Individuals, with or without prior experience in the electrical construction industry, may make application for the Construction Wireman/Construction Electrician classification in three ways: 1) directly with the JATC, 2) may be directed to the JATC through a participating contractor, or 3) may be directed to the JATC as part of an organizing effort. For those applying as a result of organizing, the initial entry evaluation and placement as a Construction Wireman/Construction Electrician will be based on the applicant’s skills, experience, recruiting contractor’s request, and/or local union organizer’s recommendations. The JATC will develop and/or adopt a standard means for evaluating previous skills, experience and training for the purpose of granting advanced standing to Construction Wireman/Construction Electrician.

The Construction Wireman/Construction Electrician classifications consist of a minimum of 6 pay levels, with the first level providing an hourly wage rate no more than the first period apprentice rate and the final (highest) level being no less than 75% of the Journeyman Inside Wireman rate of pay. Specific pay levels and percentages of the Journeyman Inside Wireman rate of pay are to be determined by the local parties within these parameters. An individual’s success as a Construction Wireman/Construction Electrician will be dependent on him/her meeting the minimum training and work experience requirements, and, if desired, participating in craft certification requirements as defined and stipulated by the JATC and/or NJATC. No one, however, will be advanced from the Construction Electrician classification to Journeyman Inside Wireman status without 1) having a minimum of 14,000 hours of documented electrical construction work experience, 2) having successfully taken the written and practical examinations of each of the levels of the NJATC Craft Certification Program, and 3) having passed the final NJATC written and practical (hands-on) Craft Certification Examinations.

Huston Electric is an equal opportunity employer. Huston is a family-owned, 4th generation electrical contracting company with over 85 years of servicing North Central Indiana.