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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 *MA number to see the Standard (*Master Agreement.)
 

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MA# 1009 West Linn Paper Co TATC
503-557-6503		 Area 1
MA# 1018 Metro Manufacturing Plant Electricians JATC
503-978-5651
kcloud@pcc.edu
 Area 1
MA# 1064 Oregon Cutting Systems Technical JATC
503-653-4669		 Area 1
MA# 
1081
 Boeing Portland JATC
503-676-1780
 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 USAElectrical JATC
503-661-7700 x256
 Area 1
MA# 
1173
 Western Star TMP 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
www.oregonapprentice.org
 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#
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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