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Electrical Technology
On L&I’s approved list for all electrical work (01). That work takes an 8,000-hour apprenticeship, and this program can stand in for up to 2 years of it, if the apprenticeship agrees.
Total cost
$59,205
$53,920 tuition + $1,080 fees + $4,205 books and supplies, for the whole program. Approved programs cost $13,623 to $59,205.
Length
24 months
Certificate, 3,000 clock hours. In person, at more than one site.
How past students did
159 people finished it in the latest 3 years of data, about 53 a year.
Finished
80%
of everyone who left it
Working
90%
with a job 7 to 9 months later
Pay
$27 an hour
median, $53,300 a year
Top industries for graduates Construction 70% · Manufacturing 13% · Administrative Support 8% · Other Industries 6% · Retail Trade 3%
How to read these
Finished is the share of students who completed the program, out of everyone who left it. Working is the share of those who finished with a job 7 to 9 months later, not counting self-employed people. Pay is the median the state publishes for the program. All of them cover the latest 3 years of data. The state publishes results by type of program at each school. Here the type is “Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician.”
What it counts for
- For someone training in Washington, the general journey level (01) exam needs a finished 8,000-hour registered apprenticeship.
- A two-year school program like this one can stand in for up to 2 years of the apprenticeship’s work. The other 2 years are work on commercial or industrial jobs, before or after the program.
- Each apprenticeship’s committee decides how much school it counts. Ask before you enroll.
- You need an L&I training certificate the whole time you’re enrolled.
Before you pay
Ask an apprenticeship how much it counts
Each apprenticeship’s committee decides. Ask the one you want to join, in writing, before you pay.
See the 34 apprenticeshipsCheck you can get in
A high school diploma or equivalent. An entrance exam.
Get a training certificate
Apply to L&I for an electrical training certificate before you start, and keep it for as long as you’re enrolled.
Apply at L&I (L&I’s site)Get your total in writing
The state lists $59,205 for the whole program. Ask the school for your own total in writing before you sign.
See the 10 questions to ask a school
Program details
- School
- Perry Technical Institute
- Award
- Certificate of Completion
- Length
- 24 months, 3,000 clock hours, 176.5 credits
- Where
- Yakima
- How it’s taught
- In person, at more than one site
- Evening or weekend classes
- No
- Approved to train veterans
- Yes
- Career Bridge number
- 145
How the school describes it
The objective of the Electrical Technology (ELEC) program is to provide students with curriculum that guides them through the process of becoming electricians. Students are introduced to the generation and distribution of AC/, residential and commercial wiring methods, industrial motor controls and electronics, as well as utilizing green technologies such as solar. During classroom, lab and fieldwork experiences, students gain valuable theory while incorporating current NEC codes and WAC/RCW rules, laws, and procedures with handson applications. This training program concludes with an externship off campus or with the completion of a capstone project on campus. The ELEC program is 24 months in length (eight quarters). The student will earn 176.5 credit hours which are 3,000 clock hours. The student to instructor ratio for the ELEC program is no greater than 24:1. The student to (01) journey level electrician ratio when performing fieldwork for the school is 4:1.
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info@skilledladder.comThis program or an apprenticeship
This program
You pay
$59,205
in total
- 24 months
- Counts for up to 2 years of an apprenticeship
An apprenticeship
You’re paid
$14.60 – $24.75 an hour
on day one
- 8,000 hours of paid work
- Every hour counts toward your certificate
Cost: Career Bridge, the state’s training directory · Pay: L&I’s apprenticeship registry, across 34 programs
Other programs for this certificate
See all 31 programs- Electrical ConstructionBates Technical College · Tacoma
$20,527total cost
27 monthsAssociate degree
- Electrical ConstructionBates Technical College · Tacoma
Check with the school first
$9,515total cost
12 monthsCertificate
Sources
- Career Bridge, program 145, the state’s training directory: cost, length, award, place, how it’s taught, entry rules, results, where graduates work and the school’s description
- L&I, approved electrical construction trade training schools: this program’s approval and certificate, the credit of up to half the work hours, for one certificate only, and the training certificate while enrolled
- RCW 19.28.191: the 8,000-hour apprenticeship for the general journey level exam, and up to 2 years of a two-year school program in place of its work
- L&I, electrical apprenticeship: each apprenticeship’s committee decides school credit
- L&I, electrical trainee: the training certificate
- L&I, apprenticeship registry: what the 34 registered programs pay on day one
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