IBEW Local Union 26- Electrical Apprenticeship Program

This program is a 5-year training program with standards approved in the State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Virginia, and District of Columbia. It requires that each apprentice receive a minimum 8,000 hours of on-the-job training in the electrical construction industry with the supervision of a journeyman electrician. While in the Training Program apprentices are required to attend 900 hours of classroom related instruction. During the first four years of apprenticeship, an apprentice will attend school one day, every two weeks, year round for a minimum of 23 days in a 12-month period. While attending Day School, apprentices will be taught the curriculum set in place by the Electrical Training Alliance. In the last year of apprenticeship, apprentices attend school one night a week from September through May. Apprentices will receive pay increases during the course of their apprenticeship based on the amount of work hours they have successfully completed in the program and successful school performance.