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I was just wondering Who is the youngest electrical contractor? Or how old you were when you started your business. I passed the test and started my company when I was 23 years old. I just turned 25 today, and my business is going very well. Lets here some other peoples stories.

I passed my EC exam when i was 25 and been on my own since then. This August i will be 30.

Edward

Been an EC since i was 23, now 41 business is doing great, have not slowed down yet.
Doug

I got my residential license at 18 or 19, Comm/Industrial at 20 or 21 and was on my own at 21. I'll be 30 in June.

I started electricalwhen I was 18 and was able to get licensed. I have been an inspector since I was 23. 25 now, 26 next month.

wow ryan i did not know you were that young lol lol just kidding anyway for myself i got electrican liscinse when i was living in france before and move to usa and got usa liscsine here and yes i am famiur with both usa and france code and i did ran my own bussiness when i was 28 and still working on my own now and will be 39 this fall. [tell you the truth it is not easy to pass the french test btw ] and fluent in both engish and french.


merci , marc

Licensed at 23, started business at 24. 2004 marks 10 years in business and things are going well.

I got 'brainwashed' into this trade by my father. Since age of 5 every summer, he used to take me to the job to install plates, plugs and switches and stuff. I used to think it was 'fun', little did I know I was being used as a little slave, hahaha. I got my license 10 years ago at 22 years of age, (I had to wait for my older brother to get his ticket or I would have gotten it younger) so that makes me 32 years old. My dad still runs the company until he feels like retiring.

Sandro.

I got my masters at 45, am I the oldest I had been in business for 15 years at that point though

Bunch a babies! Maybe I'll go for mine before I'm 90.

Heck, I was 50 before I even got State certified as a journeyman! (There was no certification available before then) , and still don't have a contractor's license. I guess I'll go get one, though. ..S

The problem with this competition is it is not equal from state to state or local to local. Some states will allow someone with a screw driver in their back pocket to take an exam, while others require up to 7 years experience with back up.

Roger

... Been doing electrical work since '87..so thats 17 yrs..Got my Licence in 2001,at the ripe old age of 38,I'm 41 now,and in business for about 3 yrs..Jeez,time sure flies by...
Russ

License? Who needs a license?? ...Now hold on a second while I shove this conductor into the earth; remember, grounding is for safety!

-John

But, grounding is not always done safely!

Electrical licences under 22 ??/// What states??? Most states require 8000 hrs under a master just to test! com on guys. Working in the trade maybe Licensed I think not!

Well I am not an electrician, I am a low volt security guy. Started when I was 18, lead tech at 19, Sr Lead tech at 20, I turned 23 last week and I am the #2 tech in the company, sometimes #1 but I won't tell Oskar that....

Hey Mean gene, Are you the fella holding the ground rod or the one in the bucket.

What gets me is, you can tell by the bend of the knees and the motion blur of the hands of the guy in the bucket, he was coming down fast and hard with that sledge. Yet, the guy on the ground holding the rod has a smile on his face like it's all in a days work. Can he not comprehend that if the bucket man misses the rod he's going to have a broken skull or two broken arms?

I would worry, too, that bucket-man could slip with the sledge upon impact, lose his footing and tumble forward only to impale himself on the rod while knocking Smilie out cold with a blow to the noggin.

I passed the California C-10 exam two years ago one month after I turned 23. They only require 7200 hours of experience. I was self employed during most of that time so they did not accept it, even though I had permits and other evidence for all of it. So I'm still waiting for my appeal in Superior Court on June 11th.

About the picture:
I'd slip a shorter piece of Rigid conduit over the rod and push down on the rod with the bucket , I've never tried it but it seems it would work.

Mark


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My name is Justin Amezquita and I passed my journeyman electrician exam at 19 years old so I could possibly be the youngest