Lewis and Clark Community College

Electrician Apprenticeship

How critical is electricity? The answer is simple. Think blackout.

Even electrician apprentices who start out assisting electricians can land high-paying jobs. And you don’t have to work behind a desk. If you work for the government, your job may involve extensive travel and performing emergency restorations during bad weather. If you work in the construction industry, you’ll read blueprints to install electrical system in offices and homes.

L&C now offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Electrical Journeyman. This degree combines a strong foundation in mathematics, science, and communication with apprenticeship training courses in electrician skills. Apprenticeship training requires full-time on-the-job training as well as classroom instruction. Credit is obtained through L&C with IBEW providing the courses and instructors. You’ll undertake 40 hours of study of the technical fundamentals, safety measures and materials of the electrical industry, in compliance with the National Electrical Code. The math, science, and communication courses are offered at L&C separately from the apprenticeship-training courses.

This can be your first step into a career in great demand now and in the future. Our program leads to a Certificate of Proficiency that meets standards set by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Apprenticeship Training.

To apply for complete Apprenticeship Training, contact the officers of the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee for electrician apprenticeship. The person to contact at IBEW Joint Apprentice Training Committee is Ms. Nancy Brown at 618-462-9287. An application can be made to one of the outside craft committees by contacting the secretary or chairman of a particular committee. The names of the officers of such committees can be obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship or from the local State Employment Service.

For more information about the AAS degree contact the Dean, Mathematics, Science, and Technology (sczerwin@lc.edu; 618-468-4800).

Lewis and Clark Community College (District 536) has developed an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree in Electrical Journeyman in collaboration with the Joint Apprentice Training Committee (JATC). .

The essential purpose of this AAS degree programs is to meet the changing needs of this labor group and to provide the highest level of education possible for employees of the region in electrical work.

The goal of this program is to combine specialized skilled-trades courses with general education, science and math courses in an effort to provide students with the skills necessary, based on industry standards, to become electrical journeyman. The curriculum places emphasis on development of a common set of trade skills, as well as the acquisition of critical thinking, communication, and problem solving ability.

The AAS degree is composed of 60 credit hours of general-education courses and electrician courses. The latter courses are all offered through JATC at their training facility.

Admission to the JATC training program and to the AAS degree program is done through the IBEW-JATC at the number listed above.

Questions about the AAS degree and general-education courses can be directed to the Dean of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at 618-468-4800.

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