Trying to get a union apprenticeship...
Hey! So my goal is to get a union apprenticeship, I've interviewed with NWJATC and MSLCAT, but I'm being told I need to get groundman hours. I've got a union groundman job on a tree trimming service right now which I thought would help with my MSLCAT interview, but they told me to quit this job and get on with a line crew. No problem. My question is, if my goal is to get a union apprenticeship, will it hurt me to take a non union groundman job at this point? I've signed the books at many halls in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, and Utah. Should I just keep waiting for a union call to come in or should I get on a non union crew just to get some hours under my belt before I re-interview and hopefully rank higher? Any advice is very appreciated. Thanks!
Just stick with it and don't get anxious.
I would stick union. Do a good job and build a good reputation for yourself. You can't be overlooked for so long. It will happen.
i would chose the Northwest because it's exclusive stick above 5 kv. And those are,really good skills to have in the long term.
if you don't have hungry mouths. Grunt. Do what you got to do. High line jobs there are usually opportunity for grunts.
Just get,as much experience as you can and get references. And that's what you need to do for every line of work.
