Electrical Training Institute

Of San Diego & Imperial Counties

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Your path to a fulfilling, union electrical career

When you join a union electrical apprenticeship, you’re not just learning a trade — you’re stepping into a career with power, purpose and a union family that has your back from day one.

Here’s what your journey will look like.

Apply to the Electrical Training Institute Apprenticeship Program

Become part of a brotherhood and sisterhood committed to skill, safety and solidarity. Your journey begins the moment you decide you deserve a career with real dignity and real opportunity.

Earn While You Learn

Union training means you never have to choose between paying your bills and building your future. You’ll get paid from day one while training for a lifelong union trade, because a real career shouldn’t put you in debt.

Learn From the Best

Classroom instruction gives you the technical skills and tools to succeed. You’re learning from instructors who’ve spent years in the field and believe in passing the trade on the right way, the safe way, the union way.

Experience Strength Through Solidarity

Enjoy the union difference -better pay, strong benefits, a good retirement, workplace protections and more. Learn of the power that comes from standing together as a member of the IBEW.

Become a Journeyman Electrician

Once you complete your training, you’ll earn more than the title of Journeyman Electrician. You’ll earn stability, pride and a future built on union protections, competitive pay and the power of standing together with thousands of IBEW professionals. These are skills and relationships that will benefit you the rest of your life, no matter where you go.

Work Hard. Live Well.

Join a trade where you take out of it what you put into it. This is not just a job - it’s a career. It’s the next step in the rest of your life.

Fair wages, good benefits, a comfortable retirement, a union family and training in skills from the best for a career that will last a lifetime.

What’s stopping you?

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Opportunities
for Veterans

Our program offers military veterans a direct route into a skilled trade with strong pay, full benefits, and long-term stability. Your service experience translates into leadership, discipline, and teamwork—qualities valued in every corner of the electrical industry.

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