Sparky,
I can't speak for anything but VA, but we have a rather large part of the first year devoted to safety, however, teaching the 4th year, I can't really say how much.
Also, 30 years ago (so I'm told, not being born yet.........ahem) the first 6 weeks of the IBEW was safety and first aid, course, all we had were rocks and sticks to work with then.
