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Electrical Alliance Fast Facts |
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- Established in 1997 by Local 26 International Brother of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
- The Electrical Alliance recruits new people into the electrical trade and assists Local 26 to recruit existing electricians into the union
- IBEW, chartered in 1892, represents 7,500 members from a variety of fields
- NECA, chartered in 1903, represents more than 200 contractors in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia
- Training is coordinated by the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC)
- The JATC Apprenticeship program is highly competitive: less than 10 percent of applicants are accepted, and fewer than half of those accepted complete the program ensuring only the most highly-skilled electricians achieve journeyman status
- Accepted students, who must pass a written and oral exam, enter one of the following programs:
- Inside Wireman (five years): apprentice must receive 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under supervision of a qualified journeyman electrician and attend 800 hours of classroom related instruction
- Telecommunications (three years): apprentice must receive 4,800 hours of on-the-job training under supervision of a qualified installer/technician and attend 480 hours of classroom related instruction
- Electricians are fourth highest paid among top 52 construction industry trades, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- According to BLS, employment of electricians is projected to grow 23 percent from 2010 to 2020, faster than the average for all occupations, with 289,200 projected job openings
- Salaries start in $60,000s for electricians who have completed accredited apprenticeship programs (like those offered by JATC)
- In the Washington region, electricians can work over time and easily make over $100,000 a year
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