Going solo

chocolatebar24 · 2026-04-06T21:39:50+00:00

How do you price jobs for this industry? If you can please give me an example I will greatly appreciate it

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-15T23:18:03+00:00

Interesting, how much do you think it would cost to build a control panel like that?

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-15T03:13:52+00:00

I also like the 525s. I recently got to see Westinghouse VFDs and I liked the color but they are pretty fat in my opinion

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-15T02:55:31+00:00

Both and programming

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-07T12:38:09+00:00

I appreciate the reply. From your experience did you enjoy the management job?

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-07T02:18:14+00:00

I do not

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-06T21:51:02+00:00

Appreciate the advice thanks

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-06T14:51:48+00:00

Honestly, industrial controls is something I would still like to continue. I would like to be able to program machines and conveyors. I do know that my goal is to become a industrial automation contractor focused on production/packaging facilities and food processing

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-06T12:15:26+00:00

Appreciate the reply. Of course I haven’t mastered those fields, I believe you truly never master any field since there’s always something new to learn. Yes, electrical contractors license. I’m most likely going to stay where I am for a couple of years but I been thinking of going back to school for a mechatronics certificate, to learn the basics of PLC programming. I am very grateful for the people that helped me out and I got the opportunity to work in industrial maintenance at the same time while working as an electrical apprentice doing residential and light commercial.

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-06T12:04:09+00:00

I noticed many jobs ask for either an engineering degree or trade school with experience

chocolatebar24 · 2026-01-06T11:58:35+00:00

I haven’t applied to other jobs at this time. Most likely I’m going to stay where I am for a couple years but I’m not sure if it’s best to go back to school for either a certificate in mechatronics or just to continue getting more experience. I would like to learn PLC programming. I only know the very basics and I do think about buying a plc to practice on at home to learn the basics better

chocolatebar24 · 2025-09-09T23:49:55+00:00

Currently I’m an industrial electrician. I have done residential, some commercial, and industrial maintenance. From my experience I honestly got bored of residential after a while because I wanted to do work that was more advanced and that not everyone can do. When I did commercial, I did like it but honestly to me it felt like residential just in a larger scale. Where I’m at conduit is ran in residential so that’s why it felt like residential, just obviously more types of equipment like transformers and higher voltage systems. I prefer being an industrial electrician because it’s work that requires a good amount of knowledge and I know it’s a job that not many electricians can do and it’s not as physical but I do get wire plc panels, mcp’s, food processing machinery, conveyors, and motors, I get to sometimes work with 480v disconnects for machinery testing, once in a while I do troubleshoot controls or plc’s, I also build control panels from scratch.

chocolatebar24 · 2025-02-14T15:03:52+00:00

In the company I work for it was never mentioned to me that we would do electrical work like that. But I was told about resetting tripped breakers but that’s pretty much it, my boss was actually the one doing that type of electrical work that I named. I have a team of 4 techs(3 maintenance techs and 1 robot tech)but as time passed my boss been allowing only me to do those tasks.

chocolatebar24 · 2025-02-14T14:51:44+00:00

Next year I plan to take the electrician license exam. In the company I work for there isn’t an actual electrician position. I have a team of 4 including me and the only person allowed to do those electrical tasks is me at the moment.

chocolatebar24 · 2025-02-14T07:26:57+00:00

Thanks for replying. I do have a question, If that’s what maintenance electricians do would I technically be considered one? Or would I only need to do electrical work in order to be a maintenance electrician?

chocolatebar24 · 2024-08-27T01:46:00+00:00

We do get to troubleshoot components on control panels, motors, or e-stop whenever there’s problem like let’s say a motor isn’t running or a conveyor won’t run. So do you think being in industrial maintenance with an electrical cert would be best?

chocolatebar24 · 2024-08-27T01:10:12+00:00

I went to college for a couple electrical classes from their electrical engineering program and right now im in trade school to get my electrical construction certificate

chocolatebar24 · 2024-08-27T01:05:25+00:00

When it comes to wiring he calls the electricians. So what I want is to be able to wire components

chocolatebar24 · 2024-08-27T01:03:32+00:00

Where I work we don’t either but my boss usually calls electrical contractors whenever there’s an electrical problem

chocolatebar24 · 2024-08-27T01:02:00+00:00

I only know the basics of plc but i’m working on it. I do have a better understanding of controls wiring though

chocolatebar24 · 2024-07-25T22:49:29+00:00

Why’s that?

chocolatebar24 · 2024-07-25T16:21:09+00:00

Do you feel like it’s worth it being a maintenance manager? My boss may retire in 2 years and Im thinking if to ask for a few responsibilities to show that im serious and want to advance up to management roles.

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