Adult Evening Courses

Tier 3 and tier 5 are being offered this year. (See Program Curriculum & Requirements below for details).

Contact Diane Craven, Education Director at Gould Construction Institute, (781) 270-9990 ext. 1121, with questions or to register.

600 Hour Journeyman Electrician Course

The Massachusetts Board of State Examiners of Electrician of the Division of Professional Licensure of the Commonwealth has approved McCann Technical School as a provider for the 600 hour electrical journeyman program.  

This program is 600 hours of classroom instruction for electrical apprentices pursuing a career towards obtaining their journeyman's electrical license.  It prepares and meets the requirements for the students to be eligible to take their Massachusetts Journeyman State Exam.  Students will take 2 modules per school year - no classes are offered in the summer. 

According to the Massachusetts State Board of Electrical Examiners, before an individual can be eligible to register for the electrical licensing exam, the individual must complete the following, both of which are approximately four years: 

1. 8,000 hours of employment as an apprentice under the direct supervision of a MA Class B Journeyman license
2. 600 hours of classroom instruction in electrical code and theory from an approved school based on the current National Electrical Code

Modules are 75 hours.  Module enrollment is determined by the regulations of the Board of State Examiners of Electricians of the Division of Professional Licensure of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, www.mass.gov/ocabr/licensee/dpl-boards/el/.

Winter 2025 Offerings: 

• Module 2 - AC theory and systems (intro to AC theory, intro to fire alarm, data, security, identification and use of equipment, residential wiring) intro to blueprints (terminology wiring methods, grounding and bonding, math legends, etc)
• Module 4 - Grounding (theory, requirements, sizing) and conductors (types/insulation, sizing/rating, installation, splicing)
• Module 6 - Motors (theory, DC, AC, controls, motor control centers, maintenance, calculations) and Codes (Massachusetts Electrical Code, Laws {MGL 141, 143, 148, 166, etc.}, Regulations {237 CMR}, State Building Code {780 CMR})
• Module 8 - Emergency systems (requirements, sizing, lighting), Code Requirements (Mass Code, CMR 237, apprenticeship) and specialties (high voltage, hazardous locations, life safety code, HVAC)

**Module 1 is not offered in the winter - it will be offered again in September 2025 - Please email Jennifer Bullett at jbullett@mccanntech.org to be put on the email list for the next school year.**