What is an Apprenticeship?

"Apprenticeship is a combination of on-the-job training (OJT) and related classroom instruction under the supervision of a journey-level craft person or trade professional in which workers learn the practical and theoretical aspects of a highly skilled occupation."
--Washington State Department of Labor and Industries

The energy industry trades require skilled crafts people to perform jobs. Apprenticeship is a required training program for most of these Journeyman-level positions.

IBEW Local 483 offers an Apprenticeship Program through the Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee of the Northwest Line Construction Industry (NW Line JATC). NW Line JATC is a third-party non-profit association designed to train unionized workers for the outside electrical construction industry. The main focus of the NW Line JATC is to provide the north-west outside electrical industry with an adequate number of highly skilled Journeyman level workers. Within the NW Line JATC there is an Oregon and Washington Power Line Clearance & Tree Trimming Apprenticeship as well. Please visit their website below for more information about their programs and how to apply.