Short answer: Texas electrical contractors that train career changers can leave a work email here for our Career-Changer-Friendly Employer review. Employers that meet published standards, such as structured apprentice training, posted starting pay and signed ELC017 hours, will be listed for people switching into electrical work. Signing up is free and charges nothing.
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This page collects work emails only. The review opens later, and the standards below are drafts. We will publish the final standards before the first review, and every listed employer will have been checked against them.
Who this is for
Texas electrical contractors that hire apprentices with little or no experience and train them toward a Journeyman license. The listing is read by career changers: people moving into electrical work from another job, who need an employer that will train them, sign their hours and pay a clear starting rate.
What the review checks (draft standards)
| Standard | What we would check | How it is verified |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed contractor | A current Texas Electrical Contractor license | TDLR License Search |
| Structured apprentice training | A written training plan, or enrollment of apprentices in a TDLR-registered apprenticeship training program | The plan or the program name |
| Starting pay in the open | An apprentice starting hourly range stated in job posts | A current job post |
| Hours signed on time | The supervising Master Electrician signs the Electrician Experience Verification Form, TDLR Form ELC017, for each apprentice on request and before they leave | The company’s written practice |
| Safety training before field work | OSHA Outreach 10-hour construction training or an equal in-house course, with protective equipment supplied | A course outline or completion summary |
| Named supervision | Each apprentice works under a named licensed Journeyman or Master Electrician | The company’s written practice |
Listing depends only on meeting the standards. The review asks for company documents and practices, never for employees’ personal records.
Why it matters to an employer
Texas has far more apprentices than Journeymen. TDLR’s public license data, updated September 19, 2026, lists 169,534 current Electrical Apprentice licenses and 40,226 current Journeyman Electrician licenses: about 4.2 apprentices for every Journeyman. Harris County alone has 29,505 apprentice licenses and 5,438 Journeyman licenses by mailing address.
The Journeyman license is the scarce one, and training is how apprentices reach it. In TDLR’s early Journeyman exam figures for January to March 2026, candidates in an apprenticeship program passed 83.54% of first attempts, against 67.23% for all early candidates. A contractor known for training gets the apprentices most likely to become its next Journeymen.
Every figure here is on our Texas electrician license statistics page, with its source and query.
What a listing would give you:
- A place on the list career changers read before they apply, next to our Texas guides on apprenticeship programs, apprentice pay and ELC017 hours.
- A clear signal in your job posts that a new hire will be trained, supervised and have their hours signed.
- Applicants who already know the path: apprentice license, logged hours, the Journeyman exam.
What it will cost
The review is planned as an annual fee of about $490, paid only once reviews open. Leaving your work email today is free, commits you to nothing, and every email we send has an unsubscribe link. The listing will state that listed employers pay a review fee.
Register interest
Leave your work email and we will send the application form when reviews open. Nothing else is needed at this step. Your sign-up is marked for the employer review, and it also brings our free Sunday email on Texas electrical careers. Every email has an unsubscribe link.
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What the application will ask, once reviews open, so you can get it ready:
- Your Texas Electrical Contractor license number, which anyone can check on the TDLR License Search
- Your written apprentice training plan, or the name of the TDLR-registered apprenticeship training program your apprentices attend
- A current job post that states the apprentice starting pay range
- How and when your supervising Master Electrician signs Form ELC017 for each apprentice
- The safety training outline new hires complete before field work
- How each apprentice is assigned a named licensed Journeyman or Master Electrician
These are company documents and practices. The application does not ask for employees’ personal records.
For career changers: the list is coming soon
No employer has been reviewed yet, so the list of Texas Career-Changer-Friendly Electrical Employers is empty for now. It will be published here once the first employers pass the review.
Until then, these guides help you find a training employer yourself:
- All 68 TDLR-registered electrical apprenticeship programs in Texas
- Scripts for calling and emailing Texas electrical contractors
- What Texas apprentice electricians are paid
- How to log and get your hours signed on Form ELC017
Next step on the Texas ladder
- See every Texas license step and exam in one place
- Plan hours and exam dates with the Texas electrician license timeline
- Texas electrician license statistics
- Try 70 free Texas Journeyman practice questions in rounds of 20
FAQ
Is there a fee to register interest?
No. Leaving your work email is free and commits you to nothing. The review is planned as an annual fee of about $490, charged only once reviews open and only if you decide to apply.
Does paying the fee put a company on the list?
Listing depends only on meeting the published standards. The fee pays for the review. Employers that do not meet the standards are not listed, and the list will say that listed employers pay a review fee.
Do we need a registered apprenticeship program?
The draft accepts either a written training plan of your own or enrollment of your apprentices in a TDLR-registered apprenticeship training program. Texas has 68 registered programs, from union JATCs to IEC and ABC chapters and company programs.
What information does the review ask for?
Your contractor license, your training plan or program, a job post with the starting pay range, your practice for signing Form ELC017, your safety training outline and how apprentices are supervised. It does not ask for employees’ personal records.
When will the list for career changers open?
After the first employers pass the review. The final standards are published before the first review, and the list goes live on this page once it has employers on it.
Sources
- TDLR All Licenses data set, data.texas.gov, updated September 19, 2026, read October 3, 2026
- TDLR Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board staff reports, May 12, 2026, read October 3, 2026
- TDLR Form ELC017 Electrician Experience Verification Form, read October 3, 2026
- TDLR License Search, checked October 3, 2026
- OSHA Outreach Training Program: frequently asked questions, checked October 3, 2026
