Electrical / Electronics

More Than 799,000 Electrical Workers Needed Nationwide By 2031¹

Lincoln Tech’s Electrician and Electronics training programs are designed to meet society’s continuous demands in business and residential settings. High and low-voltage electrical systems are essential to everyday life, and opportunities for qualified electricians continue to grow as emerging energy technologies develop.

Three different program options, based on campus location, give you the chance to prepare for installation and service of residential, commercial, and industrial systems. Electricians and electronics systems technicians are needed at private homes, construction sites, large corporations, schools, hospitals, and airports.

Johnson Controls & Lincoln Tech Training Partnership

Through our partnership with Johnson Controls, you can get connected to one of the country’s top employers in the Electrical field. This training program is a collaborative effort between Johnson Controls International and Lincoln Tech to educate, inspire, and hire the next generation of skilled labor workers for their workforce.

About this video: The 3rd advanced training program class graduates from the Johnson Controls Academy. These graduates are from Lincoln Tech’s Electrical program at the East Windsor, CT; Mahwah, NJ; Marietta, GA; Melrose Park, IL; and Union, NJ campuses. They have completed the JCI advanced training program at the Columbia MD campus, and are now headed to Johnson Controls locations across the country to start their new careers. Electrical graduates from any Lincoln Tech campus can apply for specialized training that provides a faster pathway to careers in the fire and security industries.

Choose from these Electrician or Electrical-based Career Paths

Electrician Training Program

With 1,200 hours of in-depth instruction, students will learn electrical, motor and generator theory, and then use this information as their starting knowledge base to learn about more advanced topics such as electrical codes, telecommunications, residential and commercial wiring and OSHA requirements. This course of study also includes in-depth instruction on power generation and distribution, blueprint reading and semi-conductor applications such as programmatic logic controllers, alarm and CCTV systems, and photovoltaics. The instruction is broken down into 864 hours of lecture and 336 hours of hands-on shop hours. Upon graduation of this program, the student is ready to join the industry as an electrician apprenticeship.

Electrical and Electronic Systems Technology

Receive hands-on training using tools to properly install and maintain service panels, lighting fixtures, alarm systems, cabling systems, industrial motors, and conduit benders. Learn to install, troubleshoot and service fire alarm systems, home theater equipment, closed-circuit TV systems, satellite/cable TV equipment, and whole-home automation equipment. Get trained in both the high-and-low voltage sides of the industry.

¹ National Center for O*NET Development. National Employment Trends: 47-2111.00 - Electricians. O*NET OnLine. Retrieved February 15, 2023, from https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/47-2111.00

Important information about the educational debt, earnings, and completion rates of students who attended this program can be found at our consumer information page.

Campuses that currently offer training in this program area are listed below, as well as links to exact program informational fact sheets: