VEEP - Veteran's Electrical Entry Program (IBEW-NECA)
electrical training ALLIANCE (IBEW and NECA)
Check before you apply: details change often, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
- Who it's for
- Service members and recently separated veterans (DD-214 honorable or general)
Open to: veterans, active duty / transitioning service members. - Cost
- Free
- Free with no benefit?
- Yes: no GI Bill, VR&E or VET TEC benefit needed.
- What you get
- Electrical pre-apprenticeship: 7-week in-person or 9-week hybrid inside-wireman course (online-only option), or 16-week outside lineman course; direct entry into an IBEW-NECA apprenticeship
- Type
- Training program / bootcamp
- Credential strength
- 4/5: Free pre-apprenticeship training with direct entry or credit into a registered apprenticeship.
- Duration
- 7-16 weeks
- Format
- Online or in person (In person (7 wk), hybrid (9 wk, e.g. Los Angeles, Salt Lake City) or online (inside wireman))
- Location
- Nationwide
- Deadline
- Rolling / varies
- Next start
- Varies
- Stipend / housing / travel
- Lineman program: wage plus room and board
- Jobs it can lead to
- Electrician (Inside Wireman); Lineworker; Electrical Apprentice
- Notes
- Lineman cohorts cannot be taken through SkillBridge.
- Official page
- in2veep.com/faqs
- Last checked
- Oct 4, 2026