ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Proper attire for electricians?

I wear long pants when: 1. It is below 32 degrees and 2. The job requires it - safety or arbitrary rules. Oops, forgot 3. Funerals.
Yes, I do wear shorts to church otherwise. I think long pants are unnecessarily confining. Shorts and knee pads cover most situations I encounter.
Spring skiing in shorts and a t shirt is one of the great joys of life.

that's just the way the service industry is, like it or not. we haven't even ventured into a clean shave or (Gawd forbid) our choice of vernacular have we?

~S~

We ALL LIVE in the real world!

I once again agree with Bob.
I revert to my comments in other threads about green hair and pierced tongues. It's hard to take somebody seriously when they look like they're from Mars.

I've ripped quite a few pairs of Levis with things like panel covers. If I'd have been wearing shorts, I would have ripped quite a few pairs of LEGS. (And we could wear shorts year-round in this climate)...S

I respect your opinion but people in shorts look like they are from Mars? In your neck of the woods you must be pretty used to Martians by now. I don't think wearing shorts means a quick progression to green hair and piercings.

[This message has been edited by Jeff N (edited 07-19-2004).]

I forgot to add...Not only do I wear shorts at work, both on residential and commercial jobs, but I also have a nce big tattoo right on my left calf

I will have to concede it must depend on location.

Here on the jobs I work anyone with shorts would look more out of place then a Martian.

We require along with the GCs we work for.

Long Pants

Work boots

Sleeves, they can be short but must be present, in other words your arm pits must not show.

As a project super I am supposed to send anyone without that home.

Also we provide hardhats and safety glasses.

And the office really wants us to wear gloves, they provide us with nice fingerless Kevlar gloves.

Ryan, seriously I would have to ask you to come back with pants to do your inspections, I will provide hardhat and safety glasses for visitors but I do not stock extra pants.

But I have never seen an inspector show up in shorts, sneakers yes and I had to tell them to come back with boots.

Bob

I didn't know you could judge the quality of an electrician's work depending on if they are wearing shorts or pants. Give me a break.

Yes, I wear shorts. In attics too.



[This message has been edited by CTwireman (edited 07-19-2004).]

While I rarely wear shorts on the jobsite, most other trades do. I think it all depends on the condition of the work clothes. Around here, east-central Indiana, a lot of "professional" people wear shorts on the job in the summer. UPS drivers wear shorts May-October. The city Police here have the option in the summer. Some cops do, some don't, some do and really shouldn't but they have the option. The guys at REMC have the option, depending on what jobs they are doing. I've seen them wearing shorts, trench an underground, put on coveralls and climb a pole to tap the transformer, come down and shuck the coveralls, load up and go to the next job. But I'm talking about shorts, not cut-offs or gym trunks. On the new house job today all the carpenters were wearing Carhart work shorts and so were the roofers. I wasn't offended one bit. I have worked with some drywall hangers who looked like ZZ Top after a 3 week drug/alcohol binge and it wouldn't matter what they wore, unless it was body bags, they just looked bad.

hmmm...kinda like mothers milk leads to heroin? gotta think on that one ....

alrighty then....

there's nothing left to do but start a "best dressed 'lectrician" thread right outta this mess....

would you let this in your door??