Inside Electrical Wireman Apprenticeship

Position: The Inside Electrical Wireman Apprenticeship is a five-year training program that consists of eight thousand hours on the job training in addition to nine hundred hours of classroom instruction. Classes are held in the evening one night week from late August until June resulting in 180 hours of classroom instruction per year, Apprentices are paid while they work and learn, with wages starting at forty (40%) percent of journeymen Inside Wireman electrician wages and increasing five percent every six months, or one thousand hours. Current starting pay is $12.07 an hour plus medical & dental benefits.

Duties: The Apprentice Electrician works directly under the supervision of and assists a qualified Journeymen Inside Wireman Electrician in installing or maintaining a variety of approved wiring methods for distribution of electrical light, heat, power, radio and signaling utilization systems in existing or new buildings under construction of residential, commercial and industrial occupancies; including street and highway lighting, traffic signal and other outdoor above and below grade installations.

APPLICANTS MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

• Be 17 ½ years old to apply and 18 years old to enter apprenticeship.
  
  
• Have graduated from high school or passed the GED or an equivalent.
  
  
• Have completed one full year of high school algebra with a grade of "C" or better, or completed an equivalent post-high school algebra course or completed the NJATC math On-Line (www.njatc.org).
  
  
• Provide an "official copy of your high school transcripts as proof of graduation. If you did not take algebra in high school you must also provide your College or Adult School Transcripts as proof of meeting the algebra requirement.
  
  
• All Transcripts must be turned in on the date you make the application, no exceptions.

You can pick up an application in person at our Eureka office located at:

REDWOOD EMPIRE ELECTRICAL TRAINING TRUST
840 E. Street, Eureka, California 95501
Telephone (707) 443-7208