Electricians install, maintain, and repair electrical systems. The document profiles two women, Stacie and Lara, who pursued electrician apprenticeships later in life through CITC. Stacie had a successful 12-year career as an electrician after starting her apprenticeship at age 40. Lara went from retail management to her second year as an electrician apprentice through CITC, allowing her to earn a living wage for the first time. CITC offers apprentices classroom and on-the-job training, with wages increasing over time. Employers are seeking apprentices to address worker shortages in the field.

1. What you’ll do: Join other
successful women:
Electricians install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring,
equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance
with relevant codes. May also install or service street lights,
intercom systems, or electrical control systems.
become an electrician
Stacie and Lara’s success
could be yours:
“I started my apprenticeship training when I
was 40 years old and have NEVER regretted my
decision. The money is great but I go to work
because I love what I do.” Stacie, journey level
electrician and 1999 graduate of CITC
“For the first time in my life I’m making a living
wage! Making considerably more than I was
as a key carrying, full-time retail manger.” Lara,
second year apprentice
Earn while you learn:
• Apprentices get classroom training and on-the-job
training with experienced journey workers
• Wages increase with experience EMPLOYERS WANT YOU!
Get started: “Women are more than half the population and we are
missing out on a huge talent pool if we do not recruit and
encourage women in the industry.”
To apply for an apprenticeship program,
Adam Pinsky, CFO, SME Inc. of Seattle
visit us at: www.citcwa.org. or
Call Nan – 425-285-2333
(425) 454-2482 or (877) 428-0442 (425) 454-2482 or (877) 428-0442
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2. Our female electricians APPRENTICESHIP PAYS!
tell their stories: As an apprentice you are paid while learning your trade.
By the time you graduate you will earn more than the
average college graduate.
Lara, second year apprentice:
“Since high school I worked in retail and once had
the chance to work with a woman who had been an How Education Boosts Your Bottom Line
Source: 2006 Bureau of Labor & Statistics
electrician in the Navy. She suggested I
% Unemployment rate in 2006 Education attained Median weekly earnings in 2006
check out electrical work and I went to
1.1 Professional degree $1,474
CITC’s website, signed up and within three 1.4 Doctoral degree $1,441
months had a job. National worker shortage! Journey Skilled/Apprentice Trained $992-$1,240
1.7 Master’s degree $1,140
I’m now in my second year and for the first
2.3 Bachelor’s degree $962
time in my life I’m making a living wage 3.0 Associate degree $721
and have benefits. It’s far more than I 3.9 Some college, no degree $674
made as a key carrying, full-time retail manager.” 4.3 High-school graduate $595
6.8 Less than a high school diploma $419
Stacie, journey level electrician for 12 years:
“While my kids were young, I worked close to home
to be near them. I waitressed and worked as a corporate If you’re not registered with a state-approved
manager for a rental car agency but could barely make apprenticeship program like CITC, then you are not a
ends meet. When they got older, I went
state-registered apprentice, and you will not receive
to work for friend who was a general
contractor and got to see all the trades the skills and financial benefits of participation.
working.
In watching all the trades, the electricians
amazed me the most. Not only that but AS AN ELECTRICIAN YOU WILL:
I guess I didn’t realize that it was in my
• Earn a living wage
blood. My father is a retired Electrician.
Once I decided that was what I wanted to do, the next step • Be part of a growing industry
was getting started. I had a friend who knew one of the • Have limitless opportunities for growth
large electrical companies and they talked with me and
recommended CITC. After that, the application was easy.
When I started working I was hooked. I can honestly say, I Contact CITC NOW
have never regretted my decision.”
to begin your career!
“We are dedicated to our apprentices and committed to (425) 454-2482 or (877) 428-0442
diversity,” Halene Sigmund, President CITC WWW.CITCWA.ORG