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    Ozzy, had you gone to line school before San Diego hired you?

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    No I was what you would call a home grown. They have a very nice climbing pit, training facility and you go to school each step of your apprenticeship. It was just like school. You get a test everyday and if you fail they climb the hell out of you or make you top poles with a fanno saw lol

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    Yeah, I am trying to get in via the home-grown route. I don't have $15k to drop on lineman college. I have been doing electrical (ie electrician) work for a number of years, and I am in good shape. How many people applied when you got in @ San Diego?

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    I dont blame you, i think thats way too much money when you can get pais to get your training. They hired 5 guys in my laborer class. The best advice I can give you is get your foot in the door anyway possible whether it be a laborer, janitor or whatever. I was hired as a gas side laborer and transferred to the electric side. It took a total of 3 months for me to transfer. I've worked with lineman that started as janitors.

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    I'm the guy that dropped 15 large for school. I can't find myself a job, let alone someone else

    I had planned to be quite active in the forum. But now it looks like the only thing I can do is talk about the schoolhouse.

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    It will be worth it when you land a job. Sign up for MSLCAT, SELCAT and SWLCAT and I guarantee they will pick you up. Get some time under your belt and join a utility. Don't give up!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozzy View Post
    I dont blame you, i think thats way too much money when you can get pais to get your training. They hired 5 guys in my laborer class. The best advice I can give you is get your foot in the door anyway possible whether it be a laborer, janitor or whatever. I was hired as a gas side laborer and transferred to the electric side. It took a total of 3 months for me to transfer. I've worked with lineman that started as janitors.

    Do you work at SDGE? I work here too... I tried to get my husband into the last Laborer class and NOTHING. That was like his 6th or 7th time applying and he has 15 years of construction experience, including 18 months of UG Electrical Experience. What district are you at? I am at Metro. If you have any tips for how he can get his app pulled next time, let me know!

    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by lovelylisa84 View Post
    Do you work at SDGE? I work here too... I tried to get my husband into the last Laborer class and NOTHING. That was like his 6th or 7th time applying and he has 15 years of construction experience, including 18 months of UG Electrical Experience. What district are you at? I am at Metro. If you have any tips for how he can get his app pulled next time, let me know!

    Thanks!
    I don't work there anymore. But I worked out of Eastern, Metro and Miramar. Its all about who you know. You need to be related to a hunter or freymiller or someone else high in the company/union. IMO he should drop names next time he send his app in.
    Last edited by ozzy; 07-31-2014 at 08:57 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deer View Post
    Yeah, I am trying to get in via the home-grown route. I don't have $15k to drop on lineman college. I have been doing electrical (ie electrician) work for a number of years, and I am in good shape. How many people applied when you got in @ San Diego?
    I was an electrician for about 30 years before I became a lineman. I got lucky with my job, I got into a small municipal utility. I learned a sh#tload of stuff on this website. I learned how to climb from youtube videos. If anyone reading this goes the route I did, I cannot stress this enough, read everything you can about the trade. A small contractor or small muni may be behind the times in their work methods or ignorant of current OSHA rules. Don't take everything for granted.

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    I dropped the coin on lineman school. Just graduated recently and had an interview with a large utility already. I had applied for them before I even graduated. Waiting to see if i get accepted to the physical evaluations, should here from them sometime next week.

    Dropped my resume with every local coop in the area, and put an app in for an ALBAT apprenticeship back in May, even signed the groundman books at the local.

    If the utility falls through, I'm putting in an application for my local municipality as a laborer to get my foot in the door there. Figure then I could possibly get an apprenticeship with the city, or I could hear from ALBAT in the meantime.

    Really wanting to get my foot in the door and trying to put as many irons in the fire as possible. Wish me luck!

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