JATC
Local 380 IBEW Joint Apprentice and Training Committee Serving Bucks, Montgomery and Chester Counties in Pennsylvania
The electrical trade is highly technical, physically demanding and highly rewarding both in wages and in a feeling of self accomplishment. The electrical industry is constantly changing with advancements in techniques, products and innovation. Today, electrical professionals use their knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in this competitive and challenging career.
Abundant opportunities are available in the electrical industry for those who have the right attitude, work hard and apply the knowledge they have gained through education. To become the best at your craft, one cannot count on what you learned solely from on the job training.
The construction inside wireman apprenticeship program is a true apprenticeship in every sense of the word. Our five (5) year program consists of two parts – First, every apprentice is assigned to an electrical contractor and works 40 hours a week learning the trade on the job, under the supervision of a foreman and working alongside seasoned journeymen wiremen. You will be paid an excellent wage and receive benefits while you learn on the job.
The second part of the program consists of classroom theory from September to June, two nights per week (Mondays and Thursdays from 6:00pm to 9:00pm) at our training center. Along with classroom study, students also take part in many hands-on shop nights, learning proper procedures for installing and maintaining equipment such as fire alarm, electric motors, motor controls, conduit bending, wiring methods, security, voice data, and more.
Our instructors and shop instructors are highly trained and many specialize in their subjects.
Apprentices are graded on their classroom study, shop nights, and quarterly foreman reports that evaluate the student on their on-the-job training performance. Passing grade averages are required.
After five years of comprehensive training, most apprentices graduate to journeyman wireman status and enjoy the many opportunities this industry has to offer.
Advantages
Advantages of joining an IBEW apprenticeship program
- No electrical experience needed
- There is no tuition payment
- Receive health benefits from day one
- No need to search for employment (assigned to electrical contractor on day one)
- Learn the electrical trade from some of the best journeymen electricians anywhere
- Earn excellent wages while you learn the trade on the job
- Apprenticeship verses college
- Belong to the largest electrical union in the world
- Earn college credit hours
- Diverse job experiences
- Unlimited job advancement opportunities
- No Electrical experience required
- Our program starts out at square one teaching everyone the basics
- Most apprentice classes have a mix of students who have experience and students that do not. All first year apprentices start on the same material
- There is no tuition payment
- All education expenses are paid out of a training trust that is funded by our contractors and our members
- The only cost to the student is the cost of books approximately $300 per year
- No tuition payments mean no huge debt hanging over your head when you finish your apprenticeship
- Receive healthcare benefits from day one
- Apprentices as well as all 380 members receive some of the best benefits in the industry