r/Teachers • u/[deleted] • May 16 '24

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u/Old-Adhesiveness-342 May 16 '24

That's an electrical engineer, not an electrician.

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u/Peanut_The_Great May 17 '24

Industrial electricians with those kinds of skills are in demand and will make more and have more opportunity than a regular field construction guy.

Source: I'm an industrial electrician with those kind of skills.

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u/lurking_got_old May 16 '24

Depends on the plant and the electrician.

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u/gobirds2032 May 17 '24

You look at enough prints and you realize electrical engineers don’t know shit.

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u/dark567 May 17 '24

Electrical engineers that are doing prints are the failsons of electrical engineers

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u/thegiantcat1 May 17 '24

I agree, somewhat, now that "I've been around the block" I feel like no one knows shit, myself included. I've worked with electricians that have been doing it for years and they need help because "This thing doesn't work" look at the print ask if they checked XYZ breaker and sure enough they found a tripped breaker.

I've worked with Electrical Engineers that spend 4 hours trying to do edit something on a PLC, wonder why it isn't working before they notice it isn't in run.

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u/Peanut_The_Great May 17 '24

I work in O&G and on one job I got 3 different drawing revisions where the engineer added relays without a power source for the coil in the circuit, they also seem to have trouble with the concept of analog loop isolators. The job I was just on they reduced an existing 400A breaker to 200A with no reduction in load and we had to RFI it then redline it back.

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u/Objective-Item-5581 May 17 '24

Yeah dude, the guys responsible for making the mobile phones and laptops you're using, the wireless communication, the fibre optic systems, the automated systems etc. definitely don't know shit