Electrical / Electronics

More Than 795,000 Electrical Workers Needed Nationwide By 2030¹

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.

Through our partnership with Johnson Controls, you can also get connected to one of the country’s top employers in the field. Johnson Controls facilities around the country have hiring needs to be filled, and they’ve partnered with us for skills training to develop their workforce.

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 22, 2022, 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: