Program Structure
IBEW Local 99 and NECA jointly sponsor electrical apprenticeship training at the IBEW Local 99 JATC training facility, 40 Western Industrial Drive, Cranston, Rhode Island. This listing covers the Inside Wireman apprenticeship; the telecommunications apprenticeship is a separate, shorter program. Apprentices can also reach classroom documents, homework and study materials from home through the Electrical Training Alliance's online blended learning.
The published duration figures conflict. The facility page describes Inside Wireman as four years, with over 700 hours of classroom education and 10,000 hours of on-the-job training, but its college-credit section refers to a five-year apprenticeship. Apprentices can work toward an Associate in Applied Science in Technical Studies from the Community College of Rhode Island: the apprenticeship supplies 44 of the 65 credits, and CCRI faculty teach the remaining 21 at the training facility. The degree is optional and not automatic.
Requirements
Applications require a driver's license, birth certificate and Social Security card, plus a high school diploma, GED or other proof of completion. You also need an official transcript showing at least a passing grade of 70 in Algebra One, or completion of the ETA online Technical Math course. Schools may email transcripts directly to the JATC; transcripts dropped off in person must be in a sealed school envelope. Aptitude testing follows a completed application. The current instructions do not state a minimum age, interview, screening or placement rules; confirm them with the office.
Application Process
Entry-level applications are closed, and no next application date is announced. The same page lets people who are already registered electrical apprentices in other programs apply with documentation of their registration and hours, and graduates of approved pre-apprenticeship programs apply with proof of completion. Qualifying for one of these routes is not automatic admission. The page also says forty applications will be available for entry-level candidates, without a date; that does not override the closure.
Applications are started at the training facility, and you have thirty days to submit all documents and complete the application; unfinished applications are discarded. Call (401) 946-9908 or email [email protected] for information.
What You Earn
The sponsor says the program could offer the chance to earn wages, benefits and a college degree while you learn. Current pay rates, benefits and placement timing are not published; ask before accepting an offer. The application costs $25 and aptitude testing another $25, payable by card, money order or certified check; cash and personal checks are not accepted. Tuition, book and tool costs are not published. The sponsor's pages do not state the program's registration, and completion does not automatically grant an electrician license.