Electrical Apprentice Training Center

The North­west Elec­tri­cal Joint Ap­pren­tice Train­ing Cen­ter (NWE­JATC) is ex­pand­ing to the east side of Wash­ing­ton state. In conjunction with the training center in Mount Vernon, this training center in Wenatchee provides apprentice electrician training for the entire state.

In 2018, HKP Ar­chi­tects was hired to de­velop a Fea­si­bil­ity Study to ex­pand and/​or re­lo­cate the Mount Ver­non cen­ter and out of that study came the need for a train­ing lo­ca­tion on the east side so that ap­pren­tices did­n’t have to travel over the pass dur­ing the win­ter and spend weeks at a time away from their fam­i­lies.

The new cen­ter is a ten­ant im­prove­ment pro­ject in an ex­ist­ing re­tail build­ing in We­natchee, which offers a large open lab space, class­rooms, con­fer­ence rooms, of­fice space and sup­port. This Design/Build project was completed in the summer of 2022.