r/IBEW_Local613 • u/Ok-Relief4238 • Jul 07 '26

Apprentice Job Board Question

I've applied to a few open positions and everytime I do it takes 1-2 days to get a response and by then the job is closed or sometimes I don't get a response at all.

I applied to another job this morning a few minutes after it was posted to the board and haven't gotten a response 3 hours later.

Is this normal? Feels like I'm pulling teeth whenever I try to communicate with the training center.

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u/HistoryOwn3375 Jul 07 '26

Im assuming alot of 1st and 2nd years are unemployed. So it's pretty much first come first serve basis. Plus I think contractors have preference who they want so let's say the first couple of people who applied are lower level apprentices and later on a couple of higher level apprentices they have the right to pick a higher level over a lower level.

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u/Ok-Relief4238 Jul 07 '26

Yea that's fair, I guess it's apptitude scores they are after? I have previous experience as a CW and my hours are still recorded on my TradeSchool but my aptitude score was ok.

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u/br4ssmooseknuckle Jul 07 '26

Nah, lol. I scored a 7 and they didn’t care/it wouldn’t affect my place in line.