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Apprenticeship, Insights

January 9, 2024

By IEC Staff Congratulations to Jacob Green, the IEC 2023 Apprentice of the Year. Jacob works with Tutor Electrical Service in Mansfield, TX, and is a member of the IEC

November 10, 2023

By IEC Staff Father and daughter Ralph Williams and Haley Downer are both instructors for the IEC Apprenticeship Program for IEC of Oregon. In Ralph’s first year of teaching 27

November 10, 2023

By IEC Staff Jerren Reyes is a second year student at IEC Rocky Mountain and an Encore Electric employee who is looking forward to his future in the electrical

September 7, 2023

Austin Gearlds, Eason Franklin, Evan Gowdy, and Zay Naing proudly hold their diplomas. On the left is IEC Middle Tennessee first-year instructor Bill Ralston. On the right is fourth-year instructor

September 7, 2023

Surrounded by students, Ted Athanas, president of IEC Northern Ohio Board of Trustees and longtime board member Darren Saulnier celebrate Jim’s 23 years of service to the chapter.   Jim

September 7, 2023

Zach Mroczkowski was doing just fine. He had been working in a local fine dining restaurant and had moved from bus boy to banquets to serving to bartending. He was

June 29, 2023

IEC lists the following essential skills, education, and experience for becoming an IEC instructor: Five years of experience actively performing work on electrical systems in the construction, repair, or design

June 29, 2023

A recent IEC Curriculum Development Group meeting. Every fall updated editions of IEC National’s Four-Year Electrical Apprenticeship Curriculum are delivered to IEC chapters. The curriculum arrives in boxes neatly shrink-wrapped.

June 29, 2023

Elijah Kalib Abraham just completed his first year in the IEC Apprenticeship Program through IEC Atlanta. He is employed by E-TEC Electrical Services, headquartered in East Pointe, GA, working throughout

May 4, 2023

When asked why he chose to be an electrician, Francisco Zelaya answers vehemently, “Electric chose me.” The second year IEC El Paso apprentice had been working at Texas Electrical Contractors