Reyes: On-the-job electrical training slows project timelines and cuts profits
Buddy Reyes · The Carbon Copy: The great electrician shortage · Mar 9, 2023 · at 11:58
Buddy Reyes, CEO of Voice Electric, explains why electrical contracting firms cannot rapidly expand headcount despite overwhelming market demand for electrification work.
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“It's not just a matter of, hey, yeah, let me hire people, and then, because you have to go with them through training, and so it might take you a month to two months for them to be ready to finally go out on the field, know how to interact with customers, and then they will not know how to execute the job right away. It might take them a year. So now, it's gonna take a lot of our resources to be focused on this job. Like, for example, we should get it done, let's say, within two days, And then now it's taking three days, because my lead technician is taking the time to teach them on the field, which is the best way to learn, but it's literally taking time out of it, and it's cutting profits, it's just really complicated.”
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