Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee Courses

The JATC is the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee. It holds a Joint Registration Agreement (JRA) with the Contractors and the province. This agreement allows the JATC to act as the employer when it comes to your apprenticeship. This JRA allows IBEW Local 625 apprentices to change unionized contractors without having to transfer their apprenticeship agreements. The JATC will provide in house supplemental training in areas which the board thinks need improvement.

The JATC is funded on an employee contribution of $0.31/ hr. This money pays for the director, instructors, tuition assistance and any costs associated to training.

Courses offered by the JATC include (See the training section of the website for further details):

• Basic Motor Control
• Building Automation Systems
• Blueprint Reading
• Communications Cabiling
• Electrical Estimating
• Fire Alarm Installations
• High Voltage Cable Splicing and Terminations
• Large Conduit Bending, Fabrication and Installation
• PV Installer Preparation (Journeyperson)
• PV Solar Installation for Apprentices 
• Residential Wiring Installation 
• Roxtec Transit Packing Installation
• Small Conduit Bending, Fabrication and Installation 

For the current Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency Technical Training Course schedule, click here https://nsapprenticeship.ca/apprentices/training/technical-training.

The IBEW Local 625 JATC acts as your employer when it comes to your apprenticeship. When applying for Technical Training or a logbook use the IBEW Local 625 JATC as your employer and Geordie Walsh, Training Director as your employer representative. Geordie's email is gwalsh@ibew625.ca

When you are dispatched to your first unionized electrical contractor, you will be emailed a dispatch slip with your pay rate and site information. The JATC will be cc’d on that email. At this time, you will be eligible to apply for an Apprenticeship with NSAA. It will take approximately 6 weeks to process your application before you receive your logbook by mail.

When you are dispatched to your first unionized electrical contractor, you will be emailed a dispatch slip with your pay rate and site information. The JATC will be cc’d on that email. You will then go online and file an apprenticeship transfer form.

The JATC will pay up to $700 per Level of completed Training Blocks. After completing a level of training the apprentice will submit receipts for books, codebooks, module fees, exam fees, CSA Canadian Electrical Practice Exam etc., along with a copy of their signed and stamped logbook showing that they completed their level of training.