My apprenticeship finds me in the middle of a lot of changes. I've just completed the last of the finish work in the work area I've been in since before Thanksgiving. It's amazing how much work (and pipe and wire!) went into four relatively small rooms! I've gotten to do a lot of really interesting things like wire operating booms and install isolation transformers. The last few weeks have been full of the usual little things like installing receptacles and installing engraved cover plates. As things wind down in the Operating Rooms I've been working on the next phase of the construction at the Hospital - doing demolition work on the next floor up. It couldn't be more different from the detail work I've gotten used too! That said, there's always some fun in tearing things apart!
I'm also just starting a new phase in my class work with the JATC. Book II throws you into AC - Alternating Current - and introduces things like multi-phase systems, transformers and generators. After the relative simplicity of Direct Current in Book I it's like a whole different world. Very interesting but complicated! More on Book II as I work my way through it!
The final new phase in my life is my transfer, which comes up on June 7th. The JATC transfers its apprentices every year to make sure that they get experience at multiple companies doing multiple kinds of work. It's great as far as providing me with a wealth of experience when I come out of my time but it's always a bit nerve wracking walking into a new jobsite and having to prove yourself all over again. I'll find out tomorrow where I'm going. In the mean time I have AC Theory and the National Electric Code to study for class tomorrow.
