A CAREER WITH IBEW

A CAREER WITH THE IBEW

If you’re looking for a rewarding career, look no further than IBEW Local 56.  A career with our Local means great pay, great benefits, and an opportunity to apply and grow your skills.

Our electricians are in high demand. That’s because the future of the electrical industry has a promising job outlook.  The overall growth of the electrical construction industry and the need to maintain older equipment in manufacturing plants ensures that our professional craftsman will never run out of work. Alternative power generation, such as solar and wind, is also an emerging field; guaranteeing a steady paycheck. Electric Vehicles are also making their way onto the scene, allowing our electrical contractors to offer solutions as these vehicles grow in popularity. To name a few of the reasons why our professional electricians are in high demand.

As the demand for professional and quality electrical work increases, so too will the opportunity for our members to find great jobs right here at home.

If you’re interested in a promising career as an IBEW electrician, and you meet the minimum qualifications, we invite you to contact our Organizer, Matt Fuhrman. Take and pass an aptitude test. Obtain an interview. Get placed on an eligibility list that the local chapter uses to pick its new apprentices.

OR

You may join a group of employees in organizing your workplace.Talk to us about the right to bargain. You will become a union member who negotiates a contract with your employer covering wages, hours, and working conditions. Let us explain how you can have a meaningful voice in your workplace and not leave all the important decisions up to management.

OR

Contact IBEW Local 56. Take and pass an eligibility examination. The union body votes on whether or not to accept you as a member.

APPRENTICESHIP

Our apprentice electricians serve in a Pennsylvania State approved five-year program. They receive on the job training, as well as 800 hours of classroom/lab instruction (at a minimum) in all aspects of the electrical trade.

Along with all of the building trades, IBEW Local 56 offer apprenticeships upgraded courses in new codes and the latest technologies are constantly being incorporated into the classrooms. Our members become well trained in every aspect of the electrical construction industry, which make them desirable employees.

APPRENTICESHIP AND HIS/HER COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION -

An apprenticeship combines on-the-job and classroom training. This allows you, as the apprentice, to actually earn while you learn. As an apprentice you will work year-round for electrical contractors and attend classroom sessions during the academic year. As you learn by doing, you are paid directly by the contractor with which you are employed.

Apprentices will have to work during the day, a 40 hour work week, and attend school during the evening. This would be for two nights a week, 3 hours each night. School runs from the beginning of September to the end of May. Local 56 has classrooms located inside the union hall. Instructors use the National Standard Curriculum sent forth by the Electrical Training Alliance.

TRAINING THROUGH THE IBEW

The finest and most highly trained electrical workers in the country receive their training through IBEW Local 56's Joint Apprenticeship Committee (J.A.C.) utilizing the standardized education programs developed by the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry. Providing the highest level of training through the support of our partners.