Electrical Apprenticeship Opportunities

Inside Wireman ‘A’ Apprenticeship Program Application 

During the first four years of apprenticeship, an apprentice will attend school one day, every two weeks, year round for a minimum of 23 days in a 12-month period. While attending Day School, apprentices will be taught the curriculum set in place by the Electrical Training Alliance. 

This Curriculum consists of the following:

AC THEORY

DC THEORY

JOB SAFETY

HISTORY OF THE IBEW AND NECA

BLUEPRINT READING

CONDUIT BENDING

SOLID STATE ELECTRONICS

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

CATEGORY 5 WIRING

MOTOR CONTROLS

OPTICAL FIBER

FIRE ALARM AND SECURITY SYSTEMS

PLCs

TRANSFORMERS

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE

For the days that apprentices attend school and are not on the job, they receive attendance checks after successfully completing the day’s coursework. In the last year of apprenticeship, apprentices attend school one night a week from September through May. While attending night school the apprentices choose from numerous different skill improvement classes to attend. In their fifth year of apprenticeship they must take two skill improvement classes. 

Typical classes consist of the following:

CATEGORY 5 WIRING

FIBER OPTICS

NEC CODE TEST PREPARATION

FIRE ALARMS

MOTOR CONTROLS

TRANSFORMERS

GROUNDING

HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE SPLICING

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

BICSI CERTIFICATIONS

NETWORKING

INDUSTRIAL POWER

VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES

POWER QUALITY

Telecommunications Apprenticeship Program Application 

This program is a 3-year training program with standards approved in the State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. The program requires that each apprentice receive 4,800 hours of on the job training with the supervision of qualified Installer/Technicians. The Washington D.C. Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee places apprentices with contractors who are performing Telecommunication work in the jurisdiction of Local 26.

While in the apprenticeship program apprentices are required to attend 480 hours of classroom related instruction. During the first two years of apprenticeship, an apprentice will attend school one day, every two weeks, year round for a minimum of 23 days in a 12-month period. While attending Day School, apprentices will be taught the curriculum which is set in place by the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC). 

This Curriculum consists of the following:

AC THEORY

DC THEORY

JOB SAFETY

HISTORY OF THE IBEW AND NECA

BLUEPRINT READING

CATEGORY 5 WIRING

STRUCTURED WIRING SYSTEMS

CONFIGURING LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

FIBER OPTICS

SECURITY SYSTEMS

For the days that apprentices attend school and are not on the job, they receive attendance checks after successfully completing the day’s coursework. In the last year of apprenticeship, apprentices choose elective classes and attend school one night a week from September through May.

The NECA/IBEW Local 26 JATC is a certified Building Industry Consulting Services International (BICSI) Training site since 1998. After completion of each year of the NJATC curriculum, each apprentice will attend a 40-hour level of BICSI Training. The BICSI standards are found in many of the telecommunication specifications, which apply to the installation of Tele/Data work nationwide. There are four levels of BICSI training, ITS Installer Level 1, ITS Installer Level 2- copper, ITS Level 2- optical fiber, and ITS Technician Level. After completing each year of curriculum they will take the corresponding 40-hour block of BICSI training and will complete written and hands-on tests. Successful apprentices will be BICSI certified.