Maintenance Technician Apprenticeship

Maintenance technicians are highly skilled individuals who safely perform mechanical and electrical duties to keep machines, equipment, or the structure of a facility in repair.

Maintenance technicians typically:

• Perform preventative and predictive maintenance functions on a variety of components and systems. These include motors, generators, air compressors, and conveyors; starters and motor control centers; programmable logic controllers, computer-based controls, control panels and electrical control systems; and fluid power systems.
• Service high-voltage electrical systems, align and balance new equipment, and perform repair welding, pipefitting, and machining tasks.
• Always perform your work in accordance with relevant codes.

Similar to our Millwright/Maintenance Mechanic apprenticeship, the Maintenance Technician apprenticeship adds electrical components to ensure well-rounded and up to date training on automation processes.

Work Conditions

Today, most modern industrial facilities are relatively clean, well lit, and ventilated. Maintenance Technicians are typically not limited to a specific work area. Rather, they are highly mobile and active throughout the facility, going wherever their skills are needed. However, they must be able to stand for long periods of time and work in cramped or uncomfortable positions and on ladders and lifts. They often work with their hands above their heads, in confined spaces, and in a variety of conditions and temperatures, both hot and cold.

Working around machines and equipment and with high voltage presents certain dangers. Maintenance technicians must vigilantly follow safety precautions and wear personal protective equipment, such as high-voltage suits and gloves, safety belts, protective glasses, and/or hard hats, to avoid common hazards.

Maintenance technicians typically work a 40-hour week, and overtime is common.

Training

• 4-year program
• 10,144 hours of on-the-job learning
• 864 hours of paid related instruction
• Additional related instruction as required

Instructor

MATT MCCALL, AD

Matt earned his electromechanical associate degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College and attended UW–Wood County as an engineering major. He holds BAS instruction certification for millwright, industrial electrical, and multi-craft apprenticeships. He brings over 12 years of experience in highly automated food manufacturing to his teaching at Mid-State.

“The industrial trades have built this country and our economy. I have been fortunate enough to have worked in the trades for over 12 years and greatly enjoy sharing my knowledge with our students and apprentices. A good instructor can teach students, but a great instructor can learn as much from students as he teaches them!”
 

Application Requirements

To qualify for this apprenticeship opportunity, applicants must meet the following requirements:

Employer: Meet entry requirements of employer (varies)
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Application: Applicants apply directly to participating employer

Get Started

If you meet the application requirements listed above, do the following to get started:

1. Obtain direct employment through a company that operates an apprenticeship program or a similar sponsorship.

2. Contact Raquel Nowak to learn about the application process:

   Raquel Nowak
   Apprenticeship Training Representative
   Bureau of Apprenticeship
   Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
   715.323.6322
   Email
    

Questions

Looking to build some mechanical background or struggling to find a starting point? Consider our Industrial Mechanical Technician program. This associate degree overlaps and crosswalks directly into apprenticeship for coursework!