ET Member · Texas electrical career preparation

Your next step: electrical helper.

Keep working while you prepare for your first electrical role.

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ET Member: US$14.99/month after a 7-day free trial or US$99/year paid upfront. Cancel in your account.

Written notes stay only on the current page. Download TXT before leaving, reloading or changing language; bring the file to your next study session.

Open a lesson, work through a problem, compare your reasoning and keep a worksheet for your next session. Try the complete fractions lesson in English or Spanish. The additional skills and scenarios below currently open in English.

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What you can use on day one

Seven core electrical skills

Study the explanations, check your understanding and work through practice problems.

Open the first foundation skill

Two guided scenarios

Read a room plan and make a plan sheet. Then work through a second scenario and build a service note.

Start the nine-step plan scenario

Ten guided practice worksheets

Compare an answer guide, try a changed problem and use the finish checks. Download your written notes as TXT before leaving.

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A saved review list and a Texas job kit

Return to saved foundation results and missed-check explanations. Export a current-progress CSV, and use the job kit to prepare your search.

Review your results · Open the job kit

Choose how you want to pay

Monthly

US$14.99 / month

Starts with a 7-day free trial. Your first payment of US$14.99 is on day 8, then US$14.99 every month until you cancel.

Cancel anytime. If you cancel during the 7-day free trial, you are not charged and access ends when the trial ends. After the trial, you keep access until the end of the month you already paid for. If a payment is refunded, access to that month ends when the refund is made.

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Yearly

US$99 / year

You pay US$99 when you sign up, then once a year until you cancel. If you cancel, you keep access until the end of the year you paid for.

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How to cancel: sign in and open Manage or cancel your plan. It opens your billing page at Creem, our payment partner, where you press Cancel. Your plan stays on until the end of the period you paid for.

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Choose the training that fits your next step

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Option	Published price	What it is for
ET Member	US$14.99/month or US$99/year	Independent study preparation with seven skills, two scenarios, ten practice worksheets and review tools. Apprenticeship placement, supervised hours and a trade licence are separate.
Electrician U	US$25/month or US$270/year	A broad video, lesson, article and podcast membership.
Interplay Learning	See current individual plans	Skilled-trades training and simulations.
Penn Foster	Displayed promotion US$839; regular US$1,139. Payment option US$59/month.	A residential electrician career diploma. Tuition payments are a different purchase from an ongoing membership.
IEC Texas Gulf Coast	US$882.50/semester; two semesters/year	Paid apprenticeship and classroom training. Employer introductions do not guarantee a job.

Official pages checked November 6, 2026. Offers can change. ET Member provides study preparation; it does not supply apprenticeship placement, supervised work hours or a trade licence.

Before you start

What stays in my account?

Foundation results and completed guided-scenario progress save in your account. Your latest score for the first free skill stays in your account after a membership refund and when you sign in again. Written worksheet notes stay on the open page; download the TXT before leaving or reloading.

Can I study on my phone?

Use your phone for lessons, checks and worksheets. Inspect plan drawings in their own scrolling area.

Do I need an apprentice licence first?

You can study the materials while preparing your next move. Texas licensing and supervised-work requirements are separate; check TDLR before doing regulated work.

How do I cancel?

Sign in with your plan account and open Manage your plan to reach Creem. Yearly cancellation keeps access through the paid period. Refund terms are on the refund policy.

Start with the monthly plan

Bring your experience. Build your helper skills.

43 desk lessons, from fractions and electrical concepts to drawings, materials and a clear handoff. Each lesson gives you a worked example, a changed problem and questions to take into supervised training.

Study the seven core electrical skills, two guided scenarios and ten practice worksheets alongside these helper lessons. Your saved results stay in your account. Download lesson notes as TXT before leaving, reloading or changing language; bring the file to your next session.

Online study and supervised field practice work together. These lessons prepare your reasoning and questions; your employer or training provider teaches and assesses actual physical tasks.

Choose your next helper task

Start with the free fractions lesson (M01). Then pick the task in front of you, and come back when that task changes.

Apply truthfully. Leave with a truthful helper-application draft and an hours record that keeps work, study and accepted experience apart.

Role and license · Application draft · Hours record

Check: license, employment and supervision stay separate; the draft names a backup route and next action.

Prepare for day one. Leave with a day-one message requesting task-specific PPE direction and emergency contact details, plus a repeat-back of your assignment.

PPE questions · Emergency contact · Repeat-back

Check: your repeat-back names task, location and document, and keeps the excluded actions.

Hand off a drawing count. Leave with a paper material count tied to a named drawing revision, and a handoff note another person can act on.

Drawing revisions · Material takeoff · Handoff note

Check: counts trace to room and type, and unresolved items show a decision owner.

Rework a case, organize a paper folder. Explain why the first attempt went wrong, then organize a paper folder of your study notes, practice records and questions still to confirm.

Fractions (free) · Changed attempt · Entry folder

Check: you name the cause of the error and a concrete next assessment.

Use the public helper guide and practice cases alongside these lessons. The full fractions lesson is free; sign in with ET Member to open the member lessons. Your employer or training provider teaches and assesses physical tasks.

Plan the supervised part of your learning

Use these desk lessons alongside hands-on instruction through your employer or training provider. Ask what you will practise, who will supervise and how performance will be assessed:

Hand and power tools: identification, condition checks, appropriate use and maintenance.
Raceways, supports, boxes and conductors: layout, bending, preparation, pulling and fitting tasks assigned to your role.
Connections and quality: preparation, tightening requirements, inspection and review of actual work.
Test instruments: suitable category and accessories, condition, authorized use and interpretation.
Site safety: PPE, access, materials handling, the applicable energy-control role and emergency arrangements.

Keep study, observed demonstration, supervised practice and assessed performance separate in your own records. Record the specific task and reviewer role rather than awarding yourself general competence.

Practice comparing Texas training routes; actual admission, availability and training are confirmed by the named provider or employer.

How this study route is organized

The lesson map draws on the published topic areas in NCCER Core and Electrical Level 1, O*NET helper work, and the official Texas and OSHA sources linked in the lessons. It is an independent study route, not an NCCER course, credential or substitute for an apprenticeship.

Choose the lesson for your next task. Review its prerequisites, explain the first case, compare the guide, try the changed case and keep your next-step note. A finished paper exercise is study evidence, not a license or field-competence assessment.