Electrician Apprenticeship

[BreeStephany]

Usually first year electrician apprentices get a substantial discount on tools from certain suppliers. I would wait until he gets started. My daughters boyfriend finished his apprenticeship two years ago and is still buying tools. He has worked industrial, residential, commercial and now industrial maintenance.

Most of our primary suppliers offer "apprenticeship" discount rates to all of our staff, regardless of whether they are a laborer, active apprentice, journey or master.

Even when I wasn't actively working in the trade, many would continue to offer tools at "apprenticeship" rates and did free replacement on damaged Klein and Greenlee tools!

 

[Tactile]

Insulated screwdrivers with these tips. I assume they are common in the US? Plus/minus (Felo) or whatever the manufacturer call them!

 

[pb014]

Klein calls them "Combo".

 

[dscheidt]

Insulated screwdrivers with these tips. I assume they are common in the US? Plus/minus (Felo) or whatever the manufacturer call them!

In the US, insulated tools are really only used for hot work, and no apprentice should be doing hot work.

 

[sparky 1971]

I've never owned, nor used, any kind of insulated tool. The one time I was concerned about doing something in a hot panel it was an Eaton MDP that had goofy linkage that I had never seen and didn't like the looks of it. I just wanted to get it over with so I wrapped some 33 around the screwdriver shaft and installed the breaker.

And those combo tips are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. There are two types of combo head screws, one with the slots square and the other with the slots at a 45°. Using them, there are only two ways for the driver to fit the head of the screw. Robbies and Phillips fit four ways. I use a #2 Robbie for panel covers, breakers, and smaller conduit fittings (#3 for larger) and a #2 Phillips for devices.

 

[hh76]

Channellock 426 is one of my favorite tools in my pouch.