The National Joint Apprenticeship Committee is an education venture between the labor union and private contractors to provide consistent training. The program does not cost tax dollars to support. Apprentices are paid for working while they train. Over 350,000 apprentices have reached journeyman status in the program.
The NJATC training focuses on four fields of electrical work. Outside linemen train in installing power lines for transmission systems. Inside wiremen are trained to wire commercial and industrial buildings. Residential wiremen specialize in wiring homes and apartments. Installer technicians set up circuits for computer, communication and other advanced technological systems.
The NJATC works with electrical equipment manufacturers and technology companies to keep the journeymen workforce trained in the newest technologies and systems. Local training programs are developed so contractors and workers can be on the cutting edge of new technologies and their electrical requirements.