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Identify Commercial Work's Value and Requirements

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Electrician Son asks his Dad what is the difference between Residential Vs. Commercial Work, Agree?

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Shift your focus to understanding the distinct advantages and characteristics of commercial electrical work. This involves working with more robust and specialized materials, such as EMT (Electrical Metallic Tubing) conduits and metal electrical boxes, rather than wood framing and plastic boxes common in residential settings. Commercial work typically entails higher complexity, requires specialized skills like conduit bending and complex panel installations, and generally commands higher pay rates, offering a path towards 'extreme wealth' in the trade.

Goal: Recognize the higher pay and specialized skills involved in commercial projects.

Tools and materials

  • Conduit Bender — Symbolizing the specialized tools and skills required for commercial conduit work
  • EMT Conduits — Representing the type of material commonly used in commercial electrical installations
  • Metal Electrical Boxes — Representing durable and code-compliant enclosures used in commercial settings

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of electrical, right? It's that anybody can do it. How are you going to compete with that? How are you going to get your rate if you want extreme wealth? Yeah, >> you need to get out of wood plastic boxes. Try to get away from that. You need to start getting into the metal, right? The EMT conduits, the metal boxes. It's higher pay. >> That makes sense. So, I'm mainly doing a lot of residential work now cuz you're paying your dues. >> Yeah. What would be some advice for residential electrician to start getting

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