Apprentice Industrial Service Electrician here. This video made me realize that industrial work feels almost the same everywhere lol MCCs, motors, fans, and chillers everywhere! Love to see it!
Idk how I didn’t see this comment earlier but if you’re working for a company that has a master of records. They can sign off on your hours. If not, then unfortunately you won’t get the credit. Either work for an electrical company or work at a place that has their own master electrician.
Thank you for the video suggestion! I will definitely consider that in the near future! My company provides all my tools for this kind of work. Would you be interested in seeing what’s in my personal tool arsenal/packout? 👀
So I'm a 2nd year who got accelerated to a 3.5 year (just for pay and ability to do more without recourse, not my actual jman hours) but our environment is insanely dusty due to the nature of our operation. So i just gotta ask, why are you dusting off the starter, relay, fuses, etc.? I can think of some reasons, but i don't know the true answer. We have 3 electricians, 1 per shift for a massive facility, so that kind of work practice isn't practical for us even though our buckets (75% or 50s era so they aren't dust proof) are loaded with organic dust.
You want to keep all gear maintained for various reasons. Extend the life expectancy on the interior, clean off dust so the electricity doesn’t track to ground or phase to phase, check all connections to make sure there are no loose connections, etc. It sounds like your facility needs more electricians to help rotate on the pms.
@sparky_izzy Ok, that makes sense, thanks. And we don't have one manager with electrical knowledge, and you'd think the plant doesn't know what pming means with the way it's ran. I think they are running it until it fails, so to speak. I'll probably leave shortly after I get my state papers to work somewhere more professional 😄.
Do you think any industrial plants would hire me as a industrial maintenance mechanic/electrician helper? I have 9 year’s residential hvac experience and a diesel mechanics diploma under my belt. Just don’t have industrial plant experience. But seeing what you do id love to become a industrial maintenance mechanic/electrician.
I can definitely see you getting a position for Industrial HVAC mechanic. Probably not an electrician unless you get your electrical apprentice license. For the most part, we work along side the mechanics. They remove the motors, fix leaks, work on chillers. & us electricians just work on the wiring & disconnecting the electrical parts of the motor. Or lock out the equipment for the mechanics
The amount of exposed drive shafts/fans in american industrial settings is crazy, I've done more than a few safety upgrades to imported american automated systems. Darwinism really applies over there 😂😂 Aussie sparky here - nice edit
A 3 minute video about the day in the life of an electrical maintenance technician? Yup. Sounds about right. Go there. Sit in a chair. Complain when someone calls you to do something. Go home and *maybe* night shift will do it. ...as an ironworker contractor in the mills...its hard to take them serious
Sounds like you need a new electrician! This video is for people that want to get in the trade that aren’t familiar with any industrial applications. There isn’t a lot of videos on YT about “industrial” places.
