We all know the story of Benjamin Franklin, his kite, the lightening storm and how the three combined to help create what we now know as electricity. Over 250 years have passed since Franklin changed the world, and since then thousands if not millions of people have worked as electricians. We know about old Ben, possibly the world’s first electrician, but what don’t we know about the men and women who help make our every day lives possible?
1. A master electrician trains as long as a doctor studies
A master electrician is the best electrician there is. He or she is the most experienced, most capable and most educated, having been trained in the classroom and on the job for at least eight years. A doctor, through university, med school and their residency, also trains for roughly eight years. Like a doctor, an electricians must be licensed after they finish their apprenticeship. In Melbourne, Victoria electricians such as Tesla Electrical must register with Energy Safe Victoria.
2. There are four areas an electrician can specialize in
Wen a doctor is still in school, they usually choose what they want to specialize in. Whether it be oncology, pediatrics or plastic surgery, a doctor has an important decision to make. So does an electrician. They can specialize in one of four fields. The residential field is any electrical work done within homes. Commercial is electrical work done for businesses, schools and government agencies. The third kind of electrician, industrial, will work in factories and processing or manufacturing plants, doing large scale jobs with complex machinery. Outside lineman are electricians who bring electricity from the plant to homes, businesses and factories. They are the fourth kind of electrician and work at substations and transformers.
