Electrical Apprenticeship Training
Becoming a professional electrician is a smart career choice. With an
increasing dependancy on electrical appliances and automated systems in
our homes, businesses and industrial facilities; trainined electrical and
systems technicians are more impoortant than ever. Also, a projected
shortage of electrical workers, prospects for employment and advancement
in the industry have never been brighter or more abundant.
Apprentices go to school outside of their normal working hours, usually once
or twice a week. Classes cover safety, electrical theory, circuitry, motors,
generators, transformers and cabling. Apprentices compliment their classes
with on-the-job training and work experience in such things as installation
and maintenance of residential, commercial and industrial power distribution,
control and utilization systems. After completing an apprentice training
program and the required on-the-job training hours (which usually takes
about 4 years), you’ll have the 8,000 hours required to qualify for
journeyman electrician licensing while you earn an income instead of racking
up college debt. You can go as far in the electrical field as you want. With
appropriate advanced training, work experience, and successful completion
of various exams, you can become a Journeyman Electrician, Master
Electrician, Foreman, Estimator, Electrical Contractor, Electrical Consultant,
or even use the training for partial credit towards an Electrical Engineering
Degree.
Apprentices go to class an average of 150 hours per year, and have to
complete 576 hours total in four years to graduate. All of our graduating
apprentices have received the DOL certificates, NCCER Certificates, CWTC
Certificate, and passed their respective Journeyman Licensing exams.
Dan Dudley
Director
“Knowledge ... The
Essential Ingredient”
Electrical Apprenticeship
I am a third generation electrician. My
Grandfather was a lineman in the late 20’s
and 30’s stringing power lines across Death
Valley into California. He was a member of
the IBEW for over 50 years. My father was
an inside wireman for the IBEW for over 32
years. I have several uncles and cousins
who are electricians as well.
I began my electrical education and career
in the military. I went to BE & E school in
the NAVY and progressed on to become an
electricians mate working on ship board
electrical systems and then to shore based
systems. When i got out of the military I
joined the IBEW and insisted that they train
me (which they did). I began training
electricians while with the IBEW (Local 850
Lubbock - now combined into Local 602
Amarillo), teaching the apprenticeship
program and eventually serving on the JATC
for Local 850 and 602.
I have been teaching electrical exam
preparation classes since 1999 in Texas, and
Oklahoma. My classes target the Texas,
Oklahoma and New Mexico electrical exams.
I have been the Craft Training Director and
Lead Electrical Instructor for the
Construction Workforce Training Center
since it began in 2004.
Office: 432-366-7676 Cell: 432-967-4280
Construction Workforce Training Center
Electrical Apprenticeship Training
Becoming a professional electrician is a smart career choice. With an
increasing dependancy on electrical appliances and automated systems in
our homes, businesses and industrial facilities; trainined electrical and
systems technicians are more impoortant than ever. Also, a projected
shortage of electrical workers, prospects for employment and advancement
in the industry have never been brighter or more abundant.
Apprentices go to school outside of their normal working hours, usually once
or twice a week. Classes cover safety, electrical theory, circuitry, motors,
generators, transformers and cabling. Apprentices compliment their classes
with on-the-job training and work experience in such things as installation
and maintenance of residential, commercial and industrial power distribution,
control and utilization systems. After completing an apprentice training
program and the required on-the-job training hours (which usually takes
about 4 years), you’ll have the 8,000 hours required to qualify for
journeyman electrician licensing while you earn an income instead of racking
up college debt. You can go as far in the electrical field as you want. With
appropriate advanced training, work experience, and successful completion
of various exams, you can become a Journeyman Electrician, Master
Electrician, Foreman, Estimator, Electrical Contractor, Electrical Consultant,
or even use the training for partial credit towards an Electrical Engineering
Degree.
Apprentices go to class an average of 150 hours per year, and have to
complete 576 hours total in four years to graduate. All of our graduating
apprentices have received the DOL certificates, NCCER Certificates, CWTC
Certificate, and passed their respective Journeyman Licensing exams.
