Milwaukee Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Center: Buys old ITT Tech building

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GREENFIELD – Milwaukee Electrical Training Trust purchased former ITT Technical Institute on Layton Avenue in Greenfield on July 16.

Milwaukee Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Center (JATC) will operate two training center facilities, the south campus on Layton in Greenfield and the north campus on West Plank Court in Wauwatosa. The training centers are for Milwaukee/Fond du Lac/ Sheboygan area apprentice electricians, residential wireman, journey wireman electricians, and low voltage apprentices/technicians. The campus expansion will help with growing demand of skilled trades’ workers in the electrical field.

“To try to keep up with the demands of the electrical industry, we decided it was time to expand to another campus due to our customers’ expanding needs,” said Henry Hurt, chairman at the Milwaukee Electrical JATC trust. “You never stop learning when you’re an apprentice or journeyman, this expansion allows us to keep current with technology and growth of the industry.”

Milwaukee Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Center (JATC) plans to occupy the 34,000-square-foot, building at 6300 W. Layton, Greenfield, in early September for the start of fall semester classes, according to Dan Large, training director.

The Milwaukee Electrical JATC is supported by the National Electrical Contractors Association and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 494. A grand opening ceremony of the south campus will occur at a later date.