For me you need to include a voltage tester as well essential tool to get to know before they ever dream of messing around with anything involving electricity, i'd consider adding safety glasses and boots as well, saw someone step on a nail once in a build, wasn't pretty since then i always wear boots, rubber soles with some kind of protection from penetration from nails or any other nonsense hanging about on a site, probably kneepads and gloves would also be nice seeing as you're gonna be crawling around places a lot lol
As an American journeyman I would say The first thing an apprentice should do is learn the names of all the material that is commonly used you have no need for tools until you know what you’re doing and why
Volt stick #1. The very first job I ever did, I got sent into a crawl space to splice some wires that I was told were dead, and sure enough as I moved them in the box they hit the side and shorted out. My boss gave me a volt stick after that😂 Absolutely necessary tool to have
I really wish Knipexs regular stripper combo pliers came in insulated. I like the blue/red variant better, but I really would like to be fully insulated 🤔
I've never bought a hammer I use my kliens but I'm breaking down and going to get this small wiha electrical hammer can't wait .really just need for when I cut boxes to fit the studs I have to beat them flat and sucks using kliens
I cannot believe #1 was not a multi meter for testing voltages, grounds and phases. Unless the Apprentice is only being “limited” to pulling new construction wiring and mounting boxes. He/She won’t learn 💩 if that is all they are being Used to do as an apprentice.
Do you need to buy your tools on your own? Here in Germany a apprentice gets all the good tools at the start of his 3.5 apprentice years from his company and when something breaks the company he is working for gets him a new one. I would be very interested how this is managed in other countries.
For wire and cable cutters he uses Knipex, but also Wiha is very good. For wire and cable strippers you can buy Jokari, Weicon, Haupa. For screwdrivers he uses Wera but Wiha is also an alternative.
@@mikehunt8968 completely agree but a volt stick should do just fine, if its anymore complicated than that for a first year then the boss should be informed and he should conduct a proper test
@@Person12783 If they don't have the basic aptitude then they'll be a danger to everyone around them, let alone themselves ... Basic electrical safety BEFORE they get to work on real installations... As far as volt sticks go, you can easily get false readings... my Fluke stick is so insensitive you have to get it on the right side of a 3 core flex! It's absolutely useless, where as my cheap one from screwfix is sensitive enough to trace wires in a wall!
@fananderson3913 I wear my seat belt cause it's the law... if I was never driving would I wear a seat belt? No just like I wouldn't use insulated tools because I wouldn't be working on live circuits and even on live circuits unless it's the panel you won't die, it won't feel great but you won't die
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I hate when videos say “apprentice should have” more like a “professional should have”. These videos try to make these brands for newbies 😂. YEAH RIGHHT…. Title should say “every professional should use these brands”…. Apprentices don’t need top of the line products
