| There are many places in the United States where | | | | dependent on reports of work experience, grades in |
| you can get training as an electrician, either for your | | | | the classroom and attendance. |
| own basic around-the-home repairs or to build yourself | | | | Electrical apprenticeship training lasts for five years. |
| a great new lucrative career as anelectrician. One | | | | Every apprentice attends at least 160 classroom hours |
| school in California devotes itself to nothing but | | | | each year. They almost must complete a minimum of |
| electrical training for those who can demonstrate the | | | | 8000 hours on the job. |
| skill and the ambition to follow through. Lets take a look | | | | The electrical training program is the NECA and IBEW |
| at what it offers. | | | | way of showing customers and potential customers |
| In Los Angeles County, California, for example, | | | | that they are committed to producing highly qualified |
| electrical training is highly regulated and legislated. The | | | | electricians. As a result of this training the jobs that this |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW | | | | work force takes on are completed on deadline with |
| and the National Electrical Contractors Association | | | | the highest quality products and work. Call backs are a |
| NECA are committed to compliance and electrical | | | | rarity. |
| training that teaches themethods, tools and regulations | | | | Once the initial electrical training at the institute is |
| to apprentices in the union labour force. The organized | | | | completed the learning hasnt ended, however. Its an |
| workers and administrators realize how important | | | | ongoing process, especially in light of the various green |
| electricians are to the construction process. They have | | | | energy projects around the state and the nation. One |
| put together an institute for electrical training that | | | | of the primary goals of the electrical training is the |
| teaches journey level electricians the basics of | | | | instruction in work place safety. All electrical training |
| working with logic control systems that are | | | | courses teach safety. One course is devoted to a |
| programmable as well as the complex data that are | | | | safe workplace. Its not just a matter of keeping |
| found in todays commercial and residential buildings. | | | | electrical workers safe, either. The electrical raining |
| This labour union electrical training program is actually | | | | takes into consideration that while electrical projects |
| funded by private industry, with contributions coming | | | | are being completed in retail, office or other |
| from the union workers themselves and by their | | | | commercial environments, employees of the client may |
| employers. Those apprentices taking part in the training | | | | continue to work in the facility. They must be kept |
| dont have to pay tuition and even get paid a living | | | | safe as well. |
| wage for their hands-on learning. | | | | Electrical technology is evolving continually and the |
| Apprentices in the training program work under a | | | | electrical training institute is away of that. Each |
| journeyman electrician who teaches them the electrical | | | | graduate electrician is keep up on the latest industry |
| trade both in the classroom shop and on the job site. | | | | developments and continuing education electrical and |
| Classes are held in the evenings for at least six hours | | | | related courses are offered on a periodic basis. |
| each week. Wage increases are given periodically | | | | |