Job Specifications
Knoxville, Tennessee
On-site
a month ago
Apprenticeship
Entry Level
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Electrician Training Academy - Knoxville apprenticeship announcement (check our website for current application guidance)
An apprentice is defined as one who contracts with an apprenticeship sponsor. The apprentice and the sponsor agree and commit to specific responsibilities. In general, the apprentice agrees to work on the job to learn the skills associated with the trade. The apprentice is paid a reduced rate of journey level pay while learning and developing job skills and acquiring trade knowledge. Many apprentice training programs also require related classroom. Our goal is to train men and women to be the best in the electrical trade. Regrettably, we are limited in the number we can accept each year. We seek to select the best candidates and help train them to demonstrate proper skills, knowledge, a positive attitude, and excellent work ethics.
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While job skills are learned and acquired on the job, some limited hands-on training takes place in the classroom to help the apprentice develop a better understanding for theories associated with the trade. Classroom training consists of 4 years (minimum of 180 hours per year) of study. Classes are normally conducted September to May and typically meet two nights per week from 5:30-9:30P.M. Apprentices are NOT paid to attend class
Apprentices usually work an 8 hour shift Monday through Friday. Many jobs, however, work four 10 hour days. Some jobs may require working overtime for which workers are paid an overtime rate.
Throughout the program each apprentice will be evaluated, both on the job and in classroom studies, to ensure they are adapting, progressing, and advancing in the trade. Upon satisfactory completion of a year of school, passing certification exams, and having worked the minimum number of work hours showing satisfactory progress, the apprentice is advanced to the next higher level of pay.
After four years of related classroom training and a minimum 8,000 hours of on the job training, the Apprentice is advanced to Journeyman status.
Requirements
Apply for Apprenticeship
Click this link to request an account.
Previous applicants will just need to reset your password.
You will receive a confirmation email when your account has been accepted.
This could take up to 48 business hours.
Log in and complete the "Inside" application.
You are allowed 30 days to submit a complete application.
UPLOAD all required documents:
Resume as a PDF
Official High School transcripts (not your diploma) or GED scores as a PDF
Proof of one credit in algebra - this should be on your transcripts
Valid Driver's License
If you are a Veteran, you can upload your DD214 as a PDF
If you have industrial/commercial experience - upload paystubs and/or notarized letter as a PDF
Take the Aptitude Test
Aptitude tests are scheduled once we have a group ready to test. Once you are scheduled, you will receive an email with your scheduled date and time. It is imperative that you attend your scheduled session or email the office etaknox@gmail.com to make other arrangements
Oral Interview with the JATC committee
Applicants who receive a qualifying score of 4 or higher will receive an email with their interview date and time. Your score on the interview will place you on our ranked list for possible selection for 12 months.
Please check your account often. We communicate by email. There is a message tab on your online account that will also show your messages. It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure their application is complete. You have 30 days to submit a completed application from the date you start.
Uploaded documents must be a PDF or Word format (with exceptions of the driver’s license) and must be clear.
If you have previously applied, you should have an account. You will need to reset your password.
If you have taken the aptitude test within the last 2 years, please email etaknox@gmail.com and we will retrieve those scores.
If you do not show for a scheduled aptitude test, you will not be rescheduled to take it again for 3 months and will have to reapply to the program.
If you do not show for a scheduled interview, you will not be rescheduled for an interview until 6 months past your recent application.
All information is on our website; however, if you still have questions, please reach out by email etaknox@gmail.com
Additional Information
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers