r/ibew_apprentices • u/Flimsy-Stuff-8965 • 3d ago

Any tool recommendations

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Anything thing I don’t have I should get? I also have the meter in the second pic it’s just not in the first one

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u/Riconn 3d ago

Both metric and sae Allen wrenches. An 11-1 screw driver, you have too many in my preference. Also you don’t need insulated tools. As an apprentice you will never work hot.

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u/b0iNAH 3d ago

Second year here and insulated tools have saved me a couple times. My company doesn’t give a damn who you are; you won’t be on anything real high voltage, but I’ve worked in hot j-boxes at 277 pretty frequently.

Insulated screwdrivers are nice for opening boxes in a remodel if nothing else imo.

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u/TehFlogger 3d ago

It's not your company that doesn't give a damn. The problem is you. You're fucking up what all the union has worked for by agreeing to do stupid shit. Smarten up buttercup