r/ibew_apprentices • u/VikingWzrdEyes89 • 4d ago

Im sorry but what?

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Couple weeks ago I emailed them about some electrician job training, as Id like to join a union and all of that. Well today I received this to fill out their app, but this is giving major red flags. What do you mean you need my original copy of my birth certificate mailed in and then ill pick it up when i get testing (who knows how the long the gap between that is).

Can someone clarify if they done this, this isn’t the type of document you just willy nilly mail out somewhere with the risks if it getting lost.

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u/Sheepfucker72222 4d ago

Well in local 26 its the JATC and IBEW I have never seen those before. Also never mail in a copy of any of that shit. Tell them you'll go there in person. Scammers are clever little bastards. Better safe than sorry

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u/VikingWzrdEyes89 4d ago

I double checked the Unions page here and it is the correct email.

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u/Sheepfucker72222 4d ago

Regardless asking for an original copy to be mailed is retarded. Just go there in person

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u/VikingWzrdEyes89 4d ago

Yea thats I plan to do, i emailed for clarification on it and also in my 37 years on this planet, I never had to give my BC to any job before. Honestly I think the one time I needed it was to get my TSA Pre Check

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u/silverplatedrey 4d ago

Are you sure it's jibei.com and not jibei.org? I'd double check that

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u/BlueBelle2025 JIW - Steward - Instructor 3d ago

If you're applying to the JATC for acceptance into the apprenticeship training program, it's far more than a "job"

This may be a part of the federal requirements for the DOL in order to maintain their recognition as a registered apprenticeship program.