Residential Upgrade Requirements

RESIDENTIAL WIREMAN – JOURNEYMAN WIREMAN
UPGRADE REQUIREMENTS

In order to upgrade your classification from Residential Wireman to Journeyman Wireman you must meet the following requirements:

A.        Complete 8000 on-the-job hours as a Residential Wireman.  All hours must be worked under the Local 134 Residential Agreement, and be recorded at E.I.T.

B.        Complete the following eight Residential Upgrade Courses:
                        Print Reading I                       Fire Alarm
                        Motor Control I                      Transformers
                        Conduit I                              OSHA
                        HVAC   I                               Code I                     

C.        If you have completed the Residential Apprenticeship Program you may take any eight of the following courses:

                        Print Reading I           Print Reading II         
                        Motor Control I          Motor Control II        
                        Conduit I                    Conduit II      
                        HVAC I                      HVAC II
                        Fire Alarm                   Process Control I
                        Transformers              PLC I
                        OSHA                         70e Arc Flash
                        Code I                       Code II
                                                       Solar Photovoltaics/Drives

            A certificate of completion from the Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trustees for each course will be required.

Once you have completed A and B, you will be designated as a Journeyman Wireman Pending Exam (JWPE). 

As a JWPE, you will be allowed to sign Book Three and begin working under the Referral System.  You will be required to take and pass the Examining Board Test.

Upon passing the test, you will be upgraded to Journeyman Wireman and be allowed to sign Book One under the Referral System.