I taught Electrical Trades to High School Students for 18 years. I had 17 years in the Trade and my Masters License. Pay was based on years of Teaching experience not years in the Electrical Trades. Start out at the bottom of the scale. Took some college classes in addition to the ones that I already had and got a Lifetime Teaching Certificate. I had about a 2,400 square foot shop to mock up for labs. The carpentry class built a house every year and my class did all the Electrical work. They had a HVAC class to do the heating and AC and a Brick, Stone, Masonry class to do all the brick and stone work. The houses averaged about 2,700 square feet. We always added lots of extras. They sold the house in the summer and we would start a new one in the fall. I taught, residential, some commercial, conduit bending, National Electrical Code, and Basic Motor Controls including 3 phase. My classes would do some Electrical work on campus too. We upgraded the HVAC shop to a 600 amp 3 phase 4 wire 120/208 system. Completed finished a 3,000 square foot area at the school into offices and classrooms. And numerous other projects. It was a two year program for Juniors and Seniors in High School. You get a wide variety of Students some that have never picked a tool up and others that have worked with a Dad or other family member and did know how to use some tools. Some decided that Electric wasn't for them And for others I decided Electric wasn’t for them. I did have some Students that were very successful and went into apprenticeships after leaving high school. A few of them have successful Electrical Contracting Businesses. It was a lot of work and not near what you could make working for yourself. Yes, I know working for yourself is a 24/7 365 day a job. Teaching can still be rewarding and it makes you learn a lot of things…..if you want to be good at what you do!
