This brings a private "project" of mine to mind. Has anyone compiled a list of "things to do so that the electrical installation works well"?
This goes along with the general notion of maintaining a bit of professionalism, ethics, a bit of personal responsibility, in trade practice. It would be nice to have a laundry list of things every installer should try to do..but often don't..due to expediency concerns, cost, or lack of organization.
When the politicians come up with questions about licensing electricians, and about continuing education, the list can be brought up as a reminder that we have to maintain, and police ourselves, in our installation standards, and that licensing and continuing education helps foster such professionalism, such group norms. As educators, we must be mindful of how our apprentices need to come up to our self-policing standards..and not expect them to just learn it all on the job. They might just end up reinforcing the juvenile ways of "doing whatever I can get away with".
