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What was the biggest step you had to achieve in your career as an electrician in order work for PG&E What was the biggest challenge??
How was the scale you had to carry to get there?
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Hey Gabriel,
I don't have experience as an electrician. I studied a little bit of electrical engineering but my college degree is in biomedical engineering. However, I wanted to try and give you some guidance since I saw this question was unanswered as of now.
To answer both your questions, I think college and academic classes are always more difficult or challenging. I think the job environment is usually more practical. As an electrician at PG&E, I imagine that safety is a top concern - making sure you're trained on proper safety methods, and following those on your job. I also imagine things that might make the job hard are if you have to get re-certified as an electrician every so often, or just learning how to work with difficult customers or in times of bad weather, how to help solve electrical issues safely.
I live in San Diego, and I have seen that our Community College offers Continuing Education vocation training in jobs like electrician, or plumber. These are often free or very low cost. I would start by enrolling as a community college student and registering for classes like these.
You can also try to look up "electrician", "electrical engineer", "safety inspector", "safety engineer", "power engineer" or other terms like that on LinkedIn along with the term PG&E. You might be able to find a PG&E employee who can help answer your questions.
From a quick google search, PG&E has two programs for students:
1. Power Pathway - https://jobs.pge.com/power-pathway
https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/29673/v2_0/documents/powerpathway_information_flyerdoc.pdf
2. University Programs - this is only if you're enrolled in an accredited university for an undergraduate or master's degree
https://jobs.pge.com/university-programs
Hope this helps you get started!
I don't have experience as an electrician. I studied a little bit of electrical engineering but my college degree is in biomedical engineering. However, I wanted to try and give you some guidance since I saw this question was unanswered as of now.
To answer both your questions, I think college and academic classes are always more difficult or challenging. I think the job environment is usually more practical. As an electrician at PG&E, I imagine that safety is a top concern - making sure you're trained on proper safety methods, and following those on your job. I also imagine things that might make the job hard are if you have to get re-certified as an electrician every so often, or just learning how to work with difficult customers or in times of bad weather, how to help solve electrical issues safely.
I live in San Diego, and I have seen that our Community College offers Continuing Education vocation training in jobs like electrician, or plumber. These are often free or very low cost. I would start by enrolling as a community college student and registering for classes like these.
You can also try to look up "electrician", "electrical engineer", "safety inspector", "safety engineer", "power engineer" or other terms like that on LinkedIn along with the term PG&E. You might be able to find a PG&E employee who can help answer your questions.
From a quick google search, PG&E has two programs for students:
1. Power Pathway - https://jobs.pge.com/power-pathway
https://tbcdn.talentbrew.com/company/29673/v2_0/documents/powerpathway_information_flyerdoc.pdf
2. University Programs - this is only if you're enrolled in an accredited university for an undergraduate or master's degree
https://jobs.pge.com/university-programs
Hope this helps you get started!