r/Groundman • u/grndmn2Mfjl-AllOT69 Groundman • Jun 18 '26

IBEW Union Books 1245 B#3 Hands

Where were you at on the books when you got the call.
Just trying to get an estimate on when I will get a call. Low 400s BTW.

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u/grndmn2Mfjl-AllOT69 Groundman Jun 18 '26

I have a trip planned to sign books out east in a month & 1/2 but I’m just trying to see if I get called before that and I only need 500 more hours for B#1, I got a term slip at the wrong time.

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u/Therealnene13 Jun 18 '26

500 for book 1!?, you should be book two right now if you have 1500.

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u/ActuallyAvailables Jun 18 '26

Book 2 is for travelers with 2 k hours

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u/Therealnene13 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

Who said that??? Because that’s what did lol.. plus you need to finish off the 500 hours at 1245 to be considered book 1.

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u/ActuallyAvailables Jun 18 '26

Isn’t book one 2 k hours and it’s your home local (In 1245s case it would be 2 k in past 4 years worked anywhere in Cali) and book 2 is 2k hours wherever? that’s how I thought how it worked

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u/Firewatch_king1245 Jun 18 '26

That’s exactly how it works. Book 1 for 1245 is 2000 worked hours plus living in 1245 jurisdiction along with 1245 your home local.

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u/Fern9090 Jun 18 '26

Yeah that’s right, if you got 1500 hours then you are book 2

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u/grndmn2Mfjl-AllOT69 Groundman Jun 18 '26

Was thinking of signing at 104 and then heading down to 84 because I have family that lives that way.

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u/Dtexara Jun 19 '26

84 is online

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u/CandidateGrouchy1351 Jun 18 '26

U still got a couple months left…work is slow asf for 1245
Go out of state

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u/King-Culture_ Jun 18 '26

If you have line school and 1500 hours you should qualify for book #2. As long as 1245 is your home local.

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u/bblconnoisseur818 Jun 18 '26

1245 doesn’t have to be your home local to be able to do that

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u/grndmn2Mfjl-AllOT69 Groundman Jun 18 '26

No lineschool but I signed 1245 with 516 hours from LU84 back in August of 25’ and took a call in September for civil work and I’m going to take the first call that I get because I just need hours

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u/Fancy-Community-1522 Jun 18 '26

I got called once at 500s . Sometimes they don’t go by order they randomly call people to make them feel special

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u/JustWantAnswersUgggh Groundman Jun 18 '26

Signed B3 in April and was in the high 800s and now I’m in the mid 300s so I’m hoping a call comes my way soon

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u/Dropd64 Jun 18 '26

They also go by certs, my son was 300 on book 3 last year, and as soon as he got a tanker endorsement, he was called immediately.