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Program Overview & Curriculum

What you need to know for your CW/ET training.

Interested in becoming an Electrical Trainee (ET)? Visit IBEW Local 340’s website at ibewlocal340.org to apply and become a Construction Wireman (CW) with IBEW Local 340.

Already a CW with IBEW Local 340?
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The CW/ET program is separate from the apprenticeship program.
The state of California requires a minimum of 150 hours of continued education each year in order to renew an ET card. The Training Center offers free schooling to our Electrical Trainees that are in good standing with IBEW Local 340. We offer one 80-hour semester each spring and one 80-hour semester each fall.

The CW/ET program is a 3-year program consisting of six classes, ET-1 thru ET-6. A student that completes the entire 3-year program will receive a completion certificate that can then be used to renew their ET card annually.

Curriculum

Classes include, but are not limited to:

ET-1

  • OSHA-10
  • Material identification
  • Basic electrical theory
  • Basic conduit bending

ET-2

  • First-Aid/CPR
  • Introduction to electrical code
  • Intermediate electrical theory
  • Basic conduit bending

ET-3

  • Ohms law
  • DC theory
  • Blueprint reading and symbol interpretation
  • Intermediate conduit bending

ET-4

  • Electromagnetism
  • 3-phase systems
  • AC theory
  • Mechanical conduit bending

ET-5

  • Sizing and selecting conductors
  • Lighting systems
  • Grounding and bonding
  • Rigid conduit bending
  • Introduction to controls

ET-6

  • Motor code and makeup
  • Motor controls
  • Transformer code and makeup
  • Advanced electrical code study
  • Supervision and training methods