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Check out Apprenticeship Opportunities
To get started with apprenticeship classes at Lane, you'll first need to become an Oregon State registered apprentice. Click the link above to get started.
Questions? Our Apprenticeship Coordinator, Joy Crump, would love to help! Contact her at crumpj@lanecc.edu or (541) 463-5496.
Start your future while working in your field
Take classes at Lane while working as an apprentice electrician. Manufacturing plant electricians provide basic electrical maintenance on existing equipment in factories and industrial manufacturing facilities. They also install and wire electric motors and machinery of all sizes, and perform preventive maintenance on production and facilities equipment, initiate and modify electrical designs, and update electrical drawings.
Prepare for your journeyman card
Our program combines both real world, on-the-job training with classroom learning. The apprenticeship lasts four years. You'll do 144 hours of related training per year and 8,000 hours of on-the-job training. Afterward, you can take your licensing exam through the Oregon Building Codes Division. With a few more courses, you can get your associate degree in construction technology.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Electrical wiring
- Repairing and installing electrical wire devices
- Customer skills
- Communication and critical thinking skills
- Industry safety standards
- Math skills
- Research skills
AFTER LANE
After your apprenticeship, you can apply for a journeyman electrician license. The current minimum Journey-level wage for a Manufacturing Plant Electrician is $40.20 per hour.
Turn your coursework into a degree
Electrician Apprenticeship Technologies: Career Pathway Certificate
Earn a certificate on your road to apprenticeship with just a few classes.
Electrician Apprenticeship Technologies: Certificate of Completion
Earn a certificate on your road to apprenticeship with just a few classes.
Electrician Apprenticeship Technologies, 1-yr Certificate
Earn a certificate on your road to apprenticeship. You'll take more classes to deepen your skills and earn 1 year certificate.
Electrician Apprenticeship Technologies, AAS
Earn a degree on your road to apprenticeship. You'll take more classes to deepen your skills and earn an associate (2 year) degree.
Not sure which is for you? Learn more about the types of degrees & certificates Lane has to offer
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Talk one-on-one with our Apprenticeship Coordinator to find the perfect path for you
4000 E. 30th Ave., Eugene, OR 97405
Advanced Technology Division
Building 33, room 115
Thursday 8-1pm