The Electrical Construction Apprenticeship Program of the Cleveland Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (CEJATC) is sponsored by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 38 and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA), Greater Cleveland Chapter. It is a five-year program consisting of on-the-job training with contractors’ signatory to Local 38 and related instruction at the IBEW/NECA Training Center in Valley View, Ohio. The apprenticeship program is registered with the U. S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, and the Ohio State Apprenticeship Council. We are affiliated with the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry. The five-year apprenticeship is divided into ten periods. Advancement in period, and its increase in pay rate, is based on satisfying the previous period’s requirements for on-the-job training hours, on-the-job performance, and related instruction. Pay rates for apprentices are based on percentage of the journey level worker’s rate of pay, starting at 35 percent then increasing an additional 5 percent each period (40%, 45%, 50%, etc.). The current starting pay rate is $15.83 per hour. (This rate is subject to change dependent on changes in the collective bargaining agreement.) A comprehensive benefit package that includes health care and pension covers the apprentice once he or she becomes eligible, usually within three to four months.