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Sound & Telecommunications Technician – Apprenticeship Program
Sound & Telecommunications Technician – Apprenticeship Program
at San Diego Electrical Training Trust SDETT
San Diego Catalog
This training program is a 4-year program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards for the State of California and the Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship. The program requires that each apprentice receive a minimum of 6400 hours of on-the-job training in the electrical construction industry with the supervision of a journeyman sound electrician. During the course of the apprenticeship, each apprentice is transferred on a yearly basis to a new contractor. This allows the apprentice to receive a variety of in-depth experience of electrical skills while in the apprenticeship. The Electrical Training Institute makes all placements with contractors. While in the training program, apprentices are required to attend 800 hours of classroom related instruction. Apprentices attend school two evenings a week, one night for lecture and one night for hands-on applications of their skills. Apprentices are required to pass competency assessments to successfully complete their classes.
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Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
Install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.
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$47,020
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Admissions
- Applicants must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
- Applicants must be one of the following: high school graduate, have a GED or GED equivalent.
- Applicants must show evidence of successful completion of one of the following:
- One full year of high school algebra 1 or higher with a passing grade
- One post high school algebra course (e.g. Adult Education, Continuing Education, Community College, etc.) with a passing grade
- Provide evidence of having successfully completed the NJATC Math Course
- Evidence of passing an internet-based, ETI-approved Algebra course with the final assessment taken under the supervision of an ETI instructor.
- Applicants must submit an officially-sealed transcript (no copies) for high school and post-high school education and training. All GED records must be submitted if applicable. All documentation and transcripts must be available at the time of application.