Hot Jobs: Electrician MaryJo Walker is wired to detail -source Democrat & Chronicle

Precision is key when you’re installing wires.

“Electricians need to have a strong attention to detail, because you need to make sure
you’re not mixing them up,” said MaryJo Walker, who entered the trade
because she wanted to work with “both my hands and my brain.”

The 34-year-old from Greece added: “They can be as small as a human hair to
the size of an arm. You need to be accurate because it makes a big
difference.”

Employment prospects for electricians are growing
faster than the average for all occupations, the result of homes and
businesses increasingly requiring more wiring. In the Finger Lakes
region, they’re projected to grow 8 percent between 2010 and 2020, with
70 annual openings, according to the New York State Department of Labor.

 In addition to knowing how to install lights, switches, plugs and other devices, electricians must have foresight, said Walker, who does contract work for Rochester’s International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 86. “If you’re going to run a pipe through a building, you need to know where it’s going to go and what it’s going to look like when it’s done, and you need to take measurements and do calculations for that,” she explained


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Hot Jobs: Electrician MaryJo Walker is wired to detail