Greater Boston JATC - Year 1 Curriculum Overview

THE FIRST YEAR OF THE 5-YEAR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OF THE GREATER BOSTON JATC BEGINS WITH AN APPLICATION INTO ONE OF TWO CAREER PATHS.

…. EACH STUDENT IS SELECTED TO EITHER THE ELECTRICAL OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PATH BASED ON HIS OR HER CAREER OBJECTIVES.

EACH CONSISTS OF 240-HOURS OF CLASSROOM AND HANDS ON TRAINING.

EACH DESIGNED TO GIVE EACH STUDENT A FOUNDATION FROM WHICH SPECIALIZATION CAN BE BUILT UPON IN YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE.

THE FIRST YEAR INCLUDES A CORE-CURRICULUM WHICH INCLUDES AN ORIENTATION CLASS FOR BOTH THE ELECTRICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAMS AS WELL AS CLASSES ON:

DC THEORY
STRUCTURED CABLING
AND CODE

AFTER THIS POINT, SLIGHT COURSE VARIANCES BETWEEN THE TWO PROGRAMS ARE ESTABLISHED, AS EACH SPECIALIZATION – EVEN IN THE BEGINNING – BEGINS TO DIFFERIENTIATE WHAT’S MOST IMPORTANT TO AN EVENTUAL JOURNEYMAN OR WOMAN OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN.

IN THE ELECTRICAL PROGRAM, STUDENTS LEARN:

CONDUIT
AND CIRCUITRY

WHERE IN THE TELECOMMUNCATIONS PROGRAM, STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT:

INTRO TO FIBER OPTICS
A COURSE ON CONFINED SPACES
AND COMPUTERS

AS MENTIONED IN THE OVERVIEW VIDEO --- CLASS IS IN SESSION DURING SPECIFIC DAYS OF THE WEEK – AND WHEN STUDENTS ARE NOT PHYSICALLY AT THE JATC BUILDING, THEY’RE PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF A CONSTRUCTION CREW ON PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITIES AND TOWNS WHICH COMPRISE LOCAL 103 AND BOSTON NECAs JURISDICTION.