My grandfather started out as a carpenter on the railroad here in NJ. Then one day they asked for volunteers to work on some wiring for the train signals. He voluntered as stayed on as an electrician. My father worked for the railroad, but didn't do any electrical work. I started out doing alarm wiring in 1975, then moved to electrical work with a contractor. I have no military experience, other then I was going to Vietnam, when the war ended. In NJ you need at least 5 years in the field to take an 8 hour test. If you pass, you can get an electrical contractors lic. Once you have that and 5 years in your own business, you can take a test for an electrical inspectors lic. There are 3 parts for the inspectors lic. and if you pass the first 2, you gat an ICS lic. if you pass the third part and 10 years experience, you gat the HHS lic. You also need some college for those tests.
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