INTRODUCTION Welcome to Residential Electrical Wiring! Welcome to the new Tech-Design Residential Workshop Series. This series includes Residential Electrical Wiring, Residential Plumbing, and 3D Design and Construction Modeling. These modules offer hands-on experiences in residential design and demonstrate the techniques used to install the most common plumbing and electrical fixtures. The skills that you will gain from these lessons are invaluable. Homeowners spend large sums of money to hire craftspeople to do the same jobs you’ll learn in these lessons. Regardless of whether or not you pursue one of these fields professionally, you will benefit enormously from the skills you acquire in these hands-on experiences. You may someday have the ability to build an addition on your house or do all of your own electrical wiring. The possibilities are endless. There are plenty of job opportunities relating to the areas covered in the Residential Workshop Series. For example, renovation is becoming an increasingly larger percentage of construction in the United States. Imagine the enormous satisfaction a carpenter gets after restoring the original details of a stylish Victorian home. Electricians have a thorough understanding of electricity. They are very familiar with electrical equipment as well as the safety requirements for performing specific tasks. Electricians can receive some of the highest wages and best benefits of all the construction-related trades. Whether you enroll in a union apprenticeship program or learn by doing, being a carpenter, plumber, or licensed electrician can be a very rewarding occupation. You may even decide to go into business for yourself. If you work hard and have patience and determination, your business can become very successful and lucrative.
