Talk to your school counselor about programs and classes like woodworking that are offered at your school so you can start learning skills that will get you started in this field.

Find a class to jump-start your construction skills.

Search online for how-to videos to see how hard this work is to master--and whether it's something you think you'd like. Does seeing this kind of work in action make you more interested in trying it?

Watch tutorials on how to do this kind of work.

Read about electric circuits, including how they work, the two basic types, and a brief history of electricity. Is this something you'd be interested learning more about?

Learn more about electric circuits.

Helpers--Electricians

Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

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Helpers, Construction Trades

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.

Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.

Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.

Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.

Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.

Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.

Perform semi-skilled and unskilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment.

Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.

Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.

Helpers--Electricians

Overview

Career

What Helpers--Electricians Do

Other Job Titles Helpers--Electricians May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Helpers--Electricians

Overview

Career

What Helpers--Electricians Do

Other Job Titles Helpers--Electricians May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Helpers--Electricians

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