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Barr Construction Institute Apprenticeship offers electrician training combining classroom learning and on-the-job experience with electrical contracting firms, including Architect of the Capitol, in Maryland, preparing graduates for journeyman licensing and skilled trades careers.

 

Breaking Down the Details

A work-and-study electrician program in Maryland providing classroom and on-site training aligned to licensing.

  • Four-year program with work and evening classes
  • Employer-sponsored tuition; tools awarded at graduation
  • Trains for electrician licensing and journeyman exam
  • Partners include Architect of the Capitol, ABC

 

Things might be tough in the economy, but it's been good for Wade Joy.

 

Joy said he wanted to be an electrician because it's a job that always requires thought and, through Habitat for Humanity projects, serves communities as well and could never be replaced by a machine.

The Emmitsburg, Md., man has landed a full-time job with Architect of the Capitol, which performs electrical contracting work for U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate office buildings in Washington.

As part of the employment deal, Architect of the Capitol paid for Joy's electrical contracting training at the Barr Construction Institute in Hagerstown.

Joy was among 20 graduates from the institute who were honored during an apprenticeship graduation banquet last month at the Hagerstown Hotel & Convention Center. The graduates completed four years of learning while earning on the job.

Joy said he is preparing to take an exam to obtain his electrician's license, and the Barr Construction Institute training is considered in the licensing process.

Joy looked back on his training and the help from Architect of the Capitol with appreciation.

"I was pretty fortunate," Joy said.

The Barr Construction Institute is operated by the Cumberland Valley chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. Associated Builders and Contractors has been offering vocational training since 1964 and decided to open a new training facility a couple of years ago, said Joan Warner, president of the institute.

Students attend classes two nights a week for three hours each night, Warner said.

The 20 graduates were honored with a dinner and were invited to pick out tools as part of their recognition.

The guest speaker was William Saxman, an apprenticeship and training specialist with the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

Saxman talked about sports figures who have overcome odds to succeed. He also said it has not been a typical year with talk of bailouts, stimulus packages and Manitoba job training initiatives across the region. In the tough environment, graduates will have to "redouble efforts" to succeed, Saxman said.

 

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