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Apprenticeship, Electrical Training, Insights

June 29, 2023

A recent IEC Curriculum Development Group meeting. Every fall updated editions of IEC National’s Four-Year Electrical Apprenticeship Curriculum are delivered to IEC chapters. The curriculum arrives in boxes neatly shrink-wrapped.

November 29, 2022

Paul Lingo, IEC Rocky Mountain, and Scott Bloom, ATP, judging the Motor Controls competition. IEC’s Apprentice of the Year (AOY) competition is an annual event that requires nearly 40 volunteers

March 3, 2021

Beta Testing Beta testing is underway for IEC National’s first limited energy module, one part of an in-development limited energy program. The first module, Introduction to Limited Energy Systems, covers

February 8, 2021

IEC Loses Merit Shop Advocate On December 23, 2020, the IEC family unexpectedly lost former IEC National A&T Chairman George Thess. He was 74 and leaves behind a legacy of

December 23, 2020

IEC National’s Apprentice of the Year (AOY) competition looked different this year. Instead of being held on the expo floor surrounded by vendor booths and cheering spectators, it was held

September 8, 2020

Fire Alarm I Distance Learning To assist chapters interested in offering Fire Alarm I, distance learning will be an option this fall. After hearing from chapters that this class generally

June 1, 2020

Responding to COVID-19: Online Options for Chapters When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and began affecting the IEC family, the Education and Training Department took swift action to assist IEC’s

April 14, 2020
IEC Apprenticeship & Training started 2020 off with a bang.