CENTRAL FLORIDA ELECTRICAL JATC
Florida Program Number: I460312
Total Hours: 5 Years

MISSION:
The mission of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is to provide educational opportunities to learn the skills, knowledge and attitudes to meet the employment and personal needs of the individuals in the electrical industry.

DESCRIPTION:
This program is a 5-year electrical apprenticeship program.  Each apprentice shall be required to participate in related instruction away from the job.  The Electrical JATC offers on-the-job training, related classroom training, safety training, predetermined advancements and pay increases, health insurance and pension plans.

• Must be 17 years of age
• Complete an application form
• Show evidence of successful completion of one full credit of high school Algebra
• High school diploma/GED
• The State of Florida requires students to meet a basic skills requirement prior to program completion
  

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER:
All students are registered with the Department of Labor through the Department of Education.  Upon completion of this apprenticeship program, the student meets the criteria to qualify to take the Electrical Journeyman's State License exam.

JOB TRAINING INCLUDES: Occupational Completion Points (OCP)
OCPs provide a student with early completion training options linked to employment opportunities established by the Florida Department of Education based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and accepted industry titles.

Local employers have verified that the range of wages that can be reasonably expected by students who enter this field upon completion of the program is:

From $39,000 annually to $60,000 annually
(Based on year-round, full-time employment)

FIRST YEAR: Electrical Apprentice

• Blueprint Reading
• Conduit Fabrication
• Electrical Theory
• Industry Orientation
• Job information
• Mathematics
• National Electrical Code
• OSHA Safety Awareness
• Safety & Health Awareness

SECOND YEAR: Electrical Apprentice

• Blueprint Reading
• Conduit Fabrication
• Electrical Theory
• Industry Orientation
• Job information
• Mathematics
• National Electrical Code
• Transformers

THIRD YEAR: Electrical Apprentice

• Blueprint Reading
• Electrical Theory
• Electrical Grounding
• Electronics
• Industry Orientation
• Job Information
• Motors
• National Electrical Code
• Systems Analysis, Repair & Certification

FOURTH YEAR: Electrical Apprentice

• Demonstrate competency in industrial wiring
• Demonstrate competency in transformers
• Demonstrate competency in AC and DC motors
• Demonstrate competency in electrical and electronic control circuits and equipment

FIFTH YEAR: Electrician

• Air Conditioning
• Distributed Control
• Fire Alarm
• Industry Orientation
• Instrumentation
• Intelligent Wiring Systems
• Job Information
• Local Area Network Systems
• Low Voltage Systems
• National Electrical Code
• Process Control
• Programmable Controllers
• Security Systems
• Systems Analysis, Repair & Certification
• Telecommunications