Welcome to the ALBAT Web site. Our hope is to provide you with information needed to pursue a career in the exciting field of outside electrical construction, as well as information on supplementary training, certifications and relative information. The ALBAT Program is one of nine such apprenticeship and training programs in the nation dedicated to the outside electrical industry. Information can be found for all outside electrical apprenticeships at AJATC.

The American Line Builders Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (ALBAT) is a cooperative undertaking by the American Line Builders Chapter NECA and the IBEW, Fourth and Sixth Districts. This cooperative effort is in response to the need for a recognized pragmatic program for training persons in the skills of performing outside electrical construction work.

In addition to the apprenticeship program for the occupation of Journeyman Lineman, ALBAT also has training available for Substation Technician, Traffic Signal Repairer/Street Light Technician and Cable Splicer Technician in limited areas.

	IBEW The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is the largest electrical union in the world. The IBEW represents workers’ rights in all areas of the electrical industry. The IBEW is truly a union of “Hearts and Minds”.
	NECA The National Electrical Contractors Association is the management association for electrical contractors. NECA represents thousands of employers who guarantee their installations and perform quality work on time on budget. NECA electrical contractors satisfy their customers by doing the job right the first time.
	NJATC The mission of the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee is to develop and standardize training to educate the members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and the National Electrical Contractors Association; insuring and providing the Electrical Construction Industry with the most highly trained and highly skilled workforce possible.

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Apprenticeship is an opportunity for inexperienced individuals to learn a career skill through actual “hands on” training, not just reading about it in a book. Electrical Power Line Apprentices are actual full time employees of electrical contractors. They earn excellent pay and benefits while they are being taught these skills by master craftsman on the job.Today, in addition to the on-the-job training (OJT), apprentices receive related classroom instruction. The instruction covers the techniques of the trade and also the theory behind the techniques. Apprentices learn “how” on the job and “why” in the classroom.