The Austin Electrical Training Alliance (AustinETA) is a non-profit organization that provides the training required to receive certification as a Journeyman Inside Wireman (JIW) Electrician. The five (5) year apprenticeship program is comprised of both classroom instruction and on-the-job (OJT) training and upon completion prepares the apprentice to become licensed as a Journeyman electrician in the state of Texas.  Since 1945, the AustinETA program has provided Austin and Central Texas with quality, productive, trained and educated electricians and is jointly sponsored by the Central Texas Chapter of the NECA and IBEW Local Union 520.

The finest and most highly trained electrical workers in the country receive their training through local Joint Apprenticeship Training Committees utilizing the standardized education programs developed by the National Electrical Training Alliance for the Electrical Industry, supporting both the National Electrical Contractors Associations (NECA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).