NEWS & RESOURCES

As high school students graduate and venture out into the real world, they face the choice of college, or a career as a tradesperson.

The VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program helps vets get back to work, and has helped many start new careers in the electrical field.

Overwhelmed by the cost of the tools you need for a job as a commercial electrician? Learn how to reduce your costs and get the tools you need.

Electricians are one of the most sought-after classes of skilled labor in the United States, and employers nationwide are struggling to fill positions.

With Amazon and other retailers shifting to automated warehousing operations, and dozens of brick-and-mortar chains closing, warehouse workers face difficult choices. But there are funding opportunities to pay for training in a new career, like I-TAP's electrician training programs. Learn how I-TAP can help.

With the bankruptcy of toy retailer Toys“R”Us, former employees will likely look to other retailers for new employment opportunities. But they are probably unaware of the EDD's California Training Benefits, which allow for the unemployed to obtain job training for new careers, such as I-TAP's electrical training.

Title 24 is a set of building codes which mandate the use of high efficiency insulation, lighting, water heaters, and more in commercial buildings, and has profoundly affected electrical work in California.

I-TAP has been working on the re-approval process for some time now, and we’re happy to announce that we have officially been certified to receive Title IV funding again. This means that our electrical students have increased access to tuition assistance!

The ever-increasing cost of electricity is going to push California’s 900,000+ businesses to find a solution that only commercial electricians can provide.

If you are between 18 and 24 years of age, take advantage of a limited time opportunity to get financial assistance from the Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) for electrician training and schooling.

The State of California now offers funding for parolees wishing to go through workforce training, including I-TAP's electrician training program.

Construction companies and other businesses are scrambling to hire more electricians, which means higher wages for electrical journeymen.

Veterans can use their GI Bill benefits to pay for vocational schooling like I-TAP's electrician apprenticeship program.

Victims of the Napa and Sonoma fires who lost their jobs can use government disaster and unemployment benefits to pay for electrical apprenticeship training at I-TAP.