Detroit-area training center opens applications for apprenticeships

Start the Detroit Electrical Industry Training Center (EITC) apprenticeship program and be on-the-job, earning wages, in week one. EITC's combination of job placement, hands-on learning and technical classroom instruction offers a unique opportunity for motivated, committed, talented individuals seeking a career for life in the electrical trade.

It's like a full-ride scholarship for college. EITC supports the cost of the education through a partnership with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 58, and the electrical contractors represented by Southeastern Michigan Chapter NECA. Apprentices graduate debt-free, with wages, healthcare and retirement benefits.

EITC takes applications from all interested individuals. Programs are three years and five years, with early job placement. Not everyone who applies will be enrolled because EITC balances enrollment with job availability. Candidates need to successfully complete the application process, aptitude test and interview. Once enrolled, apprentices are on-the-job for 90% of their apprenticeship.

The Electrical Industry Training Center apprenticeship provides a strong foundation of hands-on, on-the-job and technical classroom education. This multi-faceted method provides a jump start for a successful career as an electrician or within a related field.

Graduates continue as highly successful electricians. Many move into leadership or management roles in the field or office and many continue their education to become specialists and engineers. About 98% of our current contractors, who own many of the largest and most respected electrical contracting firms in the region, began as apprentices in our program.

Applications for the Electrical Apprenticeship will be taken all day Monday, June 21, 2021 - from 12:01 a.m. until a minute before midnight.

To apply, you MUST create a system user account by June 14, at least a week before the application date. If you do not create and ACTIVATE your account, you will not be able to apply. So set up your account now!

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Please read the guidelines below to set up your system user account. Make sure that you enter a complete and correct address in your user profile.

1. Applicants must be at least 17 years of age and must have completed one year of high school algebra. Applicants will need to request an official transcript containing the graduation date or provide documentation and GED completion date.
2. To start your user account, you will create a username and password. Once submitted, you'll receive a confirmation email. Click on the link within the confirmation email, read the instructions on the New Account Request page, and then click on the "Next" button to create your account. This needs to be done at least one week prior to the date that you plan to apply. Application volumes may be heavy during the open application period and EITC may not be available to assist you quickly if you do not have an established account.
3. You may initiate an application online when the application portal is open. Applications can be started only when the portal is open. You must create and activate your user account at least one week prior to application day.
4. Once you have submitted your application online, you will have 30 days to submit an official copy of your high school transcript in a sealed envelope directly to the Training Center. Your high school may mail it to our office at 2277 E. 11 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48092, OR you can hand-deliver it UNOPENED to that address personally. If the transcript envelope is opened, it is not valid.
5. If you meet the qualifications for application, which include high school graduation or GED and at least one year successful completion of algebra, you will be notified to report for testing within two months. There will be a $30 non-refundable application processing fee collected at the time of your application.
6. Applicants will receive notification of test date and time via text and email and a letter will be mailed to the mailing address provided at the time of application.
7. If your test results are satisfactory, you will be notified via text and email and a letter will be mailed to the address provided at application within three months of the test date to appear for an interview at the Training Center.
8. Note that apprentice classes are started as manpower demands dictate and vary based on economic conditions in the market at any given time.
9. If you do not obtain a qualifying test score to move forward to an interview, you will receive notification via text and email. After six months, you may re-apply during the next open application date and re-test.
   

If you do not have access to a computer or mobile device, you may apply online at our facility on the day of application between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Be sure to bring your work history for your last three employers.

Questions? Please call the EITC office at (586)751-6600 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday.