NATIONAL JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE

The mission of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is to develop and standardize training, and to educate the members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), insuring and providing the Electrical Construction Industry with the most highly trained and highly skilled workforce possible.

What do union electrical workers do?

There are four specialty areas of electrical workers.

• Inside Wiremen are electrical workers who install the power, lighting, controls and other electrical equipment in commercial and industrial buildings.
  
• Installer Technicians install circuits and equipment for telephones, computer networks, video distribution systems, security and access control systems and other low voltage systems.
  
• Residential Wiremen specialize in installing all of the electrical systems in single-family and multi-family houses or dwellings.
• Outside Linemen are the electrical workers who install the distribution and transmission lines that move power from power plant to a factory, business or home.

Why become a union electrical worker?

• Union wages: The current hourly Journeyman rate of pay is over $29.00 per hour.
  
• Union benefits: Employer paid health care, employer paid pension contributions and employer paid annuity contributions.
  
• Union training: 8,000 hours of on the job training, 900 hours of classroom training and safe, supervised on the job training.
  
• Union membership: Job security, strength in unity with 800,000 members nationwide and professional representations.

How can I become an apprentice?

Each of the four types of electrical work share common skills. But, there are specific skills necessary for each type of work so there is a different apprenticeship program for each. To be accepted into an IBEW/NECA Denver Joint Apprenticeship Training Program in the Front Range area (DJATC) you must meet the following requirements:

• Minimum age 18
  
• High School Diploma or GED
  
• 1 year of high school Algebra
  
• Qualifying score on an Aptitude Test
  
• Drug free

If you are interested in the apprenticeship program contact the Denver JATC by clicking DJEATC or call 303 295-1903 for a program brochure. Once accepted to the program, you will attend both classroom instruction as well as become enrolled in an apprenticeship program where you will work one-on-one with some of the top union journeymen in the electrical industry.

You will be challenged on many levels. Becoming an electrician requires a great deal of knowledge and skill in the field as well as learning to conduct yourself in a professional manner on every job you encounter. The DJATC will provide you with all the tools you need to accomplish this and become a success.

The DJATC is a nationally recognized program that produces highly qualified electricians who get the job done right the first time. Our electricians take great pride and dignity in their work and that is why so many companies across the country prefer to hire electricians with a NJATC degree.

Individuals who can verify (by providing undisputable documenting evidence) that they have worked a minimum of four-thousand (4000) hours specifically in the electrical construction trade, will qualify for an oral interview by the DJATC to be considered along with other qualified applicants.

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