Is your nephew Upstate New York? I know a kid graduating high school with 2 years of BOCES in electrical classes looking to become an electrician. He’s a farm boy and knows how to work. We don’t have a clue to find out he gets to be an apprentice. Any advice would be helpful.
I’m not an expert on this and there are probably others that can describe this better....
I think there are two pathways into the electrician trade. One is through an established company and the second is directly through a master electrician. With the established company, it’s putting in a job application and interview kind of route. With the master electrician path, it is finding that individual willing to take on the mentoring task. Either way, the starting ground floor job is probably something less than an apprentice until the person demonstrates an aptitude and work ethic worth investing time into.
Again though, a electrician pro can describe this better than I. And... My nephew is in Oklahoma.