In July 2018, the Utah Electrical JATC rebranded by changing their name to Utah Electrical Training Alliance. Since then, our Inside Wireman apprentices and Telecommunication apprentices have been attending day school here at the JATC classrooms in the Local Union building. In 1999 the Utah Electrical JATC entered negotiations with the Ogden Weber ATC to start a day school for our apprentices. Our schooling has evolved over the years from going to school two nights a week at the old Utah Vocational Institute in downtown Salt Lake (which has since been torn down) to going to school on Saturdays and then back to nights at the Salt Lake Community College, the Ogden Weber ATC and the Utah Valley State College. The JATC has experienced many changes over the years going from as few as a dozen apprentices to over four hundred at our peak. Michael Lanoue was hired as the assistant training director in November 2014 and was advanced as the Training Director September 2021. Carl Brailsford was hired in December 2008 as training director for the program and retired May 20th, 2022.

Carl Brailsford was hired and served as the assistant director from March 1997 to December 2008. In 1997 the JATC had grown to a point where an assistant director was needed. David Kingery was hired in December 1992 and continued as the director until he retired in December 2008. He continued as the director until he retired in December 1992. Richard Bogus was hired as director and started in March 1982. He continued as the director until he retired in March 1982. Clark Cushing was hired as the director and started in January 1971. Milt resigned his position in December 1970. Interviews were held and Milton Ouzts was hired as the first director. In June 1969 the committee decided to hire a full-time training director. A decision was made to move the JATC to our present location in the new building that the Local Union had purchased at 2100 South 3400 West, Salt Lake City. In 1995 the JATC was growing at a rate that required more office space. In 1969 when the first training director was hired, the JATC was in an office at 2330 South Main, Salt Lake City.

Currently at the JATC we have the privilege in offering two top of the line apprenticeship programs, Inside Wireman and Telecommunications Technician. In 1998 the Utah Electrical JATC registered standards with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training for our Telecommunications Installer Technician apprenticeship program. When the two JATC’s were merged the name of the JATC became Utah Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee. In September 1983 IBEW Local Unions 354 and 217 were merged giving Local Union 354 the entire state of Utah as its jurisdiction. The original name of the JATC was Salt Lake Joint Apprentice and Journeyman Training Committee. In January 1966 contractors started making contributions to the JATC. The committee registered the apprenticeship standards with the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. In the fall of 1965 IBEW Local Union 354 and the Intermountain Chapter of NECA created a trust document and inserted language into the collective bargaining agreement to form the first Utah Electrical JATC. It is the responsibility of the Utah Electrical Training Alliance to provide training to the apprentices and journeymen in the organized electrical industry for the entire state of Utah.

Four members represent management, and four members represent labor. The joint apprenticeship and training committee is made up of eight members. The Utah Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee, dba Utah Electrical Training Alliance, is a nonprofit organization that is jointly sponsored by the Intermountain Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association and Local Union 354 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

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