THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN IBEW 743 JATC APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.

APPLICATION INTAKE HAS CONCLUDED FOR THE INCOMING SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026.  APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER MARCH 25, 2025 WILL BE IN QUEUE FOR WHEN APPLICATION INTAKE OPENS IN THE FALL OF 2025.  This website will be updated once those dates have been selected.  Once application intake is open and we have received your application and transcript, you will be notified of the aptitude test date. High school transcripts/GED/college transcripts must indicate a passing grade in Algebra in order to qualify to take the aptitude test. Transcripts can be sent to the apprentice office via mail or email.  Transcript and application BOTH needed to qualify for aptitude test. 

Prior to applying:  please check the jurisdiction map before applying as you must live in Local 743’s jurisdiction to be potentially selected as an apprentice in the Reading Joint Apprenticeship Program.  Click on “About” at the top of  this page and drop down to jurisdiction map, enter your home address and make sure you reside within the shaded area.

 You may apply online prior to the intake dates beginning in the Fall; however, your application is not complete until the apprentice office also receives your school transcript indicating a passing grade in algebra (college, high school or GED are acceptable transcripts).

• ***Please check the jurisdiction map before applying as you must live in Local 743’s jurisdiction to be potentially selected as an apprentice in the Reading Joint Apprenticeship Program.  Click on “About” at the top of  this page and drop down to jurisdiction map, enter your home address and make sure you reside within the shaded area.

THERE ARE TWO (2) WAYS TO APPLY:  

• Click on Apply Now, read the pre-requisites for applying and at the bottom of the page click on Download Application to Complete and Submit Online. Upon completion hit submit button; this will automatically send your application to the Apprentice Office and you will receive an automatic confirmation of receipt email.
• Click on Apply Now, read the pre-requisites for applying and at the bottom on the page click on Download Application to Print and Complete by Hand. Upon completion please return your application to the Apprentice Office, 20 Morgan Drive, Reading, PA 19608, or email jatfan@comcast.net or drop off at the physical location in the “Applications Drop-Box”.  The drop-box is located in the vestibule inside the first door of our main entrance.
• Reminder: You must provide this office with an official transcript (high school, college, GED) indicating a passing grade in algebra, if transcript is not received your application will be archived and not processed.
• THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM