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Koontz Electric announces largest apprenticeship class

Koontz Electric Company is proud to recognize their largest apprenticeship class to date with 74 enrolled apprentices with the Arkansas Construction Education Foundation Electrical apprenticeship program. 
Koontz Electric Company is proud to recognize their largest apprenticeship class to date with 74 enrolled apprentices with the Arkansas Construction Education Foundation Electrical apprenticeship program. Each apprentice will complete 8000 hours of on-the-job training and attend 576 hours of classroom time. Graduates are immediately eligible to take the Arkansas journeyman electricians exam. 
 
This workforce development program is fully funded by Koontz Electric Company and has produced 80 Journeyman, and 50 Master Licensed Electricians in their employment. 80% of their 200 employees are Conway County Residents. Koontz Electric embraces this commitment to training so they can adequately staff their customer's highly demanding and technically challenging projects, coast to coast, and border to border. 

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