National Technical Institute

Electrician School in Reno, NV

An electrician trade school in Reno, NV, at The Oddie District in Sparks. Fusion runs 16 weeks with online lecture videos and one lab day a week, and Traditional runs 12 weeks on campus.

How Our Electrical Trade School in Reno Works

Our electrician school in Reno is at The Oddie District in Sparks. In the Fusion format, the program runs 16 weeks and pairs online lecture videos with a weekly lab day where students practice installing receptacles, switches and breakers, wiring three-way and four-way switch circuits, and grounding and bonding to the code. No electrical background is required.

It’s an electrician trade school program, and it prepares you for an entry-level electrical job. New hires in the trade usually start as helpers or apprentices and build their skills from there.

What You Get at NTI

Fusion Training is a hybrid format. The lectures are online videos you can watch around a job or family schedule, and the hands-on work happens in the lab one day a week with an instructor. Because the lectures don’t run at a set time, the lab day is the only scheduled part of the week, which is why we designed Fusion for students who already have jobs.

  • Program Name:

    Entry Level Electrical Technician (Fusion or Traditional)

  • Program Length:

    12 weeks (Traditional) or 16 weeks (Fusion)

  • Contact hours:

    192 (Traditional)

  • Program Formats:

    Fusion, Traditional

  • Lab Schedule:

    One lab day a week in Fusion; admissions has the current schedule

  • Tuition & Financing:

    The full cost comes from admissions before you enroll; financing is available to those who qualify, including NTI’s in-house plan: 12 months, no interest, paid directly to NTI

  • Campus:

    Reno-Sparks, at 2450 Oddie Blvd., Sparks

Our Reno-Sparks campus

The electrical lab is at our Reno-Sparks campus at The Oddie District, 2450 Oddie Blvd. in Sparks, and all of the hands-on training happens there, in every format. Each program’s lab is set up like a job site, with operational HVAC systems and units, live plumbing systems and power for the electrical program. Our HVAC school and plumbing school programs run from the same campus; see the Reno-Sparks campus page for directions and more about the campus.

National Technical Institute – Reno-Sparks

  • 2450 Oddie Blvd., Suite 151, Sparks, NV 89431

  • (775) 365-0632

Two ways to do it

Reno-Sparks runs both formats.

  • Fusion — 16 weeks. A hybrid format: you watch the lecture videos online, then come into the lab one day a week.

  • Traditional — 12 weeks, four hours a day, four days a week on campus.

Admissions can tell you which cohorts are open and when the next one begins.

What You Finish With

At the end of the program you receive an NTI certificate of completion. By then you’ll know your way around the tools and safety practices of electrical work and the terms used on a job site, and the theory courses will have covered how the systems themselves run.

The certificate of completion is not a license, nor is it an industry certification. The questions below explain how licensing works for electricians in Nevada.

NTI electrical student using screwdriver on electrical panel in lab.

Paying for it

Admissions will break down the full cost for you before you enroll: tuition, the textbook, and the lab materials and tools fee. The equipment you use in the lab is included in tuition.

For those who qualify, there are several ways to finance it. NTI’s in-house plan has no interest and is paid to NTI across 12 months, and there are also funding options through third-party lenders. Details are on the financing page.

What You Learn in Reno Electrician Training

The trade and staying safe

Where the electrical industry is today, the careers it offers, and how on-the-job training fits in. Safety comes next: the effect of current on the body, OSHA regulations, protective equipment, and using ladders and scaffolding safely.

Electrical math and theory

Fractions, decimals and percentages as electricians use them, the metric system, and reading a tape measure. The theory side covers atoms and the law of charges, what amperes, volts, ohms and watts measure, and solving series, parallel and series-parallel circuits.

The National Electrical Code

The code’s origins and revision cycle, its purpose, and the skill you’ll use most: finding the answer you need in the code book. Later wiring courses are all taught to the code, so you’ll be using the book throughout.

Grounding and bonding

How the service is grounded on a single-family home, the problems that follow from missing or faulty grounding, bonding wiring devices, and the locations that call for GFCI protection.

Tools

Hand tools, power tools and specialty tools, what each is for and how to handle it correctly, ahead of the wiring labs where you use them.

Residential wiring

Using the specifications, symbols and notations on electrical drawings. Receptacles; single-pole, three-way and four-way switches; dimmers, fuses and circuit breakers; GFCI and AFCI devices. What the code requires when you install NM, MC and UF cable and EMT. Branch-circuit sizing and loads, conduit fill and box fill, and selecting conductors and overcurrent devices. The course ends with laying out the receptacles, switches and light fixtures of a home to code.

Green technology

An introduction to solar and wind systems, the U.S. Green Building Council and its LEED rating system, and the work electricians do in that field.

Finding work

How employers in the electrical trade find and hire people, and what the hiring process involves. You write a resume and a cover letter and practice interviewing.

Electrician Pay and Job Outlook

Across the country, electricians earned a median of $63,190 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which projects 9% job growth from 2025 to 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.

The BLS wage survey also covers the Reno, NV metro area, where about 1,490 electricians were working in May 2025. The table includes new hires as well as people with long careers, so it isn’t a starting wage.

Electricians — Reno, NV metro area, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measure Figure
Workers employed in the metro area about 1,490
Median annual wage $72,800 (May 2025)
Lowest 10% earned less than $47,420
Highest 10% earned more than $102,250

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Reno, NV metropolitan statistical area.

Reno Electrician School — Common Questions

Fusion takes 16 weeks: online lecture videos plus one lab day a week. Traditional takes 12 weeks on campus, four days a week.

No. The first courses are safety, electrical math and theory; the code and residential wiring come later, so you can start as a complete beginner. To enroll, you’ll need a high school diploma or GED.

Yes. NTI’s Reno-Sparks campus is at The Oddie District, 2450 Oddie Blvd. in Sparks. It offers this electrician school along with HVAC school and plumbing school programs, and admissions can walk you through enrolling.

NTI’s certificate of completion, which records that you completed the training. It is neither a license nor a certification.

The usual path is to learn the basics in a training program, get hired into an entry-level job, and build experience in the field alongside experienced electricians. At NTI, that first step is hands-on training at our Reno-Sparks campus, 16 weeks in Fusion or 12 weeks in Traditional, ending in a certificate of completion. Career services can help with job lead referrals and job skills when you start looking for work.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, electricians in the Reno, NV metro area earned a median of $72,800 a year in May 2025. Beginners and experienced workers are both in that median, which makes it a poor measure of starting pay. It isn’t NTI graduate earnings, and NTI doesn’t guarantee employment or any particular wage.

No. NTI awards a certificate of completion, and that isn’t a license or a certification. In Nevada, the Nevada State Contractors Board licenses contracting businesses, not individual workers, so the program is aimed at an entry-level job with a licensed contractor.

Under NRS 624.260, the person who qualifies the license must have at least four years of experience in that trade as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee or contractor, earned in the past 15 years, and must pass the Contractors Board’s exams.

No. In Fusion, the lectures are online videos, but the weekly lab is in person and required, and Traditional is taught on campus. Wiring a three-way switch and grounding a circuit take practice with real devices, and that practice happens in the lab.

Admissions will go over the full cost with you before you enroll. Financing options for those who qualify are listed under Paying for It.

Our Reno-Sparks campus is at The Oddie District, 2450 Oddie Blvd., Suite 151, Sparks, NV 89431, and all electrical labs are held there.

No, the lab equipment is provided. Students receive an NTI tool bag on the last day of class if they’ve met the program’s academic and attendance standards, are current on payments and have their documents in order.

Start dates are set by cohort, so we don’t list them here; admissions has the current schedule.

Entry-level electrical jobs, most often as a helper or apprentice working for an electrical contractor. Career services offer graduates employment assistance, including job lead referrals and help building job skills. NTI does not guarantee employment.

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Interested in our electrician school in Reno? Admissions can go over the formats, cost and financing, and start dates with you, and help you apply.

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