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MANUFACTURING PLANT ELECTRICIAN

Oregon Apprenticeship Guide

Job Description
This apprenticeship leads to the Limited Journeyman Manufacturing Plant Electrician license. 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.

Working Conditions
The work is done primarily indoors, but often requires climbing, working on ladders, and operating mechanical lifts. Hazards include electrical shocks and burns.

Wages
Beginning apprentices start at approximately 50 to 70 percent of the journey-level wage. Upon successful completion of required class work and on-the-job hours, wages increase about every six months, until journey-level rate is achieved.

Length of Apprenticeship
The apprenticeship lasts about four to five years. Apprentices must complete a minimum of 120 to 200 related classroom hours per year and 8,000 to 10,000 on-the-job training hours. Journey-level manufacturing plant electricians are required to get a state license by taking an exam from the Oregon Building Codes Division.

Minimum Qualifications
Apprenticeship applicants must be at least 18 years of age. In addition, they must provide proof of high school graduation or general education development (GED) equivalent, and complete at least one year of high school algebra or the equivalent post high school algebra course with a passing grade of ´C´. Local apprenticeship committees may require additional qualifications.

These programs are only open to employees of training agents already registered with the local apprenticeship committees. Requirements vary among programs.

Apprenticeship Committees
Click on the Committee MA number to see the journey wages rate.

MA# 1009	West Linn Paper Co TATC 503-557-6503	Area 1
MA# 1018	Metro Manufacturing Plant Electricians JATC 503-978-5651 smiller@pcc.edu	Area 1
MA# 1064	Oregon Cutting Systems Technical JATC 503-653-4669	Area 1
MA# 1081	Boeing Portland JATC 503-661-4669	Area 1
MA# 1093	SP Newsprint Co. - Pacific Region TATC 503-538-2151	Area 1
MA# 1095	Leupold and Stevens of Beaverton JATC 503-646-9171	Area 4
MA# 1104	Georgia Pacific Electrical Trades JATC 503-455-3338	Area 1
MA# 1112	Willamette Industries Warrenton JATC 503-861-2261	Area 1
MA# 1117	Boise Cascade JATC 503-397-9416	Statewide
MA# 1121	Blue Heron Paper Company JATC 503-650-4236	Area 1
MA# 1123	Intel Industrial Electrical JATC 503-696-6733	Area 1
MA# 1155	Toyo Tanso USA Electrical JATC 503-661-7700 x256	Area 1
MA# 1173	Freightliner/Western Star Manufacturing Plants JATC 503-745-7150	Area 1
MA# 1244	North Coast Electrical JATC 541-344-6473	Area 1
MA# 2008	Mid-Willamette Industrial Electrical JATC 541-689-1913	Area 1, 2
MA# 2038	Georgia Pacific TAC 541-336-8389	Area 2
MA# 3004	Eugene Industrial Electrical TATC 541-318-0703	Area 3
MA# 3042	National Frozen Foods JATC 541-967-8747	Area 2
MA# 4001	Coos Bay Industrial Electrical TAC 541-756-4307	Area 4
MA# 4011	Roseburg Industrial Electrical JATC 541-440-4605	Area 4
MA# 5005	Rogue Industrial Electrical TATC 541-245-7900	Area 5
MA# 6002	Lamb-Weston TATC 541-278-5854	Area 6
MA# 6006	Ash Grove TAC 541-877-2411	Area 6
MA# 6008	Ontario TATC 541-889-7355	Area 6
MA# 6016	Eastern Oregon Industrial TATC 541-278-5854	Area 6, 7
MA# 6020	Boise Cascade/WCIW Northeast Oregon TATC 541-278-5854	Area 6
MA# 6026	Hermiston Foods Inc TATC 541-278-5854	Area 6
MA# 7004	Central Oregon TATC 541-383-7410	Area 7
MA# 7010	Burns-Hines TATC 541-888-7232	Area 7
MA# 7016	Klamath Basin Industrial TATC 541-882-3521 x235	Area 5
MA# 7025	Bright Wood Industrial Electrical TATC 541-475-2234	Area 7

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