Accepting applications
Central Florida Electrical JATC (IBEW Local 606 / NECA)
Union · Union JATC · 4-year program · 8,000 OJT hrs · 720 class hrs · Orlando, FL · USDOL-registered
- Application window
- We accept applications every day through our online portal."The Electrical Training Alliance of Central Florida now accepts applications online only" (TradeSchool portal, service fee). Aptitude test on scheduled dates; committee interviews monthly; up to 6 months to be interviewed; absent from test = wait 6 months.
- Next aptitude test
- Test dates not posted. The local sets them per window. · required (test not named)
- Starting pay
- $18.15/hr"Currently, the starting salary for a first-year apprentice is $18.15 for inside wireman, $21 for WDW." Posted scale: 1st year $21 / 1st step $18.93; 2nd $22 / $19.58; 3rd $23 / $23.17; 4th $24 / $26.67; 5th step $29.93.
- Cost to you
- $0 tuition — earn while you learn"Tuition free school. However, students will need to buy course materials" - up to $1,100 per school year.
- Prerequisites
- 17+ · HS diploma or GED · algebra · aptitude test · "17 Years of age or Older" to apply (18 at registration); High School Diploma/GED; "1-Year Algebra with a passing grade"; reliable transportation; Florida resident.
- Notes
- JATC site is etacfl.org (Electrical Training Alliance of Central Florida), linked from ibew606.org "Apprenticeship School". Read 2026-08-28. "The Apprenticeship is 4 years long. Related Training Instruction (RTI) is 720 hours, with a minimum of 8,000 hours of On-the-Job Training." Class one 9-hour day every other week. Office Mon-Thu 6:30AM-4:00PM. Admissions@etacfl.org.