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When the darkness fell in Salem on the day of the old warriors, a group of students was presented to a semester lighted in bright colors in a building between warehouses in north Salem.
Inside, Jack Shanks and Kegan Davis sat on tables with classmates and have developed their recent coach problem: electric load account for a house using a list of devices.
First year students are among the about 650 of the trainees who will train this year at the new independent electrical training center in North Salem. It is one of the largest vocational training programs in the state, and it was previously operated by a smaller rented facility in northeastern Portland.
A 4 million dollar facility opened in 3575 Del Web Ave Ne Ne in September. It is about 10,000 square feet, with six semesters.
The new building doubles the laboratory space available to students, with more modern equipment. It also has more common areas for students to relax or work between classrooms.
It is managed by independent electrical contractors in Oregon, the organization that has a headquarters for the headquarters of electricians other than unionists.
“It is an excellent facility for what we do,” said Shanks. He is from Lebanon and follows his father’s footsteps with his career.
Davis said, from independence, that he is following an electric profession so that he can take care of his family. He welcomed a baby and wanted a stable job with good wages.
“There is always a guaranteed work for him,” he said.
The trainees at the center can take one of the two tracks. There is a two -year program for limited residential electricity, who can work in homes and apartments. An internal program for four years also allows graduates to do commercial and industrial business.
Students are also registered in vocational training programs at Chemeketa Community College College. The electricity lessons that are held on Salem’s campus are used to move before moving to the previous facility on Portland Road.
“Practical training for students is really important,” said IEC’s CEO, Cindy Regerir, IEC.
The training center graduates about 175 electricity every year.
In addition to the service of the institution’s trainees, the center also hosts the training laboratories required for trainees who work all over the state – about 200 students per year, said Jeff Hopper, IEC’s education director.
Nights and weekends to work around the trainees’ work schedules are held.
Ralph Williams, who was studying electric trainees for 29 years, said the center “builds our legacy.”
“I am very excited about the presence of our own facility. It is a little more property,” he said.
Contact Rachel Alexander Correspondent: (Email Reserve) or 503-575-1241.
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Rachel Alexander is the editor of Salem, a correspondent. She joined Salem’s correspondent when founded in 2018 and covers education and economic development and a little of everything. She has been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade, and is a former president of the Association of Professional Journalists in Oregon. Outside work, you can often find gardening or with its nose buried in a book.
