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Electrician School in Phoenix | National Technical Institute

Hands-on electrician classes at our electrician trade school in Phoenix, on South 36th Street. Pick from three formats lasting 12 to 16 weeks; no electrical background is needed.

How Our Phoenix Electrician Classes Work

At our electrician school in Phoenix, the hands-on work happens in the lab at our Phoenix campus at 4645 S 36th St, where you wire receptacles, switches and breakers, lay out three-way and four-way switching, and ground and bond circuits to code. Depending on the format, the program takes 12 to 16 weeks, and you can start without any electrical background.

As an electrician trade school program, it prepares you for an entry-level electrical position, where you work alongside experienced people and keep building skills on the job.

What You Get at NTI

The Fusion Training format is meant for people who are working while they train. You do the coursework online when it suits you and come to campus once a week for a lab day with an instructor, which is the only part of Fusion with a fixed time.

  • Program Name:
    Entry Level Electrical Technician (Traditional, Fusion, or Immersion)

  • Program Length:
    12 to 16 weeks, depending on the format you choose

  • Contact hours:
    192 (Traditional), 144 (Fusion), 100 (Immersion)

  • Program Formats:
    Traditional, Fusion, Immersion

  • Lab Schedule:
    Set by format and cohort; ask admissions for the current one

  • Tuition & Financing:
    Admissions gives you the full cost before you enroll; financing for those who qualify, including NTI’s 12-month, no-interest plan

  • Campus:
    Phoenix, at 4645 S 36th St

Our Phoenix campus

All of the hands-on work happens on 36th Street, in every format. Our 6,000-plus-square-foot lab has three-phase power, air conditioning and gas heating units, plumbing stations and electrical training areas. Our HVAC school and plumbing school programs share the building, and the Phoenix campus page has directions.

National Technical Institute – Phoenix

Start Your Electrical Career in Phoenix

Phoenix offers three formats, and Fusion is one of them.

  • Traditional — 12 weeks, on campus Monday to Thursday. A set 12-week schedule, if you can be here four days a week.

  • Fusion — 16 weeks, with coursework online and one lab day a week on campus. The option for students holding down a job.

  • Immersion — up to 12 weeks: 60 hours of video lecture from home and 40 hours of lab on campus. The least time on campus of the three.

Ask admissions which are open and when the next cohort begins.

What You Finish With

Graduates leave with an NTI certificate of completion. Along the way you learn to use the tools of electrical work safely and pick up the terms used on job sites, and the theory courses explain how the systems you’ll be working on operate.

A certificate of completion isn’t a license or an industry certification. The questions below cover how licensing works for electricians in Arizona and Phoenix.

NTI electrical student using screwdriver on electrical panel in lab.

Paying for it

Before you enroll, admissions lays out every cost: tuition, the textbook, and the lab materials and tools fee. Tuition covers the lab equipment you train on.

If you qualify, you can finance the program more than one way: NTI’s own payment plan, paid to NTI over 12 months with no interest, or funding options through third-party lenders. See the financing page for details.

Veterans education benefits can be applied toward tuition for the Traditional program at our Phoenix campus. If you’re eligible, admissions can walk you through what to submit and how to get started.

What You Learn in Phoenix Electrician Training

The trade and staying safe

An overview of the electrical industry, where a career in it can go, and the role of on-the-job training. Then safety: what electrical current does to the human body, OSHA rules, personal protective equipment, and safe work on ladders and scaffolds.

Electrical math and theory

The math electricians use every day, including fractions, decimals, percentages, metric units and reading a tape measure. Then theory: atomic structure, the law of charges, amps, volts, ohms and watts, and working out series, parallel and series-parallel circuits.

The National Electrical Code

How the code is written and updated, what it’s meant to do, and, most practically, how to look things up in it quickly. Every wiring course after this one is taught to the code, so the book stays open on your bench.

Grounding and bonding

Grounding the service on a single-family house, what goes wrong when grounding is missing or done badly, bonding wiring devices, and the places GFCI protection is required.

Tools

The hand, power and specialty tools of the trade and the right way to use each one, which you then put to work in the wiring labs.

Residential wiring

Reading the specs, symbols and notes on electrical drawings and applying them on the job. Installing receptacles, single-pole, three-way and four-way switches, dimmers, fuses, breakers, and GFCI and AFCI devices. Code rules for NM, MC and UF cable and EMT. Sizing and loading branch circuits, working out conduit and box fill, and picking the right conductor and overcurrent protection. Finally, laying out a home’s receptacles, switches and fixtures to code.

Green technology

A first look at solar and wind power, the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED ratings, and the electrician’s part in that work.

Finding work

How electrical jobs get posted and filled and what hiring looks like, plus writing a resume and cover letter and rehearsing interviews.

Electrician Pay and Job Outlook

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage for electricians at $63,190 a year (May 2025) and expects employment to grow 9% between 2025 and 2035.

Electricians — national figures, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measure Figure
Median annual wage $63,190 (May 2025)
Projected employment growth 9% (2025–2035)
Projected annual openings ~72,700 / year
Typical entry-level education HS diploma or equivalent

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Electricians. Wage data as of May 2025; projections cover 2025–2035.

Electricians — Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measure Figure
Workers employed in the metro area about 17,240
Median annual wage $61,210 (May 2025)
Highest 10% earned more than $86,800

Closer to home, the BLS wage survey for May 2025 found about 17,240 electricians employed in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area. The pay figures cover beginners and people with decades in the trade, so they aren’t a guide to starting pay.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan statistical area.

Phoenix Electrician School — Common Questions

Between 12 and 16 weeks, depending on the format. Traditional: 12 weeks, on campus Monday to Thursday. Fusion: 16 weeks, with coursework online and one lab day a week on campus. Immersion: up to 12 weeks: 60 hours of video lecture from home and 40 hours of lab on campus.

No. You begin with safety, math and electrical theory before moving on to the code and residential wiring, so the program expects beginners. To enroll, you’ll need a high school diploma or GED; a Wonderlic ability-to-benefit test is also available on site.

An NTI certificate of completion that shows you finished the training. It isn’t a license or a certification.

Neither Arizona nor the City of Phoenix licenses individual electricians, so the usual first step is getting hired by an electrical contractor and learning on the job. NTI’s part is the start: 12 to 16 weeks of lab-based training at our Phoenix campus and a certificate of completion when you finish, with help from career services on resumes and interviews when you’re job hunting.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data for May 2025 puts the median annual wage for electricians in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metro area at $61,210. Because that median includes workers at every experience level, it says little about starting pay. It isn’t NTI graduate earnings, and NTI doesn’t guarantee employment or any particular wage.

No. You’ll receive a certificate of completion from NTI, which isn’t a license or a certification. Arizona’s Registrar of Contractors licenses contracting businesses rather than individual electricians, and the City of Phoenix doesn’t issue journeyman or apprentice electrical licenses. The program prepares you for an entry-level role with an electrical contractor.

Each licensed business names a qualifying party, who needs at least four years of trade experience, at least two of them within the last ten years, under A.R.S. 32-1122, and has to pass the Registrar’s exams.

No. Fusion and Immersion put the coursework online and Traditional is taught on campus, but every format has required in-person labs. An employer will want to know you’ve wired a three-way switch and grounded a circuit yourself, and that happens in a lab.

You’ll get the full cost from admissions before you sign up. If you qualify, you can finance it; Paying for It, above, has the options.

Yes, if you’re eligible. Veterans education benefits can be applied toward tuition for the Traditional program at our Phoenix campus.

At 4645 S 36th St, Phoenix, AZ 85040. Every electrical lab is held there, whichever format you take.

No, the lab supplies the equipment. On the last day of class, students who meet the program’s academic and attendance standards, are current on payments and have their documents in order receive an NTI tool bag.

Phoenix start dates are set by cohort and shift during the year, so admissions keeps the current schedule.

Entry-level electrical jobs, typically as a helper or apprentice on an electrical contractor’s crew. Career services help includes resume preparation and interview skills, and the campus works with local businesses to arrange interviews and holds career fairs. NTI does not guarantee employment.

Get Started with NTI

Questions about our Phoenix electrician school? Admissions can go over formats, cost and financing, and start dates with you, and help you apply.

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