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For DC Residents

Forge Your Own Path in the Electrical Industry

Step-Up is a program that puts you on the path to becoming an IBEW journeyperson electrician. If accepted, you’ll earn a great wage while learning the electrical trade, including solar.

Energy in Motion
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Promoting a Diverse Workforce

The Step-Up program is an initiative by the JATC 26 in partnership with DC DOES that helps DC residents build careers in the electrical industry. Our goal is to open more opportunities for you to pursue our apprenticeship training—even if time or money is a barrier.

Why Apply to Step-up?


No College, No Problem

  • Lucrative future: Pursue a stable career path with excellent pay and union benefits like healthcare and pension.
  • Make a difference: Build a rewarding, hands-on career.
  • Lifelong expertise: Enjoy job placement and continuous support as your progress into the future.
Apply Now
Energy in Motion - No College No Problem
How it works

How it works

Step-up consists of two core components to help you access an apprenticeship.

Step-Up Program

This one-year training program is exclusively for DC residents. It allows you to earn apprenticeship wages while taking on a smaller course load and building up your skills and knowledge. This puts you in a better position to pursue apprenticeship certification when the time’s right.

Support Services

Gain access to a wide variety of social and training services so you can overcome obstacles you may be facing.
These services can include:

  • Training to develop skills like interviewing or resume development
  • Childcare services
  • Transportation services
  • Access to mental health support
  • Resources for overcoming substance addiction

Who Is Step-Up For?

The program is for DC residents interested in a skilled trade.

We especially encourage applicants who are:

  • Immigrants
  • Women
  • People of color
  • Veterans
  • Student athletes
  • Students
Learn more

Join Us Today, and Power Up Your Future With the Electrical Alliance

APPLY FOR THE Step-up GRANT TODAY
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Data centers are booming across Northern Virginia, Data centers are booming across Northern Virginia, and Local 26 is building most of them. That demand means real work and real overtime for our members right now.

Imagine you're a fourth-year apprentice on a job site in Virginia. You pick up overtime when you want it, and put that paycheck toward a home for your family.

That is what a career in the trade can actually look like: a paycheck you can build a life on right now.

See what the trades could look like for you: https://electricalalliance.org/training/
🎃 Get ready for some Halloween fun with the Sister 🎃 Get ready for some Halloween fun with the Sisters of 26!

Join us for the annual Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 17 from 2–5 p.m. 👻🍬

Bring the little ones in costume and make your way through spooky, silly, and creatively decorated trunks filled with plenty of treats.

📍 4371 Parliament Place, Lanham, MD
Look for us in the back apprenticeship parking lot.

Costumes are encouraged, and all are welcome. We hope to see you there! 🎃
Both Inside Electrical and Technology Services sta Both Inside Electrical and Technology Services start at the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC). What you build after that is up to you.

Inside Electrical takes five years and leads to journeyman status, with some of the highest earning potential in the trade. Graduates earn more than $108,000 annually, plus over $41,000 in health and retirement benefits. If you want to work on major builds and eventually move into supervision or ownership, this is the track for you.

Technology Services moves faster. In three years, you're certified as a Telecom Journeyperson, working in a field that's growing fast and opens doors into IT and communications work down the line.

Not sure which one's for you? Our team can help you figure it out: https://electricalalliance.org/training/
Inova is building its sixth hospital in Franconia- Inova is building its sixth hospital in Franconia-Springfield, a $2 billion expansion that will bring a new inpatient hospital and expanded emergency care to the region. 

13 Local 26 members working the project for VarcoMac are doing it alongside a relative, five father-son pairs and a set of brothers and a nephew among them.

This is what changing the course for generations looks like.
Before the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee Before the Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC), Haider Hakky worked as a public health consultant. When he trained to become an electrician, he says the biggest surprise wasn't the physical work: it was how much curiosity matters on the job.

Haider’s advice for new apprentices: ask questions, dig into the answers, and learn from what other trades are thinking too. Building that kind of solidarity with a curious mind, he says, will take you far.

See what the trades could look like for you: https://electricalalliance.org/training/

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The Electrical Alliance is a cooperative effort between the skilled craftsmen of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 26 and the electrical contractors of the Washington, D.C. Chapter of National Electrical Contractors Association.

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