IBEW Local #1 · St. Louis Chapter NECA · Electrical Connection® Partnership
(314) 644-3587
2300 Hampton Ave., St. Louis
Established 1941 · IBEW Local #1 · NECA
The St. Louis Electrical JATC trains more than 1,200 apprentices and journeymen every year — preparing the most skilled electricians and communication technicians in the country, tuition-free.
Three paths into the trade
Whether you're drawn to heavy commercial work, residential service, or the low-voltage technology that powers modern buildings — there is a registered apprenticeship for you. Every program pays you from day one, with raises every 1,000 hours.
Five-year apprenticeship preparing electricians for commercial and industrial work — office buildings, schools, hospitals, manufacturing plants, and power facilities.
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Apprenticeship for electricians who wire homes, condominiums, and apartment buildings — from new construction to service work and troubleshooting.
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The newest field in electrical construction — installing voice, data, video and security systems using fiber optic cable and wireless technology.
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The model
Our apprenticeships are tuition-free. The union electrical construction industry funds the educational programs, the training facility, the equipment, and pays apprentices for class time. You earn a paycheck from your first day on the job — and your wages step up with every 1,000 hours of training completed.
On graduation you become a journeyman: full wages, full benefits, and lifetime access to continuing education at the JATC.
Why the JATC
Annual training investment
Combined IBEW & NECA contributions fund tuition-free training and modern lab equipment.
Trained each year
Apprentices and journeymen stay current on the newest codes, technology, and safety standards.
College credit hours
Completing the Inside apprenticeship can count toward an associate degree.
1941
First DOL-registered
training standards
Heritage
IBEW Local #1 — the very first IBEW local — has anchored St. Louis electrical work since 1891. In 1941, Local #1 and the St. Louis Chapter of NECA secured the first set of US Department of Labor registered training standards for the electrical industry, founding the Electrical Industry Training Center on Hampton Avenue.
More than eighty years later, the partnership — now known as the Electrical Connection® — continues to set the national standard for apprentice and journeyman training.
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A look inside the Electrical Industry Training Center — the apprentices, journeymen, instructors, and contractors that make the Electrical Connection® partnership the standard for the trade.
Inside the Training Center
Our 130,000-square-foot facility on Hampton Avenue houses purpose-built labs for code, conduit-bending, motor controls, fire alarm, fiber optic terminations, welding, and emerging technology like solar PV and EV charging.
Code & theory
NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA
Structured cabling
Fiber + copper
Life safety
Fire alarm & access
Residential framing
Service & rough-in
Computer-based labs
Simulators & PLC
Related instruction
~900 classroom hours per program
Ready to apply?
Applications are taken by appointment, Monday – Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Bring your transcripts and birth certificate — we'll walk you through the rest.
