Architecture & Construction

Breon Grant

Registered Apprenticeship/Electrical

High school: Hampton (’06)

Career & Technical Ed. Program Studied: Construction Technology, Technical Drawing, Electronics Technology I & II (at New Horizons Regional Education Center)

Additional Studies/Training: Five-year registered apprenticeship program conducted through JATC and the electrician’s union

Learning from the Pros

Students in Registered Apprenticeship programs have a valuable opportunity to learn their skills from seasoned veterans—and to earn while they learn.

Breon Grant is midway through a Registered Apprenticeship cycle conducted through the Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee (JATC) and
his local electricians union. “I’m going into the
2nd year...and I’ll get a journeyman’s card at the
end of the 5th year.”

He heads off to work every day with an experienced journeyman and takes classes two nights a week. When he began those classes, he discovered that his high school CTE courses had left him well prepared. “My electronics classes really helped me out. In your apprenticeship, they teach you about DC in the 1st year, and AC in the 2nd year, but I had already learned about both of them in high school...so I had a little bit of a jumpstart on some things when I started.”