The Best Resources for Electricians

Here you’ll find our compiled list of electrician resources we recommend including electrician career opportunities, electrician training resources, learning and blogs as well as information on the electrician’s unions in Canada and the United States, Electrical contractors unions and information on electrical tools. Whether you’re an apprentice or an electrical contractor with your own business, you’ll find plenty of information here to take you to the next steps in your electrician journey.

Electrician Career Opportunities

• Information on Becoming an Electrician in Canada
• Information on an Electrician’s Career in Alberta
• Information on becoming an Electrician’s Apprentice for BC Hydro
• Information on Electrician Careers with HydroOne (Ontario)
• Electrician Careers with Manitoba Hydro 

 

Electrician Training

• Electrician U: Run by Dustin Seltzer. Electrician U shares tips online, video courses and online learning as well as tool reviews and technique explanations.
• Electrician Training Breakdown: A higher-learning website gives you information on what is involved in training to become an electrician.
• Training an Electrician: This website looks at an electrician’s program and what training it provides to students.
• Safety Training: A website that looks at the safety side of the electrical field.
• Safety Standards: This website features information on the safety standards that electricians should practice.
• Training in Electrical Safety: This website details a list of important safety factors an electrician needs to be familiar with.
• Ask The Electrical Guy: This is a website that shares advice about how to become an electrician, with apprentice guides and study tips as well as tool reviews.

 

Electrician Blogs/Learning

• IBEW Media Center: This is a website sharing the latest electrical news from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. This is a website that shares the latest electrical news for   electrical building contractor and plant/maintenance engineer with pertinent information needed to maintain and grow their businesses.
• Electrician Talk Articles: This is a website that hosts a forum where users can discuss electrical topics and share articles on new tools and techniques in the trade.
• Electrical News: This is a website that shares the latest electrical news for   electrical building contractor and plant/maintenance engineer with pertinent information needed to maintain and grow their businesses.
• Ask The Electrical Guy: This is a website that shares advice about how to become an electrician, with apprentice guides and study tips as well as tool reviews.
• Rack-A-Tiers Blogs: Rack-A-Tiers has in-depth blogs written by experienced electricians. We cover everything from tool reviews and comparisons to detailed guides for common electrical jobs.

 

Electrician Unions

• International Brotherhood: This is the website of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
• UE Union Website: This is the website of the UE Union, which bills itself as a union that is independent and operated by its members.
• NY Electrical Union: This is the website of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ New York branch.

 

Electrician Tools

• List of Tools: This website lists the tools that an electrician will use in his line of work.
• All About the Tools: This website goes into the specifics of what you can find in the tool belt of an average electrician.
• Electrician’s Tools: This is the website that displays a whole myriad of tools that an electrician will use on the job.
• Ask The Electrical Guy: This is a website that shares advice about how to become an electrician, with apprentice guides and study tips as well as tool reviews.

 

Electrical Contractor Associations

• NECA Website: The National Electrical Contractor’s Association (US)
• CECA Website: The Canadian Electrical Contractor’s Association.
• ECAO Website: The Electrical Contractor’s Association of Ontario
• ECA Website: The Electrical Contractors’ Association (US)
• IEC Website: The Independent Electrical Contractors’ Association (US)

US Contractors We Support

 

• Matrix GC: 203(k) Home and Renovation Contractor (Philadelphia)
• IConduitElectric: Residential and Commercial Electrical Services  (North Chicago)

 

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