It varies from local to local. Call the local you are interested in. In my local the first 21/2 years you go one day every other week for 8 hours. They are paid a stipend of 50 or 60 bucks for the day. The second 21/2 years they go one night a week and there is no money paid. Of course the JATC is free to the apprentice. You do pay for your books that you keep.

Charlie

 

The second 21/2 years they go one night a week and there is no money paid.

2 hrs a night? 4?

You do pay for your books that you keep.

Charlie

Would you guess out of pocket expenses for books to be >$500?

 

I think local 26 also handles things similar to what CharlieK posted.

Here school is once a week, apprentices leave at noon to go to school on their day. No pay for school, but there is an arrangement in the contract to compensate for lost hours. 6 hours school per day, officially a 5 yr program, but by extending semesters on both ends compared to college it is usually completed in approx 4 calander years.

no pay during school I should have said, in this local apprentices pay for their own school and books.

 

I'm a 2nd year with Local 26 and in my summation the books you receive are indeed well worth over 500 dollars. I haven't received all of them yet, but so far i have quite a few textbooks. I love the apprenticeship. If you apply yourself 110% you can learn A LOT. Or you can not do the homework, barely pass, squeak through the thing and not know anything. Like all else in life, it's all in what you make out of it.:thumbsup:

 

Here in Philly(local 98)You go one day a week and work 4.It's 4 years of school and the fifth year is spent in the field.We have two training facilities,the main school is on spring garden street and the other is at 3rd and jackson in South Philly.

You get paid around $8 per hour for school and your books come out of your pay.Its about $400-500 in books a year.You get your school check at the end of the month.If your late or have an unexcused absence you don't get paid for the day.

But like someone else said every local is different.

 

so it's 1000 hrs of classroom education plus OJT spread out over 5 yrs?

$500 books yr one only if grades are well, otherwise plan on another $500?

And travel into philly once a week, sometimes at night.

 

No you only pay for books once.Theres new books for new courses each year.School is during the day time 7am to 3:30 pm

The only time you would travel down to springarden at night would be for the monthly regular membership meeting.

If you fail you use the same books over again.Failing will cost you big bucks.Being you have to wait until the next class catches up to where you were at.You get penalized hours which mean no raises for a year.
If you fail the same year twice your out the program.

 

In NYC you go two nights a week after work. One night of electrical theory and one night of college. In college you get an associates degree in labor studies. You only buy the books for college not theory. The books for college are reasonably priced maybe 30 bucks tops. the books that they supply for theory are great and would be expensive if you had to purchase them on your own. the fact that the local gives you a college education and will continue to pay for your education as long as you maintain a decent gpa is a nice little perk. Oh and they reimburse you for wife's college classes as well!

 

We have something similar.Your apprenticeship is worth a certain amount of college credits(I forget the amount)and you can transfer them to different schools in the area.We also have the college tuition program.You apply to one of the participating schools maintain a certain gpa and the local will pay your tuition.Not a bad program at all.

Really the apprenticeship is great.We get paid to go to school.College credits and the chance at getting a college degree with the local paying your tuition.:thumbsup:

 

question:
if I, a rat, was looking to go union, would all my apprenticeship time, work time and the fact I have a contractor's license be transferrable or would I start out at the bottom?

 

I can only speak for what I have seen in our area, I am not anybody. The school and work time would count for something. It might not be hour for hour, but there is credit given, and I think how much depends on test results and how you would join the union (different classifications).

It is certainly possible to test in as JW directly. The contractors lis. only means you have a certain amount of time and could pass a test. No credit given here for that by itself. Knowledge, experience,and skill would all factor into how someone would enter.

 

electrical theory

how long does the second half of electrical theory run? in other words what month does the second half of electrical theory end?