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Planning Your Electrician Career Path: A Guide for Apprentices (Part 6)

Chadwick Ferguson | Oct 15, 2025

Part 6 of our guide for aspiring electricians in Minnesota. This chapter details the strategic decisions you’ll face, from choosing between a Union and Merit shop to the transition from apprentice to journeyman, and the importance of learning the business side of the trade.

A four-panel cartoon illustrating different electrical career paths: a team working on industrial panels (Union vs Non-Union), an electrician wiring a new home during construction and another working in a finished living room (New Construction vs Service), two electricians discussing controls in an agricultural field with irrigation and windmills (Agricultural & Specialty Work), and two electricians contrasting a portable toilet on a clean rug in a home (Respecting Spaces). All electricians wear blue hard hats.

Types of Electricians in MN: A Guide for Apprentices (Part 2)

Chadwick Ferguson | Oct 14, 2025

Part 2 of our 18-part series for aspiring electricians in Minnesota. This chapter explores the primary career paths: New Construction, Service, and Specialty work, with a focus on the unique demands and rewards of agricultural electrical systems in West Central MN.