Everest College is a multi-campus career training institute. The college has electrician trade schools in San Bernardino, California; Chesapeake, Virginia; and North Aurora, Illinois. The Everest College program uses hands-on training to create skilled electricians, with a heavy emphasis on safety due to the dangerous nature of an electrician's work. The program includes training in relevant math, the National Electric Code, blueprints, electric motors and their controls and transformers.
Everest College
217 East Club Center Drive, Suite A
San Bernardino, CA 92408
909-777-3300
everest.edu
The Porter and Chester Institute has several campuses in Connecticut and Massachusetts with programs for aspiring electricians. The electrician program at PCI trains students for commercial, industrial and residential environments. Students will learn electrical installation as well as the repair of motors, generators, transformers and controllers for CNC machines and robots. Students who graduate from Porter and Chester Institute will be ready to take their E-2 and L-6 licensing exams and enter the work force at an entry-level electrician job. Students attending classes during the day will complete the program in 12 months, while students attending evening classes will finish in 18 months.
Porter and Chester Institute
670 Lordship Boulevard
Stratford, CT 06615
203-375-4463
porterchester.com
WyoTech is a career institute with electrician trainings at its California campuses in Fremont, Long Beach and Sacramento. The program prepares students for industrial, residential and commercial environments focusing on installation, repair, maintenance and alteration of every variety of electrical system. A student at WyoTech's education begins with the basic theory and concepts behind an electrician's work progressing to advanced concepts such as site management, industrial controls and computerized industrial controls. The program qualifies students for a variety of entry-level electrician positions such as bench, field service and installation electrician.
WyoTech
980 Riverside Boulevard
Broderick, CA 95605-1507
916-372-7529
wyotech.edu?
Pennco Tech provides training for electricians at its campuses in Blackwood, New Jersey and Bristol, Pennsylvania. The Pennco program for electricians focuses on technical skills applied in commercial, residential and industrial settings. Pennco also trains students in the wiring of telecommunication and audiovisual devices. The program prepares students for entry-level work in construction, restoration or maintenance settings.
Pennco Tech
99 Erial Road
Blackwood, NJ 08012
888-863-8800
penncotech.edu
For students seeking to learn at their own pace, Ashworth College offers correspondence classes for aspiring electricians. The course breaks down into 14 parts that bring a student from basic electrical theory to the National Electrical Code. A supplemental guide helps students to look for careers in the field.
Ashworth College
430 Technology Parkway
Norcross, Georgia 30092
800-957-5412
ashworthcollege.edu