Program Length: 2 years (288 classroom hours)

Prerequisites: Students must be 18 years of age and employed under the supervision of an electrician licensed in Arkansas.

Curriculum Description: The program provides expert training to students seeking a career in Electricity. The Apprenticeship program is a two-year program sanctioned by the State of Arkansas Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship Training. The program requires both classroom instruction hours (144 contact hours/year) as well as on-the-job training hours (2000 hours/ year). The classes are held one night per week in four-hour sessions. The student will receive an apprentice license, issued by the State ofP a g e | 73Arkansas, while an active participant in this program. Upon completion of 288 classroom hours and 4000 hours of on- the-job training, the student will be eligible to take the Residential Journeyworker Electrician Exam, administered by the State of Arkansas. For the residential wireworker program the 4000 hours on-the-job training must be in residential electrician experience.

Required Courses:

• Electrical Apprenticeship Level 1 - 144 hrs.
• Electrical Apprenticeship Level 2 - 144 hrs.