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Electrician Apprenticeship Second Period

Program Overview

Do you enjoy doing hands-on work such as installing, altering, repairing, and maintaining electrical systems? Would you like to get involved in a trades career? Electricians specialize in specific types of installations, such as residential (housing developments), commercial (office buildings), institutional (hospitals), and industrial (plants, factories). If you are already signed up as an apprentice, and are ready to attend your Second Period of technical training, then Northern Lakes College is where you want to be!

Further Educational Opportunities for the Electrical Apprenticeship Program are: Third Period and Fourth Periods. Journeyperson Electricians can become Master Electricians. Electricians often take further training to gain additional expertise in variable frequency drives, code upgrades, cathodic protection, and alternative energy installation. This dynamic and continually changing trade often requires updating.

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Program Locations

Sep 03, 2024 - Oct 25, 2024 - Face to Face - Slave Lake

Program Year

2024-2025

Program Length:

8 Weeks

Program Type

Electrician Apprenticeship

Program Delivery

Traditional classroom setting with electrical shop and lab practical applications and demonstrations.

Eligible students are determined by Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT). See www.tradesecrets.alberta.ca for more details.

Minimum Requirement: Registered Apprentice in the trade through Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT), 1st Period completed.

Any provider approved by Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training. Students must achieve a minimum of 65% cumulative weighted average for the program's courses, with an overall final exam mark of 65% or higher with no course below 50% in order to achieve successful completion for AIT's standards. Please note: You MUST receive a 70% passing mark on your AIT Period Final Exam to pass your period of training.