I am a first year electrician apprentice here. I work for a small company so my pool to draw experience from is critical and I'm trying learn as much as I can as quickly as I can. I'm reading the code book so I am aware what the bare minimum is but what resources would you recommend for best practice? For example EMT is allowed by the code (in 358.10) to be directly buried in the earth but no electrician I know would recommend it.
Ideally the journeyman I work with should be a great resource but often we are rushing on a job and questions are discouraged. So I try harder to observe and learn through observation when that is permitted. But often it's not - I usually get assigned one thing while he does something else to save time and hopefully making our job more efficient and making more money for the company. The downside with this process is that I do the same thing over and over again (which to a point is a good thing) but rarely expand my knowledge or learning anything new.
I've been trying to substitute the lack of tutoring with Youtube, Instagram, Electrician talk forums and EC&M magazine - and they are all good to a point but often short of giving a good framework for best methodology.
Appreciate your advice
Ideally the journeyman I work with should be a great resource but often we are rushing on a job and questions are discouraged. So I try harder to observe and learn through observation when that is permitted. But often it's not - I usually get assigned one thing while he does something else to save time and hopefully making our job more efficient and making more money for the company. The downside with this process is that I do the same thing over and over again (which to a point is a good thing) but rarely expand my knowledge or learning anything new.
I've been trying to substitute the lack of tutoring with Youtube, Instagram, Electrician talk forums and EC&M magazine - and they are all good to a point but often short of giving a good framework for best methodology.
Appreciate your advice
