Working in USA as Electrician
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Working in USA as Electrician
Hi
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
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Re: Working in USA as Electrician
Hi
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
Is your question how to go about immigrating to the USA? Or is it more about whether your trade is in demand here? If it's regarding your trade, we might want to move your post to another section, as this specifically deals with how to immigrate to the USA.
Rene
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Re: Working in USA as Electrician
Hi Colin
Is your question how to go about immigrating to the USA? Or is it more about whether your trade is in demand here? If it's regarding your trade, we might want to move your post to another section, as this specifically deals with how to immigrate to the USA.
Rene
Is your question how to go about immigrating to the USA? Or is it more about whether your trade is in demand here? If it's regarding your trade, we might want to move your post to another section, as this specifically deals with how to immigrate to the USA.
Rene
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Re: Working in USA as Electrician
To answer your question, I don't see why there wouldn't be work here for electricians.
Rene
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Re: Working in USA as Electrician
Hi
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
As for working as an electrician here, the qualifications are different, but won't be difficult for you to learn. Electricians are licensed by the State they work in, so you'll need to look up your own particulars.
You can also search on the forums here for 'electrician' 'sparky' etc and limit your search to the US forums; you will find plenty has been posted about the small changes you'll need to make.
My new electrician is from Hungary & the upshot of discussion between he & DH about European wiring & practice vs the US was that things are much simpler here. And only 110v.
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Re: Working in USA as Electrician
California is part of the US and my house has three 220v circuits -- for each AC unit and for the oven. In places without natural gas, there might be another one for the laundry area's dryer.
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Many UKCs are surprised to find that the majority of the household wiring here is 110v.
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Hi. It varies by state. My friends husband was an electrician in Ireland before he moved to NY. He had to get liscenced in NY because each state and country has different laws. Also quite a few of the electrician jobs are Union jobs which pay quite well. I would look into the laws for the stateyou are planning to move to. Good Luck.
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Re: Working in USA as Electrician
Hi
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers
I'm married to an American citizen and am a qualified electrician in the UK. I would be what the US call a master electrician. I wonder how difficult it would be to come to the USA with my wife and get a job using my trade, is there work for electricians so anybody have any advice?
Cheers