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Mike Holt's Rating of the Electrical Industry 2nd Draft
 

 

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Subject - Mike Holt's Rating of the Electrical Industry 2nd Draft

August 6, 2007
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Mike Holt’s Rating of the Electrical Industry 2nd Draft

 

Thank you to everyone that provided feedback during the last installment of Mike Holt’s Rating of the Electrical Industry. Based on feedback we received, we revised our report for 2007.

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If you disagree with any of the findings (click here or on the link below to see how the rankings were determined) please send us information from your state that can help us update our information.

 

Inspectors - Per your request we have included Inspectors and Inspector CEU in this report, however we were unable to come by all of the Inspector information we need so we have not factored this into the rating yet. If you can help us to fill in the blanks in any of the “?” areas under Inspector or Inspector CEU we would greatly appreciate that.

 

Puerto Rico - An additional request was to add Puerto Rico to this report. If you can, help us to fill in the blanks in any of the “?” areas under Puerto Rico.

 

Congratulations to Arkansas, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, and South Dakota for their “A+” rating. These states have set the standard for electrical safety by adopting the most current Code on a state-wide level, requiring licensing for Apprentices, Journeymen, Master Electricians, Professional Engineers, as well as requiring continuing education at the state level for all of these classifications.

 

Canada - We were told during the last review that Canada meets all of these requirements and have found some support for most of this in the Electrical Licensing Act of Canada. If however, we have a Canadian expert out there that can confirm this that would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

Alabama

B

Alaska

B

Arizona

F+

Arkansas

A+

California

B+

Colorado

C

Connecticut

B+

DC

C

Delaware

B

Florida

B+

Georgia

B+

Hawaii

B

Idaho

A

Illinois

F+

Indiana

D+

Iowa

F+

Kansas

D+

Kentucky

B+

Louisiana

C

Maine

A

Maryland

F+

Massachusetts

A

Michigan

B+

Minnesota

A

Mississippi

D

Missouri

D

Montana

B+

Nebraska

A+

Nevada

D+

New Hampshire

A+

New Jersey

B

New Mexico

A

New York

D

North Carolina

B+

North Dakota

A+

Ohio

B+

Oklahoma

A+

Oregon

A+

Pennsylvania

D+

Rhode Island

A

South Carolina

C+

South Dakota

A+

Tennessee

C

Texas

A

Utah

A

Vermont

A

Virginia

C

Washington

B+

West Virginia

C+

Wisconsin

B

Wyoming

A

Puerto Rico

TBD

Canada

A+

 

Click Here to view the spreadsheet detailing our analysis.

 

 

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Comments
  • While this is a good concept, I disagree completely with your paradigm. The ratings favor union training. Union training can be very good, but so can trade schools. The ratings favor continuous education. My experience (PE) is that continuous education requirements are so vague that they mean little -- there are few requirements as to content and no requirements for qualifications for instructors. The ethics training several states now require is a total joke -- it's all case studies and it's all opinion, with no right or wrong answers. Finally, whether a state adopts a code state wide, and what year is adopted, isn't a significant marker. The important thing is whether the adopted code is enforced.

    The chart has value in showing the choices the states have made. The scores diminish that value -- there is no consensus as to what is a "right" or "best" answer. Why are your opinions or scores better than mine? I'd suggest present ing the data without assigning scores.

    Martin

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