Ethan R. Caldwell
Electrician Apprentice, First Year Residential
Houston, TX · (713) 555 0141 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/ethanrcaldwell
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
First year apprentice with 1,650 on the job hours and 144 classroom hours
SETTINGS
Production and semi custom houses and townhomes, about 400 homes a year
SPECIALTIES
Rough in, box setting, wire pulling, device and fixture trim, panel labeling
SYSTEMS
Klein and Milwaukee hand and power tools, Fluke meters, Procore plan viewing, Kronos time clock
CREDENTIALS
Texas apprentice electrician license, Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 hour card
EDUCATION
Independent Electrical Contractors apprenticeship, first year, Gulf Coast chapter
Executive Summary
First year electrician apprentice with 1,650 on the job hours and 144 classroom hours in a nonunion program run by an Independent Electrical Contractors chapter, working new construction houses and townhomes for a residential contractor that wires about 400 homes a year. Pulls wire, sets boxes, rough wires kitchens and bedrooms from the plan and trims out devices and fixtures under a journeyman. Holds the Texas apprentice electrician license and has not missed a class.
Signature Achievements
- Logged 1,650 on the job hours across 60 houses in the first year with no recordable injury.
- Rough wired about 25 houses a month with a two person crew, passing 96 percent of city rough inspections on the first visit.
- Finished the first year classroom course with a 91 percent average and the highest score on the code calculations examination in a class of 22.
- Cut trim out time on a 2,400 square foot plan by about an hour by staging devices and plates by room the day before.
- Earned the Texas apprentice electrician license in the first month on the job.
Professional Experience
Electrician Apprentice
Bayou City Residential Electric, Houston, TX August 2025 to present
Residential electrical contractor wiring about 400 new houses and townhomes a year for production builders; two person rough in crew under a journeyman
- Set boxes, drill studs and pull nonmetallic sheathed cable for lighting, receptacle and appliance circuits from the plan.
- Rough wire kitchens with the required small appliance circuits and place ground fault and arc fault protection where the code requires it.
- Install devices, plates, fixtures, ceiling fans and smoke alarms at trim out and test every circuit before inspection.
- Label panels, torque terminations to specification and help the journeyman land the service.
- Attend two evening classes a week and complete the workbook assignments before each class.
Electrical Helper and Warehouse Worker
Bayou City Residential Electric, Houston, TX February 2025 to August 2025
Shop and job site helper before entering the apprenticeship
- Pulled material for crews from the shop and delivered it to job sites.
- Drilled and set boxes under direction and cleaned up job sites at the end of the day.
- Learned wire sizes, box fill and the tool list before applying to the apprenticeship.
Certifications and Training
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, apprentice electrician license number 512874
Registered apprentice, United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship, sponsor Independent Electrical Contractors Gulf Coast chapter
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 10 hour construction card, completed 2025
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid, American Heart Association, current through 2027
Education
Independent Electrical Contractors apprenticeship, first year in progress, Gulf Coast chapter, Houston
High school diploma, Cypress Creek Ridge High School, Houston, 2024
Core Skills
Residential rough in · Box setting · Cable pulling · Kitchen circuit layout · Device and fixture trim · Ground fault protection · Panel labeling · Circuit testing · Plan reading · Material staging