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Is there any heavy lifting in the career of an electrician?

hello my name is Eli im learning electrical im here to ask will i be doing any heavy lifting and if so would it be as much as a carpenter?

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River’s Answer

Not much heavy lifting, the max in residential will be around 50 LBS, not very often either.
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I'll try to be direct based on my personal experience as a civil and forensic engineer. Being an electrician requires a detailed orientation that is strenuous physically and mentally. Planning of your day work may include climbing power poles as a lineman to rough_in wiring for a building. Coordination of materials, tools and protective clothing is important, not to mention long lead items like MCC, transformers, CT, PT, wire and conduit. You could be working outdoors in 100 degrees F or in a mineshaft at 35 degrees. It could be dry or snowing and may be working as a 4-12 person team or as a journeyan 2 person crew. In any case, electricity is dangerous and you will need to know or create lockout/sign in procedures. It will take years of training and education with testing at multiple levels to become a master electrian.

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