Maintenance Technician

Apprenticeship

Why Maintenance Technician?

Maintenance technicians are highly skilled professionals who keep industrial facilities running safely and efficiently. In this apprenticeship, you’ll develop the mechanical and electrical expertise needed to maintain, troubleshoot, and repair the machines and systems that power modern operations.

You’ll gain hands-on experience working with advanced equipment, automation processes, and electrical components. Maintenance technicians play a critical role in preventing downtime, supporting productivity, and ensuring workplaces operate according to safety standards and industry codes.

  • Perform preventative and predictive maintenance on motors, generators, compressors, and conveyor systems.
  • Troubleshoot electrical control systems, including motor control centers and programmable logic controllers.
  • Service high-voltage equipment while following proper safety procedures and regulations.
  • Align, balance, and repair industrial machinery to ensure reliable performance.
  • Develop skills in welding, pipefitting, machining, and mechanical repair tasks.

How Apprenticeship Works

Registered Apprenticeships combine structured on-the-job training with related classroom instruction, giving you access to careers that typically require experience. To complete an apprenticeship, you’ll start by partnering with a sponsor who offers paid on-the-job training. Apprenticeships often take several years to complete and are based on hours earned on the job and in the classroom.

Apprenticeship Details

Take a closer look at what the Maintenance Technician apprenticeship offers and what to expect.

Today, most modern industrial facilities are relatively clean, well lit, and ventilated. Maintenance technicians are typically not limited to a specific work area. Rather, they are highly mobile and active throughout the facility, going wherever their skills are needed. However, they must be able to stand for long periods of time and work in cramped or uncomfortable positions and on ladders and lifts. They often work with their hands above their heads, in confined spaces, and in a variety of conditions and temperatures, both hot and cold.

Working around machines and equipment and with high voltage presents certain dangers. Maintenance technicians must vigilantly follow safety precautions and wear personal protective equipment, such as high-voltage suits and gloves, safety belts, protective glasses, and/or hard hats, to avoid common hazards.

Maintenance technicians typically work a 40-hour week, and overtime is common.

  • 4-year program
  • 10,144 hours of on-the-job learning
  • 864 hours of paid related instruction
  • Additional related instruction as may be required

Meet our instructors.

Matt McCall, AD
Matt earned his electromechanical associate degree from Chippewa Valley Technical College and attended UW–Wood County as an engineering major. He holds BAS instruction certification for millwright, industrial electrical, and multi-craft apprenticeships. He brings over 12 years of experience in highly automated food manufacturing to his teaching at Mid-State.

“The industrial trades have built this country and our economy. I have been fortunate enough to have worked in the trades for over 12 years and greatly enjoy sharing my knowledge with our students and apprentices. A good instructor can teach students, but a great instructor can learn as much from students as he teaches them!”

To qualify for this apprenticeship opportunity, applicants must meet the following requirements:

Employer: Meet entry requirements of employer (varies)
Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Application: Applicants apply directly to participating employers

If you meet the application requirements listed above, do the following to get started:

  • Obtain direct employment through a company that operates an apprenticeship program or a similar sponsorship.

Contact Raquel Nowak to learn about the application process:
Raquel Nowak
Apprenticeship Training Representative
Bureau of Apprenticeship
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
715-323-6322
Email

Contact Cole Schmidt for questions or to request additional information about this apprenticeship:
Cole Schmidt
Apprenticeship Advisor & Pathways Navigator
Mid-State Technical College / AMETA® Center
5000 Coye Drive
Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-997-6731
Contact | Schedule Appointment

Looking to build some mechanical background or struggling to find a starting point? Consider our Industrial Mechanical Technician program. This associate degree overlaps and crosswalks directly into apprenticeship for coursework!

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