Program Overview and Curriculum
Program Overview
- The Tidewater Electrical Industry JATC offers a four-year electrical apprenticeship in commercial and industrial installations.
- Each apprentice will receive a minimum of 8,000 hours of on-the-job training and over 720 hours of classroom theory training.
- The JATC accepts applications, conducts aptitude testing, and interviews year-round.
Curriculum
1st Session:
- OSHA 10
- First Aid and CPR
- Codes and Standards
- Electrical Theory
- Constructing Your Future
- Intro to Apprenticeship
- Electrical Job Information
- Construction Drawings
- Conduit System Fabrication
2nd Session:
- Codes and Standards
- IBEW Orientation
- Electrical Theory
- Safety Awareness
- Transformer Principles and Applications
- AC Systems
3rd Session:
- Code and Standards
- Motors
- Rigging
- Torque
- Fire Alarm
- Construction Leadership
- Safety Awareness
4th Session:
- Code and Standards
- Lighting Essentials
- Electrical Control Systems
- Electrical Equipment
- Safety Awareness