Apprenticeship

This apprenticeship combines classroom training with on-the-job training under EJATC (Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training), a regimented program that ensures competency in the standardized skills needed to be an electrician.

EJATC is co-sponsored by IBEW Local 910 (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) and NECA NNY (National Electrical Contractors Association Northern New York Chapter).

Tuition Free Classroom Training

Classroom training is 1 day each week and the best part…there’s no cost for training!!

Apprentices completing this program have no tuition loans to repay. You are simply responsible to pay for the books required to complete the program.

Work Description and Pay Structure

Electricians plan, diagram, install and repair electrical fixtures, apparatus, and control equipment such as switches, relays, breaker panels and circuits, and then test to ensure compatibility and safety of components.

They also measure, cut, bend, thread, assemble and install electrical conduits, and pull wire through conduit.

Apprentices are assigned to one of our Local 910 electrical contractors. As you learn by doing, you are also paid directly by the contractor with whom you are employed. In this process, you receive guaranteed promotions and pay raises, in addition to learning a new trade.

Pay Raises are broken down into 6 periods.

0-1000 Hours of OJT
1001-2000 Hours of OJT
2001-3500 Hours of OJT
3501-5000 Hours of OJT
5001-6500 Hours of OJT
6501-8200 Hours of OJT

Please see our current wage sheet

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Because electrical work is construction-based, work schedules can vary from one project to another. The typical work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7am-3:30pm but some projects may require swing or graveyard shifts. Further, since the industry as a whole is construction-based, there will be periods of unemployment but the average electrical apprentice in our jurisdiction works approximately 1700 hours per year.

Upon completion of 900 hours classroom training and 8200 hours of OJT, Journeyman Wireman status is granted. At this point, IBEW Journeyman papers and New York State Journeyman Wireman certificate is awarded.

Do I qualify?

You will be required to:

- Be at least 17 years of age to apply and 18 years of age at the time of indenture.
- Show evidence of successful completion of: two (2) full years of high school math of which one (1) is high school algebra or a post high school algebra course.
- Provide an official transcript for high school, post high school education, GED records and any related training.
- Pass the electrical trade’s aptitude test to qualify for an interview.
- State that you have reliable transportation.
- Veterans will be required to submit a DD-214 if selected

Applicants who are interviewed receive a rank, then new apprentices are selected annually from a ranking list, in order of their rank.

The recruitment, selection, employment and training of apprentices during their apprenticeship, shall be without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex or age-except the applicant must be. The JATC does not, and will not, discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual. The sponsor will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under applicable law and lawful regulations issued there under.

Application

There is a $25.00 application fee to set up your account in TradeSchool, submit your application and schedule your aptitude test.

Please make sure you live within 20 miles of our jurisdiction before applying.

Our jurisdiction is Jefferson, Lewis, St Lawrence, Clinton, Franklin and Essex counties.

Aptitude Test

After all applications are approved and all required documents have been submitted, qualified applicants will be required to take an aptitude test.

After your application is complete with all required documents, you’ll be scheduled to take an in-person aptitude test which consists of math and reading/comprehension.

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Should you fail the aptitude test, there’s a three-month wait, from the date of the original test, for a re-take.

If you have any questions regarding the aptitude test, please feel free to give our office a call. We are available Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.