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START YOUR CAREER

Become an Electrician ⚡

With the IEC of El Paso, your job and your education happen at the same time.

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Work Full Time

Work with an electrical company while building your career.

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Hands-On Training

Learn real electrical work through supervised experience.

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Class One Night a Week

Build your technical knowledge while continuing to work.

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Earn While You Learn

Make money while completing your apprenticeship training.

Get paid while you train. No student debt. Real career. Day one.

THE PROGRAM

How Does Apprenticeship Work?

You don't go to school for four years and then start looking for your first electrical job.

As an apprentice, your job + hands-on training + classroom education happen together.

8,000 Hours of On-the-Job Training
672 Hours of Classroom Instruction
4 Years Approximately Four Years of Training

Complete the program and earn a nationally recognized apprenticeship credential while building toward becoming a Texas Journeyman Electrician.

FIRST STEP

⚡ First, Get Your Texas Apprentice License

Texas electricians are licensed through the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, or TDLR.

Think of your Apprentice Electrician License like the permit you get when you're first learning to drive.

You're not a Journeyman Electrician yet. This is your first Texas electrical license and allows you to begin building supervised electrical experience.

💲 Cost: $20

You do not have to wait for your physical card before starting your IEC application.

Save your receipt, confirmation, temporary license, or other proof that you applied.

Apply for Your TDLR License
GET READY

📋 Before You Start Your IEC Application

Have these ready:

🪪 State ID or Driver's License
🔢 Social Security Card
📄 Birth Certificate OR Passport
🎓 High School Diploma, High School Transcript OR GED
⚡ Proof that you applied for your TDLR Apprentice Electrician License
📄 Resume or basic work history

Don't Have a Resume?

That's okay.

Write down:

  • Where you worked
  • Your job title
  • About when you started and left
  • A few things you did at each job

Take a clear picture of the paper and upload it in the Resume section of your application.

We can use that information to help turn your work history into a contractor-ready resume.

YOUR EMPLOYER

🏗 What Is an Electrical Contractor?

An electrical contractor is simply the electrical company that hires you, your employer.

💵 Pays you to work
🛠 Gives you supervised, hands-on electrical experience
🎓 Pays your apprenticeship tuition to the IEC of El Paso

The IEC of El Paso works with 20+ electrical contractors across the Borderland, from locally owned companies to larger regional and national employers.

Already Hired by One of Our Electrical Contractors?

Complete your IEC application and required documents. We will work with you and your employer to complete your apprenticeship enrollment.

Still Looking for an Electrical Job?

Complete your application and attend IEC orientation.

After orientation, we can:

  • 📄 Help get your resume contractor-ready
  • 🗣 Help prepare you for interviews
  • ⚡ Send your applicant information to our network of 20+ electrical employers across the Borderland

Each company makes its own hiring decisions, so employment is not guaranteed.

NEXT STEPS

🏫 What Happens After I Apply?

Once your application is accepted, your next step is a required 30-minute orientation at the IEC of El Paso.

You'll tour the school and training areas, learn how the apprenticeship works, and know what comes next based on whether you're already hired or still looking for an electrical job.

And here's something important:

Applying to IEC does not automatically make you a registered apprentice.

When one of our 20+ electrical contractors offers to hire you, that company sends the IEC of El Paso a Hire Form.

Once your application and required documents are complete, IEC completes your apprenticeship registration with the U.S. Department of Labor.

IEC Applicant
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U.S. Department of Labor
Registered Apprentice ⚡

Your full-time job, classroom education, and required on-the-job training are now part of your Registered Apprenticeship.

PROGRAM COST

💲 How Much Does It Cost?

Application Fee: $50

Your application fee may be covered if your electrical employer has made arrangements with IEC.

Your electrical employer pays your apprenticeship tuition to the IEC of El Paso.

Each company may have its own agreement with its employees about that investment, but you are not taking out student loans to pay IEC tuition.

No student debt. Get paid while you train. Build a career from day one. ⚡

READY?

Ready to Apply? ⚡

The IEC of El Paso uses Appion for the official apprenticeship application.

Before you begin, make sure you have the documents listed above ready to upload.

Start My IEC Application ⚡

🚨 Before You Leave Appion

Appion requires the required documents to be uploaded before your application can be submitted.

The UPLOAD and SUBMIT buttons are green and located toward the bottom of the application.

Your application has not reached the IEC of El Paso for review until you click SUBMIT.

Questions about something keeping you from completing your application?
Call or text the IEC of El Paso at (915) 710-1400.