How do you become an apprentice?

Answer 1

Have pull and know someone in the jatc. if not you gonna have a good 4-8 year wait

Actually there are a few ways to do this. You can go to a Lineman College and pay to learn some basic skills that will make you more employable to a line contractor or utility. Another way is to get an entry level position at a utility and then become an apprentice. I went through the NJATC which is the National Joint Apprentice Training Center which is run by the IBEW and local contractors. I paid a small application fee, took a general knowledge test and then had an oral interview. A score is then given to each applicant and as the classes come up they choose the top scores. I will confess that it took nearly a year and half for me to actually start doing line work from the time I turned in my application. The best decision I ever made.