The Best in the Electrical Industry

When you choose contractors represented by NECA and IBEW electricians for your next electrical construction project, you can be sure that you’re getting a professional team of experts. That’s because NECA and IBEW have made a mutual commitment to quality and safety through excellence in training. NECA and IBEW jointly fund and operate an apprenticeship training program which provides experienced, skilled, certified electricians for the electrical construction industry.

Our union electricians are the best trained in the industry, completing 8,000 hours of training in the classroom and on the job. Our journeymen electricians continually update their knowledge with ongoing education to stay at the forefront of the latest technology, code changes, and safety procedures.

All of our instructors have extensive knowledge and experience in the electrical construction industry. This level of quality instruction means that IBEW journeymen remain up-to-date in new and changing technology and provide quality, state-of-the-art work to meet our customers’ expanding needs. The Training Center is also on the forefront of emerging technologies. It was the first in the country to train journeymen using the wiring standards established in the Lucent Technologies Course, a telecommunications program offered by the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC).

The IBEW Local 117 Training Program provides training in the following areas:

• Residential Electrical Training – This program covers the installation of electrical systems within residential units, including power, lighting, television, telephone and data.

• Inside Electrical Training – This specialty program teaches the distribution and installation of electrical power for lighting, heat and motor control. Apprentices also master the areas of industrial/commercial lighting, transformers, instrumentation, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), process control, and building automation.

• Telecommunications Training – Technician/Installers learn to install closed-circuit television, security systems, satellite, internal/external fiber optic cable and T-1 and Category 5 cable installation. Testing, certifying and troubleshooting both Local and Wide Area Networks and networking and integrating telecommunications systems are essential components of our Telecommunications Training Program. Our apprentices also train to install both wire and fiber optic voice and data transmission systems.

 2017 NEC Code Update:  Waiting list for a 3 night session class from 5-9 pm.   A $50 "Show-up Check Bond" will be required to confirm/register and returned if you complete the class. Sessions completed in 2/17 and 7/17. (12 CEU credits toward WI JW and Master License approved).

Building Information Modeling (BIM): A 1 night introduction to BIM class sign up list.  Class size has been limited to 4 members each session.  A $50 "Show-up Check Bond" will be required to confirm/register on the list, and returned if you complete.  Call the office to get your name on the list for future sessions. 

NFPA 70E - 2018 Edition:  3 night class waiting list. Call the office to get your name on the list. A $50 "Show-up Check Bond" will be required to confirm/register and returned if you complete the class.

1st Aid/CPR/AED Training:  One night session has been scheduled for Thurs, 3/8 from 5 pm - 10 pm at the Hall. A $50 "Show-up Check Bond" will be required to confirm/register and returned if you complete the class. Call to get your name on the list.  There are a limited number of openings.  

Code of Excellence Training:   Waiting list for next session.  Participants will receive an IBEW Code of Excellence card from the International office.  8 sessions completed to date.  Call to get your name on wating list for future sessions.  Last session completed 1/18.

OSHA 30 Hr. Construction:  An 8 consecutive Thursday class has been scheduled from 4:30 - 8:30 pm at the Hall starting on 3/15.  A $50 "Show-up Check Bond" is required to confirm/register and returned if you complete the class.  If you've previously recieved this certificate through the JATC (even though OSHA 30 does not expire, but you wish to take this class again), a $25 non-refundable separate check fee will also be required.  Both checks made out to "Local 117 JATC" must be recieved by 3/7 to be eligible for the class.

PV Training:  There is an additional on-line and “hands-on” opportunity for training classes through the IBEW Local 134  Technical Institute in Alsip for Solar Business and Technical Sales. The weblink http://www.ejatt.com/renewable-energy-course/  has a video which showcases their installation and for class registrations.    Hands-on classes are only available to IBEW members.  There is a substantial fee for all classes.  Contact the office for additional information if interested.

 ON-LINE JOURNEYMAN COURSES:  New to the NJATC (CET) Continuing Electrical Training is available to journeyman wireman members as an on-line self study course with coordinated scheduled "hands on" labs for available courses.  Building Automation is currently in session.  The course reference textbook and on-line access session costs would be paid for by the member.  If this interests you, please contact the office for further details.

If you are interested in signing up for any journeyman training classes or if you have any suggestions for other classes, please contact the office at 847.854.7200.