Independent Electrical Contractors

Electrical Training, Future Workforce, Insights

September 19, 2024

Ernie Mora welcomes new apprentices to Central Electric.  BY IEC STAFF  “Our primary purpose at Central Electric is to grow people,” says Ernest J. Mora, chief financial officer, Central Electric

July 7, 2024

BY JEFF HOOPER, EDUCATION DIRECTOR, IEC OF OREGON IEC of Oregon secured victory in the IEC SPARK 2022 raffle, winning the coveted Volt Wagon / Mobile Training Lab designed and built

May 6, 2024

Grand Canyon Havasupai Gardens HVAC improvements project BY IEC STAFF Don Aragón, president, VA Electric, in Albuquerque, NM, has been working for his family company since leaving the U.S. Marines

March 11, 2024

Jeremy Bass, Justin Garnett, Larry Burmeister, and Phil Burmeister. By IEC Staff Make your company a place where someone wants to spend their time, expend their energy, and do good

January 9, 2024

By IEC Staff Aey Electric is a family-owned merit shop electrical contracting business started in 1956 by Richard C. Aey out of his home. Today Richard’s sons Bob and Rick

November 10, 2023

By IEC Staff The IEC Workforce Development Institute’s recent research report, Understanding Barriers to Entry in the Electrical Trade, included U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that show an estimated 73,500

June 29, 2023

Mahsa Poorak believes with all her heart that we HAVE to change the message. As a former public defender turned electrical contracting company chief operating officer, she brings a unique

May 4, 2023

You might say Ken Kettner was born into the electrical contracting business. He started working in his dad’s union shop when he was only 14. He began the International Brotherhood

March 16, 2023

When thinking about who he would like to join his team at Young Electric, Inc. in Wichita, KS, President Cori J. Young thinks beyond top-notch electrical skills and necessary licensing.

January 20, 2023

As IEC Executive Director Thayer Long says elsewhere in this issue of Insights, “IEC exists to help our membership develop a top-notch workforce for today and for tomorrow. We stand