What could be more spectacular than turning the nighttime into the day? We think nothing is more spectacular. The light bulb kicks off our 40 Most Innovative Electrical Ideas to celebrate IECC’s 40th Anniversary. 1809: English inventor Humphry Davy creates the first...
A Forbes article by Jack Kelly (Senior Contributor, October 3rd), “Why Some Say College is No Longer the Sure Path to Success”, raises a number of important points. Perhaps one of the most compelling is that Americans encourage 17 and 18 year old’s to take...
Applications for our Fall 2021 electrical apprenticeship program are due by July 15th. What do you need to do to explore our “earn while you learn” opportunity? When you think career pathway- an electrician thinks career circuit. Electricity has to have a place...
Once upon a time I worked for Atlantic Electric Supply, a Washington, D.C. distributor, as a lighting specifier. I had the happy responsibility of representing Atlantic at IEC Chesapeake; I sat on the Apprenticeship Committee for a number of years....
IEC Chesapeake has blogged about the history of apprenticeship, traditions in the U.S. and Europe, and about the notion that pathways to education should be seen as pathways; when you say “pathway” an electrician thinks “circuit”, the...