Electricians are highly paid skilled craftsmen that are responsible for electrical distribution systems. This job field is currently in very high demand.
As an Electrician Apprentice you will install and maintain electrical systems that provide light, power, heat, refrigeration, and air-conditioning. You will place wiring in buildings and repair electronic controls on equipment.Some of your responsibilities will be reading blueprints and placing electrical conduits inside walls, partitions, ceilings, and other areas. You will feed insulated wire through conduits and install various kinds of electrical equipment, including transformers, circuit breakers, outlets, and switches.The approximate completion time for the Electrician Apprentice Certificate is 810 hours of classroom training on the tech college campus and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training.
Students gain valuable employer-requested skills when the college partners with industry employers. Employers advise the faculty on up-to-date processes and knowledge.
The Electrician Employer Advisory Team includes:
- Coates Electric & Instrumentation
- Great Salt Lake Minerals
- Knight Electric, Inc.
- Line Side Electric
- Marietti Electric
- Platt Electric Supply
- Pure Power
- Riverside Alarm Security
- Utah Electrical JATC
- Weber School District
Your Instructor(s)
Hello, we’re John Kristensen and Kelly Kennedy. We each have over 20 years of electrical field experience and 10 years of teaching at the tech college. One of the best things about our job is seeing students find their own kind of success. So many people think that to be successful you have to have a four-year degree. Electricians can make just as much money as those with four-year degrees. That is success! Electricians are in high demand, so we would enjoy the chance to discuss the opportunities in the electrical trades with you.
Contact me: kristenj@owatc.edu 801-627-8483
Contact me: kennedyk@owatc.edu 801-627-8427
