Continuing Education

ALBAT provides continued education training opportunities for journey-level workers. This additional training is provided to enhance the skills of individuals and ensure the best opportunity to remain current and up-to-date with the newest technologies and industry changes.

The continued education training includes a wide variety of job related subject matter and safety certifications. In the outside electrical industry, safety is the number one priority and we encourage those to stay up-to-date on all certifications, qualifications and training. We strongly recommend journey-level workers view our training courses and register for those that are applicable.

To view the training courses that ALBAT offers, visit our Training Courses.

ACE College Credit

College credit is available to the graduates of the ALBAT Program through the American Council on Education (ACE). Earned credits can be used to enhance further college education. If you are interested, please contact our office and request the application for ACE College Credit. To learn more about ACE, please contact our office.

The American Line Builders Apprenticeship Training (ALBAT) program is a cooperative labor-management training program funded and administered by American Line Builders Chapter, National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Fourth and Sixth Districts. In the IBEW Fourth District, ALBAT performs the training for Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. ALBAT serves the IBEW Sixth District in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.

ALBAT’s advantage as an apprenticeship provides the opportunity for individuals seeking highly-skilled, high-paying jobs and for employers seeking to build a qualified workforce. Our programs are built on providing flexible training that combines job-related technical instruction with structured on-the-job learning experiences. We are proud to train the top electricians in the following programs: Cable Splicing, Outside Line, Substation, Traffic Signal, Transmission, and URD (Underground Residential Distribution).