School-to-Work Programs

Michigan depends on a strong utility workforce. Through the Michigan Energy Workforce Development Consortium, we work with educators, government, businesses and other utilities to graduate a regular stream of diverse talent from our electric and natural gas apprenticeship programs. Take a look at our current training opportunities to see if you’re a fit. For the pathways to linework careers at Consumers Energy, please click here.

In just a little more than a year, you could be ready to begin an exciting and rewarding career in an electric lineworker apprenticeship. This affordable program provides intense instruction from highly skilled journey-level lineworkers, who have many years of field experience. This pre-apprenticeship program offers hands-on classroom and field instruction directly related to working with electrical lines.

The training program includes:

• A four-day pass/fail orientation held at Marshall Training Center in Marshall, Michigan
• Physical fitness training
• Hands-on classroom and field instruction on working with electrical lines
• Ten challenging weeks of instruction covering climbing, line construction, forestry, equipment operation and applied electrical theory working with de-energized and energized conductors
• A certification in Electric Lineworking from Lansing Community College or Alpena Community College upon successful completion of the program
• Potential employment at Consumers Energy upon successful completion of the program

• Lansing Community College
• Alpena Community College