After your apprenticeship is complete, you can advance your career through continuing education courses. You can choose to become a journeyman electrician or a master electrician depending on your career goals. A journeyman electrician requires four years of experience working with all types of electrical equipment and apparatuses under the supervision of a master electrician, while a master electrician requires at least seven years of experience. Both tracks require on-site job training and classroom hours, including the following courses:
Journeyman Electrician
OSHA 30
This class meets with the Apprentices on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. There are five classes scheduled for the 2025-2026 school year. Classes will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. The cost of the books for this class is $115.00.
Classes are as follows:
- September 9, 2025, through October 23, 2025
- October 28, 2025, through December 18, 2025
- January 6, 2026, through February 19, 2026
- February 24, 2026, through April 9, 2026
- April 14, 2026, through May 28, 2026
Electrical Vehicle Charging Stations
This course serves as an instructional primer for the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program (EVITP) Certification Exam. The course provides an introduction to charging products and associated equipment on the market today. Electrical Workers completing this training go to work with the ability to implement best practices in areas such as charging station equipment, infrastructure site assessment, load calculation, installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting.
This is a 7-night session on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Classes will be held from 5:00pm – 8:00pm.
The EVITP Exam will be given on the final night. THE EXAM CAN ONLY BE GIVEN ONCE ALL COURSEWORK IS COMPLETED. The cost of the course is $110.
IN PERSON class dates:
- September 8, 2025, through September 29, 2025
- October 27, 2025, through November 17, 2025
- January 5, 2026, through January 28, 2026
- February 23, 2026, through March 16, 2026
- April 13, 2026 through May 4, 2026
First Aid / CPR
This class is held as a refresher or first certification. The course includes hands-on training for the certification. This is a 3-night course held on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings. Classes will be held 5 pm – 8 pm. There is NO COST for the course.
Classes are as follows:
- Please call for specific dates
2023 NEC (Significant Changes Please Read)
This class is designed to inform electricians, contractors, maintenance personnel, inspectors, engineers, and system designers of the most significant changes to the 2023 NEC. This class will notify the student of all significant changes with valuable information explaining in detail the reason behind each change and how the student will be impacted by the change. Each change examined will detail how the revision must be correlated with the remainder of the NEC.
The text, “Significant Changes” is written for the Code user with an emphasis on detail as well as clarity and usability. State-of-the-art diagrams and photographs will be used to clearly illustrate important changes. The actual text from the code is included to show how changes are incorporated, with strikethroughs for deleted information and underline for new information to highlight the change. The author is a well-respected code expert who is directly involved in the code-making process so users can feel confident they are getting information and analysis from top sources.
This is a four-night course that meets Tuesday and Thursday Evenings from 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
This Class meets the Continuing Education requirements to maintain licensing.
The cost of the books for this class is $65.00.
Classes are as follows:
- No scheduled dates at this time. Please call to be put on the wait list.
Masters Prep
The class is based on the 2023 codebook and uses the Master Electrician’s Exam Workbook from the Electrical Training Alliance.
This class meets two nights per week on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:00 – 8:00 PM.
The cost of the book for this class is $95.00 and an additional cost of $135 may be required if you need to purchase the 2023 NEC.
Classes are as follows:
- September 8, 2025 through October 22, 2025
- October 27, 2025 through December 17, 2025
- January 5, 2026 through February 18, 2026
- February 23, 2026 through April 8, 2026
- April 13, 2026 through May 27, 2026
BICSI
Installer 1
This course is designed to provide entry-level installers with the background, knowledge and basic skills needed to function safely and effectively as part of a cabling installation team. The BICSI Installer 1 Training course is the introductory course of the Installation Program series.
Installer 2 Copper
This course sets the foundation of a copper-based structured cabling system installation. The course begins with an overview of professionalism, copper transmission principles and general safety practices associated with working with copper cabling. A significant amount of course time will then be spent on BICSI best practices for the installation, termination and testing of copper cable.
Installer 2 Fiber
This course sets the groundwork for optical fiber-based structured cabling system installation. The course will open with an overview of professionalism, fiber transmission principles and the general safety practices related to optical fiber cabling. A significant amount of course time will then be spent on installation, splicing, termination and testing of optical fiber cable.
Tech Training This course provides the necessary skillset of a structured cabling systems technician. A significant amount of course time will be spent on troubleshooting copper and optical fiber cable installations. In addition, this course will cover project planning and implementation at the technician level. Additional topics will include site safety, site surveys, blueprint reading, bonding and grounding (earthing) and firestopping practices.
(for students planning to take the exam to earn the Technician (TECH) credential)
These classes meet over a period of 7 weeks, Evenings 5pm – 8pm.
The cost and dates of the course varies upon course offered, Call JATC for details.
Eastern Shore Members should contact the Eastern Shore office at 410-742-0234 for class schedule and availability.