The Jonesboro (Arkansas) Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee has partnered with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 1516 and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) to build a new 10,200-sqare-foot Training Facility located behind Local 1516 on East Highland. “This was built by the IBEW Local (1516) to provide additional classrooms and hands-on learning labs for the Apprenticeship Program and to provide continuing training to our Journeyman Wiremen,” a press release read. The Union Apprenticeship Program is also celebrating approval to move from a five-year/900-hour program to a four-year/720-hour program. That will shave off a full year for prospective Apprentices and allow them to take their Journeyman exams sooner.

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