On-the-Job Apprentice Training Cuts Into Electrical Contractor Profits
Boren Reyes · The great electrician shortage · Jan 11, 2023 · at 8:07
Boren Reyes, CEO of Boys Electric, explains why electrical contractors struggle to scale up their workforce despite surging market demand.
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“Because 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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