Inside Wireman Curriculum
The Inside Wireman is responsible for installing and maintaining diverse electrical systems in commercial and industrial facilities, including lighting, receptacles, motors, and heating equipment. They also install conduit systems, ensuring precise and aesthetically pleasing placement of power and control cables connecting motor control centers or panelboards to various electrical equipment.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see Electrical Training Alliance.
- The Inside Wireman Training Program is a 5-year apprenticeship.
- The program is a combination of on-the-job training and classroom instruction. The program requires 8,000 hours of on-the-job training and 1,000 hours in the classroom to complete.
- This is the “Earn while you learn” model of schooling. Apprentices earn money while learning from experienced journeymen on the job site once they’re accepted into the program. They come to school for a total of 5 weeks per year starting in the fall.
- There is no tuition cost to the students in the program.
Central Valley JATC will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability or a person 40 years or older. Central Valley JATC will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 30.
All applicants must submit to a comprehensive drug screening before indenture into the Apprenticeship Program and random drug testing thereafter.
APPLICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE EMPLOYMENT.
Curriculum
Classes include, but are not limited to:
Year 1
- Constructing your Future
- Introduction to Apprenticeship
- Electrical Job Information 1
- Conduit Systems Fabrication L-1
- Applied Codeology
- Reading Comprehension
- Electrical Theory 1 DC Current
- Construction Drawings
Year 2
- Code Standards and Practices
- Applied Codeology
- Electrical Code Calculations
- AC Systems
- Commercial Blue Prints
- AC Theory
- Transformers
Year 3
- AC Theory
- Grounding and Bonding
- Code Standards and Practices
- Electrical Safety Related Work Practices NFPA 70E
- Conduit Fabrication
- Lighting Essentials
- Fire Alarm Systems
Year 4
- Code Standards and Practices
- Hazardous Locations NFPA 70 2020 NEC
- Motors
- Motor Controls
- Health Care Facilities NFPA 70 2020 NEC
Year 5
- Electrical Code Calculations
- Code Standards and Practices
- Torque
- Power Quality
- Transformers
- Orientation
- Energy Storage and Microgrids
- Electric Vehicle Charging Systems
