MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – January 13, 2011 – Everest College-Merrillville now offers a new curriculum that’s sure to be a “turn-on” for students – an Electrician diploma program. Designed to meet the growing demand for electricians nationally, the nine-month program launched this month and is accepting applicants for the winter start.
“According to of the Bureau Labor Statistics*, the need for electricians is expected to rise 12 percent by 2018, presenting many exciting job opportunities for today’s youth,” said Charles Mitchell, president of Everest’s Merrillville campus. “Our goal is to ensure we produce the skilled, quality graduates needed to help meet the growing need for electricians in our communities.
The electrician training at Everest focuses on a wide range of industry applications, covering such topics as electrical theory and safety, electrician tools, conduit bending, residential and commercial wiring, transformer principles, power distribution, emergency systems, advanced code concepts and motors, industrial controls, and programmable logic controllers.
“Everest’s hands-on training is taught in a variety of simulated environments by instructors with real-world experience as professional electricians. Our instructors are eager to share their skills and knowledge with their students,” added Mitchell.
Graduates of the Everest Electrician program are prepared to work in the residential, industrial or commercial sectors in such positions as preventive maintenance, production, repair, industrial maintenance, programming, field service and installation. Upon graduation, Everest College offers its students career placement services in the fields for which they are trained.
For more information about the Electrician Diploma program and others at Everest College - Merrillville campus, visit or call 1-888-741-4270.
About Everest College
Everest College provides career-oriented diploma programs in healthcare, skilled trades and accounting. Programs vary by campus. Everest has seven Chicago-area campuses located in Bedford Park, Burr Ridge, Chicago, Merrionette Park, North Aurora, Skokie and Merrillville, Ind. Everest has 100 schools in the U.S. and Canada, and is owned by Corinthian Colleges, Inc., one of the largest post-secondary education companies in North America. For more information, visit www.Everest.edu. Media may contact Tim Young or Alyssa Templeton, L.C. Williams & Associates (for Everest College), at 312-565-3900 or 800-837-7123, or by email at tyoung@lcwa.com or atempleton@lcwa.com.
* Adapted from the Professional and Related Occupations - Electricians section of the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos206.htm). Individual hard work, professionalism, work experience, and local market factors can impact personal employment opportunities.
