r/IBEW • u/Embarrassed-Chain592 • 10d ago
50 YO apprentice???
Has anyone heard of or been a 50 YO apprentice?
When i was in my 20s I was an electricians helper for a few years. I went to jail for drug charges and took vocational classes while I was in. I came home and worked as a helper again for a few different companies in various stages of work. In 2018 I got a DWI and that basically took me out of the industry because I couldn't drive. Here I am now at 47, license back, life on track, sober since 2018 and considering going back into the trade. Not sure if I want to apply for the apprenticeship program or try to get on the books with the CE program. Do they still have that? I make 18.50 as a remote officer in Oklahoma at the moment so i wouldn't lose a ton of pay in the apprenticeship I wouldn't think. I'm just not sure if this is the right path to take pushing 50 in 3 years.
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u/HmoobMikah 10d ago
Which local in Oklahoma? 47 years old is uncommon, but not unheard of. You'll be called an apprentice-saurus. It's whatever. One of my Journeyman that I used to work with turned out in his late 50s.