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Information Technology & Communication Systems
On L&I’s approved list for the limited energy (06) certificate, for low voltage work such as alarms, security and data. It counts for up to half of the 4,000 work hours the certificate needs, with no apprenticeship.
Total cost
$53,543
$48,848 tuition + $1,860 fees + $2,835 books and supplies, for the whole program. Approved programs cost $13,623 to $59,205.
Length
24 months
Associate degree, 2,520 clock hours. In person, online.
How past students did
71 people finished it in the latest 3 years of data, about 24 a year.
Finished
72%
of everyone who left it
Working
85%
with a job 7 to 9 months later
Pay
$25 an hour
median, $62,600 a year
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 “Telecommunications Technology/Technician.”
What it counts for
- The limited energy (06) certificate needs 4,000 hours of work as a trainee, supervised at least 75% of the time, and 48 hours of approved classes before the exam. No apprenticeship is needed.
- This program counts for up to half of those hours, 2,000 at most, and toward this one certificate only.
- Later, if you join an apprenticeship to become a general electrician, it must count the certificate’s 4,000 hours toward its 8,000.
- You need an L&I training certificate the whole time you’re enrolled.
Before you pay
Check 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 $53,543 for the whole program. Ask the school for your own total in writing before you sign.
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Program details
- School
- Perry Technical Institute
- Award
- Associate degree (Associate of Applied Science)
- Length
- 24 months, 2,520 clock hours, 134.5 credits
- Where
- Yakima
- How it’s taught
- In person, online
- Evening or weekend classes
- No
- Approved to train veterans
- Yes
- Career Bridge number
- 10330
How the school describes it
Perry Technical Institute's Information Technology & Communication Systems program teaches the theories and skills needed to work in areas of communications technology: electronics theory, personal computers, wireless communications, telephone systems, transmission equipment, alarm systems, and data networking and administration. The objective of the Information Technology & Communication Systems (ITCS) program is to provide students with a broad base of knowledge and skills for employment as entry-level technicians in the communications and information technology industries. Students are trained in electronics theory, personal computers, wireless communications, telephone systems, transmission equipment, alarm systems, and data networking and administration. This training program concludes with an externship off campus, or with the completion of a capstone project on campus. Students graduate with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Information Technology & Communication Systems. The program is approved by the State of Washington as a two-year Limited Energy (06) Specialty Electrical training program and graduates may be credited with training hours towards their eligibility for the Limited Energy (06) Specialty Electrical License. The ITCS program is 24 months in length (eight quarters). The student will earn 134.5 credit hours which are 2,520 clock hours. The student to instructor ratio for the ITCS program is no greater than 24:1.
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info@skilledladder.comThis program or an apprenticeship
This program
You pay
$53,543
in total
- 24 months
- Counts for up to half your hours
An apprenticeship
You’re paid
$14.60 – $24.75 an hour
on day one
- Paid work from day one
- 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- Electrician Low Voltage Fire/SecurityClover Park Technical College · Lakewood and online
$13,623total cost
15 monthsCertificate
- Electrician Low Voltage Fire/SecurityClover Park Technical College · Lakewood and online
$19,324total cost
24 monthsAssociate degree
Sources
- Career Bridge, program 10330, 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
- L&I, electrician certificates: the 4,000 hours, the 75% supervision and the 48 hours of classes for a specialty
- L&I, electrical apprenticeship: each apprenticeship’s committee decides school credit, and must count a specialty certificate’s 4,000 hours
- L&I, electrical trainee: the training certificate
- L&I, apprenticeship registry: what the 34 registered programs pay on day one
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