I don't know if this is an appropiate time to jump in and please forgive me if you believe I may be bit disruptive in this discussion board.

I understand I am very new here on this board surrounded with electricans, filled with widsom and expertise. I realize I must be humble because I do not know one thing, other than basic wiring, about electricity and what it takes to become a electrican.

Since I am in the process of a career change and am very enthusiastic in learning to become a electrican, I felt this board might be a good place to start asking. Please let me know if this is not the good place to start and I will abide and move on.

Please allow me to tell you a little bit of myself. I am 39, hearing-imparied and currently working for a government agency as a closed contract specialist in the Marietta, Georgia area. I live in Acworth, Georgia and married to a wonderful wife and have four sons.

Some of you might ask why I didn't become a electrican to begin with. For this reason was because of my overprotective mother who worries that since I am hearing-imparied, I may get killed by electrotion. I was so eager to become an electrican after high school, but the thought of death by electrotion frightened my mother so I abided to her wishes against my own will and went to a safer path which turned out to be a clercial desk job at a government agency. I have been on the job ever since for 17 years now. It's a miserable and a dead end job and a totally waste of time and a waste of my untapped talents.

This is why I am very eager to make the career change, but I am having trouble trying to find a good way to start and figure out how to obtain experience. I thought about joining an apprenticeship program and learn from there, but don't know where to find them. I hope this is not asking for too much, but I would love to hear any tips or suggestions from any electricans here and tell me where he thinks I should start.

I'm willing to learn and I'm not asking for money. All I want is the knowledge and wouldn't mind working with a electric contractor on a part-time basis if possible. I know it would be an honor to work with an expert electrican.

I appreciate you reading this and I am going to stop for now.

Any suggestions or tips will be graciously appreciated. Y'all have happy holidays! And I hope to meet you on this board.