a licensed trades person? I want to become a licensed electrician to clarify

reesefitzmaurice wrote: ↑ Right now I do cheap labor paid like $15 per hour.

I do work like flooring, demo walls, tiling, dry wall, painting.

I want to earn more money. How can i become a licensed trades person? I want to become a licensed electrician to clarify

GroverTime wrote: ↑ I would investigate doing an electrical apprenticeship. Starting pay would likely be over $20 per hour and schooling would be paid for while you do the apprenticeship. There is a huge shortage in the trades right now.

https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/03/ontario-paying-electricians-training-free/

And as an aside, if you are even half skilled in any of the tasks you mentioned you should honestly have no trouble finding a job that pays north of $20 per hour, you just need to get out there and look. Any of the companies that are building homes or doing installs of just about anything are screaming for semi-skilled labour. They cant even get away with minimum wage for people on work permits with no skills and can't speak English. If you can show up to work on time and sober and do a proper days work you should be making more than $20 per hour these days in the trades type of work.

reesefitzmaurice wrote: ↑ that program is expired

ChesterCheetoh wrote: ↑ Find an electrical contractor to sponsor you and take you on as an apprentice. Electrical apprenticeships are 5 years.

Super_Chicken wrote: ↑ Is there a way to do this part time? Or I guess find someone to sponsor you to do it part time?

I'm currently working full time and making good money. I would love to do evening/side gigs on my own eventually; or do fun jobs once I retire.
I know you need like something like 8000 hours (4 years working full time) to become a licensed electrician (who can work for themselves?). I can't justify quitting my job in order to go back to school or make $20/hr for 4+ years in order to get my license.
I also assume I won't find anyone willing to take me on if I'm only willing to do evenings or weekends while maintaining another full time job. Or if they do I guess I would just take me 10-20 years to actually do enough hours to get my license?

My experience is purely residential 120/240v, with a little commercial 480v/600v.

ChesterCheetoh wrote: ↑ I said 5 years, because it is 5 years. While you think you "know" its 8000 hours, you neglected to include classroom hours which takes it to 9000 hours, or 5 years.

And no, no one is taking you part time when there are hundreds of people wanting to start an apprenticeship.

Your first year would pay up what you make now. Each year of apprenticeship pays you more until you are at 80% journeyman wages in year 5.

ChesterCheetoh wrote: ↑ I said 5 years, because it is 5 years. While you think you "know" its 8000 hours, you neglected to include classroom hours which takes it to 9000 hours, or 5 years.

And no, no one is taking you part time when there are hundreds of people wanting to start an apprenticeship.

Your first year would pay up what you make now. Each year of apprenticeship pays you more until you are at 80% journeyman wages in year 5.