ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area What does it take to be a Sparky?

Im 48 now with almost 6000 hours in and 2000 to go includeing my code class hours. Was it easy no. Was there a problem doing the work no. One problem I hadd was sometimes the EC went to fast over looking things. Box fill calculation,Putting 2 wires under the regular romex staple, things like that. People my age know what it is to show up every day, do what we have to and keep our mouth shut.One guy recentley told me i was too old to apprentice. Although I do not do much resi work he can to our job site he was a friend of my boss and said if i knew you could do work like this I would have hired you. Im really looking forward to being a fully licenced electrician in the state of mass.