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Journeyman Electrician Certification Program
This is a comprehensive training program, incorporating all areas of electrical work: residential, commercial and
industrial. The length of the program is four years, unless a person is able to test-out of either one or two years with documented prior work experience.
When completed, both the IEC and the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), which is recognized nationally, issue a
journeyman electrician certificate. IEC has been offering this certified training program for over 30 years and currently has over 400 individuals enrolled in Atlanta (north and south metro), Macon, Columbus
and Valdosta. Hope scholarship is available to individuals at many of the program sites.
Nationally, nearly 10,000 individuals are enrolled. Apprentices enrolled may transfer from locations within Georgia, or from state-to-state in any one
of the nearly 50 locations nationally. Because the BAT nationally certifies IEC's curriculum and programs, no loss of credit occurs when an individual transfers.
The American Council on Education has reviewed IEC's program and recommends 37 hours of college credit if an individual chooses to continue their
education at a participating 2 or 4 year college or university.
IEC's program is competency based. This means that an individual must gain expertise in specific areas before continuing on to the next level of
skills. The unique aspect of the program allows students to learn theory and skills in the classroom, and then immediately apply those skills on the job site. Likewise, when working in the field, an
individual will be provided on-the-job-training (OJT), which can then be used to help comprehend aspects of classroom theory that otherwise would be more difficult to understand.
Some of the areas of training include: Ohm's law, electrical theory, residential and commercial wiring, fire alarms, interpreting the national
electrical code, motors, transformers and generators, blueprint reading, programmable logic controllers, fiber optics, parallel and series circuits, alternating and direct current, electrical design and electrical
grounding.
To apply, an individual must have a high school diploma or GED, or be in a high school youth apprenticeship program. A reliable form of transportation
is necessary to get to and from the job sites and the classroom. Additionally, participants must be working for an IEC contractor. Job placement is available for those applicants not currently working for
an IEC contractor.
Application can be made to the IEC at 4500 Winters Chapel Rd, Atlanta, GA 30360 , or by calling (770) 242-9277 for more
information. Applications taken Monday - Thursday at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. Please be on time as applications will not be taken after the start times.
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