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What are you looking for?

Consider the following	Job	Career
Provides opportunities for continuous training and education	?	Yes
Provides long-term benefits for you and your family	?	Yes
Provides consistent and structured pay increases	?	Yes
You are serving a vital role in the growth of communities	?	Yes
You have a rewarding career of which you are proud	?	Yes

Have you considered?

Before you apply for a North Alabama Electrical JATC apprenticeship you should ask yourself; “am I seeking a job or a career?” While these words are often used interchangeably they are conceptually very different and your answer to this question is critical in determining weather you should go through the rigors of the North Alabama JATC application process.

While both a job and a career involve getting up and going to work in the morning, there is a huge difference in the mindset of a person holding a job and the mindset of a person pursuing a career. A job, for example, is an activity through which an individual can earn money. It is a regular activity done simply in exchange of payment. A job is something you do without much concern for the long-term.

A career, on the other hand, is the pursuit of a lifelong ambition or the general course of progression towards lifelong goals. A career generally involves continuous training/education combined with work-related experiences leading to credentialing within an industry as a professional, expert, or journeyman.

Over the next twelve months there will be hundreds of applicants who meet the “minimum requirements” for application to our apprenticeship programs. Only those that have the highest levels of commitment, desire and passion to become professional electricians will succeed. It will be these individuals who go “over and beyond” in collecting supplemental documentation to submit with their application. It is these people who will study for the aptitude test and prepare themselves adequately for the interview process. These folks will do whatever is needed to succeed and realize their lifelong ambition…a career as a professional in the electrical industry!

Conversely, individuals simply seeking a “job” or who want “the wages and benefits” associated with being a journey-level electrician without a long-term commitment to this pursuit need not waist their time applying.

Are you interested in a challenging professional trade? Earning competitive wages?
Qualifying for a comprehensive employer-paid benefits package? Receiving a competitive pension and retirement plan? Helping to build new homes and buildings to enhance your community?

If the answer is yes, check out these additional benefits of being a union electrician with the IBEW:

Paid Apprenticeship School training
Referral hall for hiring
Political representation for health, safety and economic issues
Employer paid life insurance
Sickness and accident benefits
Comprehensive medical coverage, including prescriptions
Comprehensive pension packages

As union members, we bargain collectively with our employers over wages, benefits, and rights.

We have the best chance of receiving better wages, benefits and fair treatment in the workplace by bargaining collectively as a union. Most of us have very limited bargaining power as one person, but as a group, we are strong. And, with a good negotiated contract, we have legal protections we would not have otherwise.

To learn more about the specifics of these benefits visit the IBEW web site.

Application Procedures

The North Alabama Electrical Training Alliance Apprenticeship Program consists of 4 years of classroom instruction and 8,000 hours of On-The-Job Training. Starting pay is $15.63 (subject to change) per hour with advancement after 2,000 hours of on-the-job training.

Application procedures vary depending on which of the 2 types of applicants you are:

Please read all the related material found on this website before applying. Being prepared is the best way to improve your chances of acceptance into our apprenticeship training program(s).

Please see the new website www.naeta.org

Applicants meeting the minimum application requirements will be asked to take a NAETA Aptitude Test in Math and Reading, developed and validated by the American Institute for Research. All tests are administered at the North Alabama Electrical \training Alliance facility. Applicants will be notified in writing and by email of their assigned test date and test time.

Voluntary online refresher courses in Math and Reading Comprehension are available at ElectricPrep.com. The current cost is $49.95 per course. These courses are specifically crafted for applicants seeking to enter the IBEW-NECA electrical apprenticeship program.

Applicants for apprenticeship must be physically and mentally able to learn to safely perform essential functions of the job either with or without reasonable accommodations. Applicants must...

be able to get to and from work at job sites anywhere within the geographical area that this apprenticeship program covers;
be able and willing to attend all related classroom training as required to complete their apprenticeship;
be able to climb and work from ladders, scaffolds, poles and towers of various heights;
be able to crawl and work in confined spaces such as attics, manholes, trenches, and crawlspaces;
be able to regularly lift objects weighing up to 50 pounds. On occasion, lift objects weighing above 50 pounds;
be able to work in extreme hot and cold temperature conditions;
be able to discriminate between colors;
be able to operate two-handed power equipment; and
be able to read, hear and understand instructions and warnings.

Transfer of Apprenticeship from another IBEW/NECA JATC:

Submit a written request for transfer, describing in detail the needs and reasons upon which the request is based;
Sponsoring JATC must agree to the transfer;
Receiving JATC must accept the transfer;
Receiving JATC shall have complete access to all apprenticeship records pertaining to the transferring apprentice;
Transferring apprentice must complete an application form;
Upon acceptance by the receiving JATC, the transferring apprentice must have existing apprenticeship agreement terminated; and
Transferring apprentice must take the Basic Aptitude Test, if not previously completed at the sponsoring JATC with a qualifying score.