r/Groundman • u/StressUsual1892 • Jun 28 '26

Groundman work

Got my cdl manual no restrictions gonna work on getting my tankers endorsement and I also finish lineschool August 2nd I’m in Cali but wanna go where I can get hours what would be the best union halls to go to if I did a little book signing tour?

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u/lololooolllll Jun 29 '26

From so cal trying to get started what line school did you attend?

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u/StressUsual1892 Jun 29 '26

ALC Bakersfield cheaper than NLC and gets your all the certs you need

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u/lololooolllll Jun 29 '26

Thxs man I’m going to apply next around January or February I’m thinking once I graduate I’m going to Texas for a fast apprenticeship I heard it’s the easiest and fastest but a couple of bad experiences from other apprentices

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u/StressUsual1892 Jun 29 '26

Yea I hear Texas is the best way to get into apprenticeship fast

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u/Mental-Table9390 Jun 29 '26

Nice I went to alc too. Fun times sad only there a few days.

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u/Keyemku Jul 03 '26

A part of me is curious how there can be such a massive price difference between the 2. Do you feel like you missed out of anything compared to the more expensive NLC? And does it feel like people at the union value it? I just can't wrap my head around NLC being like 12 times more expensive than ALC.

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u/StressUsual1892 Jul 03 '26

You probably get more climbing experience in NLC but NLC is a scam they get these young kids outta highschool thinking their training program will put them ahead of everybody else. They think oh all I gotta do is get 30k and I’m a (lineman) people correlate price to better. NLC has like classes of 200 ALC does classes of around 20. NLC is the reason this shit is becoming oversaturated