INSIDE WIREMAN "A" APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

This program is a 5-year training program with standards approved in the State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia as well as the District of Columbia. The program requires that each apprentice receive a minimum 8000 hours of on the job training in the electrical construction industry with the supervision of a journeyman electrician. During the course of the apprenticeship, each apprentice is transferred on a yearly basis to a new contractor. This affords the apprentice the opportunity to receive a varied amount of experience during their apprenticeship. The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee makes all placements with contractors.

While in the Training Program apprentices are required to attend 800 hours of classroom related instruction. This instruction is setup in the following manner over the 5-year period.

During the first three years of apprenticeship, an apprentice will attend school one day, every two weeks, year round for a minimum of 23 days in a twelve-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. 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 day that the apprentice attends school and is not on the job, each apprentice receives an attendance check. In the last two years of apprenticeship, apprentices attend school one night a week from September through May. While attending night school the apprentices have the choice of numerous different skill improvement classes to attend. In their fourth and fifth year of apprenticeship they must take a total of four skill improvement classes. Typical classes consist of the following:

• CATEGORY 5 WIRING
• FIBER OPTICS
• NEC CODE TEST PREPARATION
• FIRE ALARMS
• MOTOR CONTROLS
• TRANSFORMERS
• GROUNDING
• COMPUTER LITERACY
• HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE SPLICING

Apprentices will receive pay increases during the course of their apprenticeship based on the amount of work hours they have successfully completed in the program and successful school performance. Those raises are set in the following increments:

This program is a 5-year training program with standards approved in the State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia as well as the District of Columbia. The program requires that each apprentice receive a minimum 8000 hours of on the job training in the electrical construction industry with the supervision of a journeyman electrician. During the course of the apprenticeship, each apprentice is transferred on a yearly basis to a new contractor. This affords the apprentice the opportunity to receive a varied amount of experience during their apprenticeship. The Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee makes all placements with contractors.

While in the Training Program apprentices are required to attend 800 hours of classroom related instruction. This instruction is setup in the following manner over the 5-year period.

During the first three years of apprenticeship, an apprentice will attend school one day, every two weeks, year round for a minimum of 23 days in a twelve-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. 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 day that the apprentice attends school and is not on the job, each apprentice receives an attendance check. In the last two years of apprenticeship, apprentices attend school one night a week from September through May. While attending night school the apprentices have the choice of numerous different skill improvement classes to attend. In their fourth and fifth year of apprenticeship they must take a total of four skill improvement classes. Typical classes consist of the following:

• CATEGORY 5 WIRING
• FIBER OPTICS
• NEC CODE TEST PREPARATION
• FIRE ALARMS
• MOTOR CONTROLS
• TRANSFORMERS
• GROUNDING
• COMPUTER LITERACY
• HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE SPLICING

Apprentices will receive pay increases during the course of their apprenticeship based on the amount of work hours they have successfully completed in the program and successful school performance. Those raises are set in the following increments:

The rate of pay for an individual who completes the five-year apprenticeship program and becomes a journeyman electrician in Local Union 26 is:

$33.45/hr. plus
Paid Benefits

An apprentice who completes the apprenticeship program with the Local 26 JATC is also eligible for 60 college credits through the American Council on Education. These credits have been set up through the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. The Local 26 JATC has recently signed an articulation agreement with Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. This agreement simply states that any apprentice who completes their apprenticeship with the Local 26 JATC and enrolls in at least one class at Montgomery College will receive 29 credits towards an Associates Degree in Building Construction Management from the college. If a graduate of our apprenticeship were then finish the remainder of the 60 credits needed for an Associates degree, those 60 credits would transfer in full to Bowie State University. This would afford an individual the opportunity to work towards achieving a Bachelors degree.

Click here to find out how to to apply for the Inside "A" Apprenticeship Program which the Local 26 JATC offers.