SELCAT

Southeastern Line Constructors Apprenticeship Training

An ever increasing demand for electrical energy must be met. The construction of new extra high voltage transmission and distribution lines occurs everyday. Maintaining existing lines, substations and other electrical apparatus is also a big job. An apprentice is one bound by indenture for a prescribed period of time who is learning a trade by experience and instruction under skilled workers.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association joint sponsor the SELCAT program. NECA provides funding and employs participants in the training program. The IBEW provides the opportunity of belonging to a labor organization with over 1 million members.

You will be able to prepare for a lifetime career with only 7000 hours of on the job training and related instruction in a classroom setting which will supplement the training received on the job.

You will earn while you learn. Wages depend upon the level of apprenticeship you are in and the area in which you work. The apprentice making satisfactory progress gets a raise in pay upon the completion of each 1000 hours of on the job training and required classroom work.

You will travel throughout Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas to enable you to acquire the necessary experience and skills to complete the program.

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The following paperwork is necessary before qualifying for an interview:

• 1. Application must be completed.
• 2. Education requirements - a high school transcript is required. A copy of your high school diploma or G.E.D. with scores must be submitted.
• 3. A copy of your birth certificate
• 4. A copy of your current class A CDL or Class A CDL 6 month permit.
• 5. Fundamental Training is a comprehensive training program where you will be taught pole climbing, knot tying, tool and material identification and the use thereof, First Aid, CPR, OSHA 10 hour course, basic electricity and transformers. You will be required to read and sign the Fundamental Training School agreement prior to your interview.
• 6. A signed addition to the Fundamental Training School Agreement
• 7. SELCAT is a drug free program. You will be randomly drug tested. A signed random drug testing statement must be completed.

For further information or an application, please contact SELCAT at:

P.O. Box 927

Fairburn, GA 30213

770-964-1042 or email at selcat@mindspring.com

Links to

National Electrical Contractors Association

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee Fundamental Training School Pole Top Rescue