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[–] Mimar 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I'm an Electrician, 11 years in. I won't ever ask for the trade schooling to be reduced. Its too easy to kill people if you don't know what you're doing. For me I did 4 years of schooling and had to get 4k hours of work experience to gain my Journeymen card. With the fly by night operators or the out of staters that come in and give us a bad name, I think the laws should be stricter.

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[–] CRKT_M16Z 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Side topic: I wish more people considered trade schools as viable education options over traditional college.

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[–] smashbery 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

i wish my fucking GI bill worked for trade schools as it did for universities. i would have loved to be a helicopter pilot but with out some extreme hoops and big money out of my pocket i could not do it. however i can stack up all the liberal arts i could ever want. what a joke

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[–] StagOfMull 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Seriously, I am convinced most people don't actually understand how dangerous working with electricity is. In school almost daily we had professors tell us that this can kill you or someone else.

It's something that anyone can do, but not a lot can do well and safely. I've seen plenty of hobbyists/DIY guys have stuff wired in such a way that they could have easily killed themselves without trying.