Also called: Electrician Apprentice
Learns the trade on the job under a journeyman while getting paid and taking classes at night.
You carry tools, bend your first pieces of conduit, and learn to pull wire neatly. Two nights a week you study electrical theory and the National Electrical Code.
Apprentices usually start at 40-60% of journeyman pay and get raises every 6-12 months.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma with algebra; apply to a union or non-union apprenticeship. Paid from day one, with raises each year.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Electrical Apprenticeship, Electrical Technology (trade school).
Growing much faster than average (about 9% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Apprentices do physical layout, pipe and pull work AI can't touch; demand for new apprentices is strong as electricians retire.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to electrical contractors or IEC/ABC apprenticeship programs; union (IBEW) programs take longer First: Apprentice or trainee registration with the state in many states (like TX and WA)
Classes: Algebra, Physics, Electrical CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 47-2111.
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