The NECA-IBEW Local 176 Joint Electrical Apprenticeship and Training Center provides instruction for apprentices and journeymen who work in the Electrical (Inside Wireman) and Video, Data & Voice (Installer-Technician) industries.
Our nationally supported state of the art curriculum prepares individuals for construction, service, and maintenance work in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. Training consists of theoretical and proficiency based instruction for all segments of our marketplace.
Apprentices can achieve journeyman status after successfully completing a 5 year program for Inside Wiremen or a 3 year residential program for Installer-Technicians (Video, Data & Voice). Advanced specialized courses are also available to qualified journeymen in such fields as Supervision/Project Management, Fiber Optics, Photovoltaic, High Voltage Splicing/Testing, Industrial Automation, Instrumentation and Safety
It is our mission to develop the best-trained most highly motivated, customer-centered workforce in the country.
We are accepting applications every Monday.
APPRENTICESHIP QUALIFICATIONS
•Be at least 18 years of age.
•Be an accredited high school graduate, or have taken and passed a GED test. (copy of GED required)
•Have two semesters of Algebra (high school or college) with a minimum grade of “C” in each semester
•Be a resident of the jurisdiction of Local #176 for one year prior to application (Will,Grundy, Kankakee and Bureau counties, and parts of LaSalle, Iroquois, Ford Stark, Putnam and Henry counties)
•If selected, there will be a pre-employment physical with a possible fee.
•Be willing to participate in our Drug Free Alliance, submit to testing prior to entering the program, hair follicle and urine sample.
APPLICATION PROCESS
$25 processing fee MONEY ORDER ONLY, NON-Refundable
You may fill out an application at our JATC office during regular business hours: 8:00 am until 4:00 pm every Monday (closed noon to 1pm), With extended hours on the second Monday of every month, until 5:00pm.
1.You must bring a copy of your driver’s license.
2.You must submit a copy of your birth certificate. Faxes are not acceptable.
3.You must submit a copy of your high school transcripts. A transcript request form will be available to you when you fill out the application.
4.Transcripts must be sent directly to our office from your school by USPS or electronic mail. Faxed transcripts are not accepted.
5.You must submit a copy of your GED scores, if applicable.
At the close of either of the 6 month application periods that the applicant applied in, be it May 31st or November 30th, the JATC office must receive the above documents no later than 15 days later: either June 15th or December 15th depending when you applied. You will be notified by mail after the application closing dates as to the status of your application. If you have met the requirements and have submitted all the required documents, listed above, on time, you will be eligible to take an aptitude test. We will notify you as to the date and time of the test session. The aptitude test is given to all qualified applicants. A qualifying score on the aptitude test will make you eligible for an oral interview.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Information concerning the status of your application will be provided only by mail; therefore, you must notify this office of any change of address.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING: Work to provide training opportunities may be required in any of the counties covering the jurisdiction of IBEW Local 176 listed above. Apprentices and Trainees are subject to transfer from job to job anywhere in these counties.
RELATED CLASSROOM TRAINING: Related classroom training is mandatory. Classes will be held a minimum of one (8-hour) day every two weeks year round.