Procrastinators Reach End of Line

 

 The Statewide Certification has received a six month extension; the law will become effective July 1, 2005. Every Electrician, except Registered Apprentices, must be State Certified to do electrical work in California as of July 1, 2005. For over TEN years IBEW and NECA have worked to get this law on the books and now is our time to get behind this law and  support it.  To date there are around 26,000 IBEW members in the State of California.  The total that has taken the exam has not reached 11,000, and this number includes all the union and non-union people together. While it is my opinion that certification is not the cure-all for our market share problems, I do know that if we do nothing we will lose more work. This law is just one step to stop other people from doing electrical work who are unqualified, and who can be picked up on the corners of warehouse building material stores. We are the best trained trade in the field and we should take pride in being the best electricians and getting our State Certification.  Many in Local 11 have successfully taken this test, and if you can read a code book you should be able to pass this test with no problem. Classes are available if you want them. Get off the dime and make an appointment with the State to take this exam, this industry needs State Certification.

 

Apprentice Coordinator

Dale Schmidt

 

 

 

 

The Power Source is the Official Publication

of the

Los Angeles County Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and

Educational Training Committee

National Electrical Contractors Association

Los Angeles County Chapter

and

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

L.U., No. 11

Education

Training

Apprentices

Journeyman

Labor

Management

ELECTRICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

Board of Trustees

 

                 Management        Alternates

             (L.A. County Chapter, N.E.C.A.)

                 Don Davis              Jim Willson

                 Rick Jarvis              Fred Dunn

                 Gary Leder             Wayne Grau

                                                  

 

                 Labor                        Alternates

             (Local Union No. 11, I.B.EW.)

                 Marvin Kropke    Larry D. Caldwell

                 Dean Todd             Dennis Sanderson

                 Greg Belda             Robert Corona

 

Coordinators

Dale Schmidt, N.E.C.A.

      Larry D. Caldwell, I.B.E.W.

 

 Electrical Training Institute Staff

 

Mike Sloan - Interim Director

William L. Nowak—Assistant Director

Jane E. Templin - Senior Instructor

Brett Moss—Senior Instructor

 

 Offices at:

6023 S. Garfield Avenue

City of Commerce, CA  90040

(323) 221-5881

 

Apprentice, Journeyman and Industry Education

 

www.LAETT.Com

 

 www.IBEW11.Org 

 

www.LA-NECA.Org

 

www.SCIBEW-NECA.Org

COORDINATOR’S CORNER

 

First, let me take this opportunity to wish you and yours a safe and joyous holiday!

 

“Apprenticeship” what a great idea!  Its beginnings can be traced back to ancient Greece, Rome, and Babylonia.  But what a great concept, a  person is given the opportunity to get a free education and make a good living for themselves and their family.

 

An apprentice is defined as a person who signs an Apprenticeship Agreement, which states that he or she agrees to follow all rules and policies set forth by a joint employer-union committee, in return that   person is given both classroom and on the job instruction and training.  Apprenticeship is considered the best way to train skilled craftsmen for the building trades. 

 

A vast majority of you do a great job of making the most of this great opportunity you have been given.  Lately, I’ve heard from contractors, instructors, and other apprentices that a small percentage of you are unhappy, or unwilling to put forth the effort needed to be successful both in the classroom and on the job.  I feel saddened each month when I see some of you have this opportunity taken away, usually for something dumb like not attending school or for repeated poor work habits and poor attitudes.  On the flip side I get great pleasure in seeing you graduate and go on to be successful and productive journeymen, foremen,      instructors, and much, much more!

 

For those of you who are trying hard and doing the best you can each day, I commend you, don’t let those few drag you down or bring shame to our great family, I.B.E.W. Local Union #11, or this program we should all be very proud of! Go out there each day and do the best you can both on the job, and in the classroom, you and the industry will benefit from that.

 

Be proud of who you are and what you do everyday!  I know I take great pride in all of you!

 

Fraternally,

Larry D. Caldwell

Apprentice Coordinator