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Believe in yourself. Actual meaningful things are created through struggle.

“Are you willing” most important takeaway that can be applied to anything in life

I’m so sad. Almost 30 and I still don’t know my time tables yet here I am at 3am contemplating becoming a electrician. smh, thanks for bringing me back to reality

This is what worries me since ive never been the best in math, so i start to overthink if id even be good for the job

Went through the union apprenticeship from 2002 - 2007. The program has a very structured continuity from one lesson to the next and if you apply yourself to do the best you can, it's no problem with the math at all. They teach you everything you need to know as far as the math itself is concerned. How it can apply in the field is limitless it seems and the apprenticeship just teaches you basics. Albeit "basics" can get fairly complicated but they build up to get there. I barely passed high School by the skin of my teeth including my math classes and at the end of my apprenticeship, I had the top score for academic performance and on the job training work reports. People tend to excel in the subjects they are interested in even though you may not have thought you are interested in some of this math, seeing how it applies to the electrical trade and if you're interested thoroughly in the electrical trade, the math is easy during the learning process because of it.

I've been looking into getting into being an electrician, just turned 18, and this channel has been the most informative channel so far, even more so than Electric U and other popular ones for me since I wanna join the union, I believe I found a hidden gem of a channel that will grow, keep up the good work and thanks for the advice B)

Hey brother. Found your videos when I applied for the Ibew. I passed. Turns out I was #2 on the list. Now I’m working with a contractor. The turn around was really quick. To everyone out there watch this guys videos. He knows what he’s talking about and it helped out a lot. I appreciate everything your doing for us. Much love. 💪🏾

Quality video as always Stephen! Thanks for letting us be a part of it. Keep up the great work.

Thank you so much for your videos! My son is graduating high school in May and looking into the Electrician Apprenticeship Program here in Kansas City Mo. He struggles in Math and this helps give him some confidence!

Thanks for the encouragement and keying me into upstryve! Love!

I just had my an interview for an apprenticeship. This gentleman is talking with his wife to consider whether or not to take me in. I was so surprised about the interview because I haven't even started school yet, and I thought it would take a semester or so in order to start. But for me, and maybe because I have contacts, it was almost immediately. So excited! And your videos helped a bunch! Thanks man!

I am 22 turning 23 and hating my current career path I have been considering starting as an electrical apprentice for a long time now and finally pulled the trigger and started applying for positions. I would have to say that this channel has been a large part of that. Thank you.

Congrats on getting sponsored! Glad to see your channel's growing!

I'm an apprentice electrician myself here in the Toronto area after graduating a pre-apprenticeship college program. I had an interview lined up just after school so it was perfect. I was working under a non union company, but unfortunately the people weren't the nicest and I wasn't fast enough for their expectations. Fortunately...I did learn a lot being with the old company and was able to bring my experience into the new. Working under this new company with a boss who's really cool, non union, and it's been nothing but fun for the most part with these guys and they're very understanding. I am happy to have gotten into this trade :)

Definitely looking forward to that Uglys book review. I suggest if you enough time, review and teach us subscribers almost every topic in the book, basically an overview on the book. Bet that’ll get a good amount of views. Make a playlist just like the first one you did on how to get into the apprenticeship and just explain the formulas it has and codes. Love the amount of information you give man! This channel is definitely a Gem! Keep it up!

Thanks for the encouraging video

Love your openings ☕️

Yesss I agreee 💯 pleas continue to do these videos it really helps a ton bro! It keeps us motivated and encouraged to pursue this goal we have of getting into a trade! I know for myself I have benefited greatly and look forward to new videos you post about! Keep up the good work brother and hope you and your fam Continue to be safe and healthy!

I'm 18 and am going to college right now to get my associates of applied science in C&RW, I have talked to countless students and many instructors but your videos have been the most helpful and useful advice for my future and I can't thank you enough. Because of your videos I know have a true understanding of how I'm going to get started and just how the whole process works. I also work retail so when you talk about how you worked retail too I can relate to the feeling of just wanting to get a job like an electrician and get away from getting yelled at by random people all day. Thank you for your videos you actually are the only person to inform me of how the whole process works!

Thank you for this video 🙂

Thanks for the confidence booster!

So glad I found this channel.

Super insightful as always! Also - the new mic makes the audio sound waaaay better. Good call!

Another solid video man. I am someone who is very mathematically challenged lol. I have been slowly teaching myself math in preparation for my aptitude test and with time running out I am starting to stress a bit. I have told you before that I am in healthcare management. I work 65-70 hours a week so finding time between work, wife and kid to do math is different. Hoping for the best! Thanks again for your incredibly useful content

Thank you for the words of encouragement i was doubting myself since I suck at math

Great work, thanks

Thanks for this video!!!

very informative, appreciate the content.

always interesting topic thank you. I agree most of this video. in my humble opinion, no you don't need to be but you will be able to make your progress faster if you are good at math. here is something mad electrician would agree. you don't really need to be someone special to be in this job. some special quality can help your career but this is trade work, not software programming or engineering. just keep your work and experience more.

really appreciate your content! it's helped give me confidence to actually pursue being an electrician :)

This video helped me believe in myself ngl thank you!!!!

Can you please clarify a few things: 1) The areas of algebra that should be studied you mentioned were fractions, factors, decimals, etc. on Khan academy every area covers so many other topics. For example: there are lessons for x and + fractions but there’s also ordering and comparing fractions. Should that be part of the “fractions” we study? 2) In your own experience once in the apprenticeship, did you have to travel often and far for job assignments? And how often?

I have to say thank you for making these videos. I am scheduled to take my aptitude test on Feb 12th for ibew 48. These videos really help explain a lot and are helping me prepare

Hey, it might be to late for you to read this but I just wanted to say thank you... Your really helping me out allot here 🙂

I've been practicing my math skills using Khan academy while I wait to enter the apprenticeship. It's great to know there is a specific company that helps the trades with training!

Thank you

I needed these positive words. I have an aptitude test to get in the Union in Michigan in less than 25 days. I’m stressing because I want to be an electrician so bad but I’m horrible at math and basically forgot everything I learned when I got my GED, which was at least 10 years ago. I’m currently using Khan Academy but it’s just making me realize I know even less than I thought lol.

Fantastic video!

Crazy you drop this video & this is some I’m struggling with right now while in school is the math to be a electrician

@Mad Electrician I really want to become an electrician and I have extremely good comprehensive skills and also am very good working with my hands and putting things together, but I have dyscalculia which is a learning difficulty that I’ve had all of my life which affects my ability to do basic arithmetic such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

I’m in 12th grade in my second year of going to a technical school to be an electrician and I’m learning how to do voltage drop ambient temperature conduit fill and much more

Use to live in Vancouver Washington working at Portland Oregon at the post office. Moved back to Las Vegas and will be going to trade school in a couple months. ain’t nothin like cold fresh mornings w a hot coffee.

Amazingninfo dude... I'm in Canada and looking to become an electrician at 40⚡⚡⚡👍.. Great videos

Im going through trade school right now for electrician, and I'm in math and throry 😫 I come home more exhausted than when I was working as a mover lol

Math is my weak point. I understand basic math such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. But algebra, ratios and those advanced forms of math...

I suck at math 😑...I'm glad I stayed tuned in. I'm going to use UKposts and math for dummies book to help me.

Could you give or show us an example of how that 4th year apprenticeship math looks like?

I just went to turn in documents for sound apprenticeship and am just waiting to see if ill be getting an interview. Hopefully they do call me and hopefully I understand it because I don't feel like I'm that good at math or remembering things

I feel like pulling my hair out reading this f**king textbox! I am almost done my First year studies but now I'm reading about things that just feel so far beyond my comprehension ability. Time Constants? VARS/Reactive power and apparent power? Power factor? Wtf is an RL circuit? Bro, I'm so lost 😭

Damn thank you! I thought I was a big idiot because I sucked at math lol gives me so much hope...

Great video! Not to take away from your channel, but Electrician U has a really good vid about Uglys.

I like how you grind the beans first- its supposed to make a big diff with flabour .. i needa get my own grinder lol

I was in a college electrical engineering program but struggled as I got into the more advanced topics dealing with differential equations and complex multi variable calculus topics. I ended up dropping out as a result of difficulties with my junior year courses on math as well as family related issues trying to deal with my mother's diagnoses with terminal cancer. I'm at a point in my life where I'm trying to get back into that career path but don't have the money to afford a college program and felt that enter a trade by doing an apprenticeship would be a much more economical way of achieving my desire to work with electronics. Do the later years of the apprenticeship program touch on similar topics of advanced multi variable calculus and differential equations? If so it would be good to know early so I can try and find the right tutoring and support to help me get through the topics I failed in before. I'm hoping that one day working in this trade could help me finance a return to college in order to complete my degree as an electrical engineer, but who knows,I might enjoy the more hands on trade based work and just make my new goal becoming a master electrician. Would appreciate your input! I take my aptitude test and do my interview in about 3 months and your videos have helped motivate me immensely. Hoping to start getting some on the job experience as a construction wireman while I wait to see if I can get into my local unions program! Your video on whether I need prior experience in construction really helped seal my decision to continue down this path. Thanks so much!

If I don’t get the apprenticeship how long do I wait for the next one and would u think that going to a like 6month school for electrical would be good if I don’t get the job

Ive already completed my 2 year Electrical Engineering Technician course. I recently passed the IBEW aptitude test and have been put on a waitlist to begin an apprenticeship. I wouldnt say im amazing at math but im guessing im good enough atleast since i passed the aptitude test and completed the schooling, right? Would you say the most technical and challenging part is the schooling? Im a very confident and professional person and i feel like ill do better on the job site learning hands on then when i was in school. I thought the schooling was tough. Im really excited to get on the job site.

Hey. Enjoy watching. 25 year member here...

Is it hard to get an apprenticeship at my local union straight out of high school with no experience?

What about mechanical inclination to begin? My lack of experience with tools is embarrassing but I want to learn without being laughed off the jobsite.

hi, can you give us a list of formulas that are most used on the field? thank you

You don't need a complex math, you only need Simple algebra.

hey in between surprise expenses and everything else I haven't been able to afford that class but have used all my other resources on here and khan academy. I already struggled with math but am getting better studying on my own but they just gave us math lvl 1 (the whole section) to do online quizzes on by Monday and I'm lost. they gave us no warning and by thr time I got the info as thr hall closed so I can't ask questions and have to report to my first job Monday and won't have time to ask questions. any advice on this long story/question

I basically have to relearn math starting all the way from fifth grade to senior year of high school. I’m 25 and I’ve literally forgotten everything, or I was never taught it. By the way I’ve already started my course, and I’m struggling at the moment. Hopefully I can learn 8 years worth of math in 2 years. Otherwise, I wasted 13k.

Hey mate just wondering what kinda math methods i need to focus on ? Thank you

Good info man! Any idea if there’s apps where you can do math problems that you’ll see in aptitude test?

I just got signed up as an apprentice. I was wondering, does first term of schooling consist of a lot of math?

Is this a school the employer does or we do outside of work? Like student loans and all that

Hey, I've just applied for the JATC Electrician apprentice program and about to go take the aptitude test and then interview. I don't have any experience in the electrician field but I'm really passionate and really want to become an electrician, do you think its possible to get in the union JATC electrician apprenticeship?

For all the numeral gymnastics that everyone learns in school, much of the real world doesn't use anything beyond arithmetic and basic algebra. But then not everyone trains to be an engineer or speculator either.

I’m 33 and want to start in the electrical trade need a career and stable income. Don’t want to be involved with flooring anymore. Will having basic knowledge help me get into the apprentice program faster?

hey i have a interesting question. idk if you know what the difference is but ima ask anyway. what’s the difference between union and non union?

Am praying u make a in-depth video of the ugly book

I just watched your vid about how to become an electrician and about how we should stand out in our resume. My question is does being an electrician in the Navy stand out to IBEWs?

Hey just a question here so after completing the apprenticeship with the Ibew I would like to move to a different state would they switch me over to that state of my choosing?

Where can one study for mechanical comprehension?

Doubt you need diff eq to be an electrician Hey, which US state offers the highest wages? & if I finish my 4 years with union, can I ditch them for Canada or Dubai?

I suck at algebra

Super nervous about the math.

Hey man will we are on the topic of education I have a question I’m currently in area 1 jatc (Portland non union) it’s no secret the education we get here is a joke how bad is this going to hurt me if I want to switch over to the local 48

I’m quite nervous about starting my apprenticeship as an electrician, I’m not bad at maths but nothing special, do I need to be more advanced to become an electrician or will I learn during my apprentice!

Sir Im dheyn i am from Philippines and i love to become an industrial electrician but i am not good at math i am 15 yrs old turning 16 this april, do industrial electrician need to be good at math?

I'm about to graduate soon and I want to be a electrician any tips? I'm kinda nervous and not sure how to get my foot in the door if yk what I mean

I am 47 and interested in getting into a apprenticeship-I was not the best in Math and barely passed Algebra with I believe C- or D + in 1993-Should I even bother trying or am I better off with a different trade? much thanks

I'm 30, been a steel carpenter for about 13 years and I'm barely making 20...younger kids in my company that barely know my trade are making up to 30, I used to love this and bust ass everyday but I see me going nowhere in this trade plus it's hard on my body...I'm burnt out and lost motivation, quitting here soon to peruse the trade of an electrician...of course after I learn math. DONT GO THROUGH CARPENTER WORK YOU'LL HATE YOUR LIFE.

Do you get a basic calculator doring the exams ?

Does your advice and info of the IBEW also apply to the IBEW in Canada?

Anything for the Canadians?

Can you opt out if you have bs degree?

*makes coffee* *plugs sponsor* "Nope." *video ends*

IF you whant to sucess in your electrician school, you know to need basic electrician math. IF you whant to develop furter after basic electrician to become engenier, then yes you need more deeper math knowledge. But in real life for an electrician you dont realy need math. You whil never count math om your daily jobb. And today there are apps and programs that calculate all THE thing for you. And when you work you lern thumb rules and standards that Applies to everything you do. So IF you whant to work with comurcial electronics, production with housing and so on you dont realy need math. But you need to know basic stuff and you need to know how your using your equipment like multimeter and so on, and you need to have a srructured mind and high safety awerness.

What kind of math do you learn in electrician school?

hey i wanna be an electrician , but im scared because im very bad at math lol thats the only thing holding me back lol , any advice?

As long as it’s not calculus I’m feeling confident 😊😂

hm

I don't think we have things like signal processing,electromagnetism and radio frequency,these are the reasons why I dropped out of college

What about military people do they gotta take that test too?

Multiplication, division, percentages...

Can you use a calculator? Does anyone use that ?

Yeah this isn’t for me. Failed my test, not sure if I’m gonna take it again

I'm currently doing an electrical course and math is my biggest failure