Chattanooga Electrical JATC Aptitude Test
The aptitude test battery and interview for the Chattanooga Electrical JATC apprenticeship
IBEW Aptitude Test tasks Chattanooga Electrical JATC uses
The NJATC Aptitude Test Battery.
- Algebra and Functions: 33 questions, 46 minutes
- Reading Comprehension: 36 questions, 51 minutes
- Committee interview: If you qualify
Source: Chattanooga Electrical JATC applicant page, 2022.
Three steps to an interview
The Chattanooga Electrical JATC's applicant page sets out three steps: complete the online application, sit the NJATC Aptitude Test Battery, then interview with the committee. NJATC is the old name of the electrical training ALLIANCE, and its test is the one people search for as the IBEW aptitude test.
The battery has two parts. Algebra and Functions gives you 33 questions in 46 minutes, and Reading Comprehension 36 questions in 51 minutes. The whole session, with a short break between the two, takes about two and a half hours.
On the day
Bring photo ID: the page is blunt that there is "No ID, No Test, No Exceptions!" Do not bring a calculator, and expect to take off any watch with one built in. Your test notice and your result both arrive by email, so check that the address on your application is one you read.
After the test
A qualifying score leads to an oral interview. The JATC sets its own qualifying score, and you are told whether you qualified rather than the score itself. If you do not qualify, the page asks you not to retake the battery for three months after your last test date. Waits differ between JATCs, from three to six months, so ask your JATC if you are applying to more than one.
Practise the tests
- Algebra and Functions (46 minutes, free) - 33 questions in 46 minutes: formulas, expressions, number patterns and tables, without a calculator.
- Reading Comprehension (51 minutes) - 36 questions in 51 minutes, each answered from the passage in front of you.
- Full Aptitude Test (Both Tests) (97 minutes) - Both tests back to back with a short break, as on the day.
Our guides to Algebra and Functions and Reading Comprehension walk through the question types, and how the IBEW aptitude test result works covers qualifying, the interview and retakes.
Common questions
Do I need to know about electricity?
No. The battery covers algebra and reading only, and each algebra question gives you any formula it uses.
Where do I find the entry requirements?
The JATC lists its qualifications on its own website, alongside the application. Check them before you apply, because the test is only booked once your application is accepted.