An Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (AEPCO) employee applying for consideration for selection as an Apprentice must possess the following requirements:

1. Have a good safety record.
2. Be physically fit for the work of the trade.
3. Have a minimum of a high school education or its equivalent and shall furnish the AEPCO Joint Apprenticeship Committee with a transcript of high school courses, grade or other conclusive evidence of a proper educational background.
4. Agree to abide by all decisions of the AEPCO Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
5. Successfully pass prescribed test approved by AEPCO Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
6. In addition to basic qualifications, an employee interested in Apprentice training will be required to take certain tests designated by the AEPCO Joint Apprenticeship Committee. Job related tests will be administered as necessary to meet apprentice qualifications of each trade.
7. Applicants shall be at least 18 years of age.
8. Able to obtain CDL license if required by the craft.

Pre-placement testing is required to move on in the hiring process for the Apprentice position. Candidates will be emailed with testing dates/times a week after the close of the job. Testing will take place in-person at our Benson office and will consist of one reading section and 2 mathematic sections. If candidates pass, then an online mechanical aptitude test will be required. Interviews will be scheduled after that.

About Arizona G&T Cooperatives

We are Member-owned, not-for-profit electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives. Working together, our employees fulfill the joint mission of providing reliable, affordable power to electric coops across the Southwest. Arizona G&T Cooperatives provide power to more than 160,000 electric meters and 400,000 people in Arizona, California and New Mexico through six Class A Member distribution cooperatives. One of 63 G&T electric coops in the nation, we own and operate Apache Generating Station near Cochise, east of Benson. The plant has a combined gross generating capacity of 605 megawatts. We also purchase power to meet member energy needs during peak summer energy use. Our transmission system operates and maintains more than 622 miles of electric power transmission line and 27 substations reaching out from our Apache Generating Station, across Arizona to the northwestern corner of the state. We also operate more than 30 telecommunications towers used for phone and data relay services by our member cooperatives and customers.

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