Apprentice Tool List
When you're ready to start your Apprenticeship, here is a list of tools you will be responsible for at the job site
We recommend American-made tools that will last throughout your entire career
Pre-Apprentice Tool List:
Tool Pouch
Belt (suitable for a tool pouch)
Pencil
Pocket Knife
Flashlight
Padlock for Lockout/Tagout
Channel Lock Pliers: 2 pairs, #420 or equivalent (grooved, not slip-joint type)
9” Side Cutting Pliers
3/16 x 4” Screwdriver
1/4 x 6” Screwdriver
#2 Phillips Screwdriver
#3 Phillips Screwdriver
Electrician’s/Claw Hammer (fiberglass handle preferred)
Hacksaw Frame with blade storage
Torpedo Level: 9” magnetic
6’ Wooden Folding Rule (inside reading)
2-Lead Non-Adjustable Voltage Tester
Inside Journeymen/5th Year Tool List:
Crescent Wrench: 10” adjustable
7” or 8” Diagonal Slide Cutting Pliers
6” Long Nose Pliers (Needle Nose)
Chalk Line
Toolbox or Tool Bag (large enough to hold all your tools)
Pre-Apprentices with less than 2,000 hours of on-the-job training
are only required to provide the tools listed above the line.
1 Pair of Wire Strippers (up to #10 gauge wire)
1 Pair of Side Cutter Pliers
1 Pair of Long Nose Pliers
2 Channel Lock Pliers
Allen Wrenches (up to 1/2”)
1 Crescent Wrench (10”)
1 Claw Hammer
1 Wood Chisel
1 Cold Chisel
Set of Screwdrivers (Phillips and Flathead):
2”
4”
6”
1 Plumb Bob
1 Center Punch
1 Keyhole Saw
1 Voltage Tester (Wiggins or equivalent)
1 Level (not over 18”)
1 Wooden Ruler (6’)
1 Tap Wrench
1 Adjustable Hacksaw Frame
1 Chalk Line
1 Pocket Knife
1 Tape Measure (100’)
1 Copy of the Latest National Electrical Code Book
Pencils
1 Lock for Lockout/Tagout
1 Tool Box (sufficient size to hold all tools)
1 Flashlight
Inside Wireman Apprentice Tool List:
Tool Pouch
Belt (suitable for a tool pouch)
Pencil
Pocket Knife
Flashlight
Padlock for Lockout/Tagout
Channel Lock Pliers: 2 pairs, #420 or equivalent (grooved, not slip-joint type)
9” Side Cutting Pliers
3/16 x 4” Screwdriver
1/4 x 6” Screwdriver
#2 Phillips Screwdriver
#3 Phillips Screwdriver
Electrician’s/Claw Hammer (fiberglass handle preferred)
Hacksaw Frame with blade storage
Torpedo Level: 9” magnetic
6’ Wooden Folding Rule (inside reading)
2-Lead Non-Adjustable Voltage Tester
Crescent Wrench: 10” adjustable
7” or 8” Diagonal Slide Cutting Pliers
6” Long Nose Pliers (Needle Nose)
Chalk Line
Toolbox or Tool Bag (large enough to hold all your tools)
Telecom Apprentice Tool List:
Tool Pouch
Belt (suitable for a tool pouch)
Pencil
Pocket Knife
Flashlight
Padlock for Lockout/Tagout
Channel Lock Pliers: 2 pairs, #420 or equivalent (grooved, not slip-joint type)
9” Side Cutting Pliers
Telecom Snips/Scissors
Wire Stripper (small wire sizes)
Crimp Tool, indenting (Thomas & Betts type)
Tech Driver with assorted tips
Screwdrivers, Assorted:
3/16” x 4”
1/4” x 6”
#2 Phillips
#3 Phillips
Electrician’s Claw Hammer (fiberglass handle preferred)
Hacksaw Frame with blade storage
Keyhole Saw or Sheetrock Saw
Scratch Awl (solid metal or metal-through-handle)
Torpedo Level, 9” Magnetic
Punch Down Tool (66 & 110 blades; you provide the first blade set, then employer will provide replacements)
Pick and Spudger (dental type)
Tap Wrench (T-handle)
Crescent Wrench: 10” adjustable
6’ Wooden Folding Rule (inside reading)
7” or 8” Diagonal Side Cutting Pliers
6” Long Nose Pliers (needle nose)
Toolbox or Tool Bag (large enough to hold all your tools)
Technician Tool List:
All Tools Above
Allen wrench set - large and small
Seven piece nut driver set
Toner tracker
Modular crimp tool - either Co-Ax (RG 6 & 11) or Phone (RJ 11 & 45)
Sr. Technician Tool List:
All Tools Above
Modular crimp tool - either Co-Ax (RG 6& 11) or Phone (RJ 11 & 45) [whichever tool was not purchased as a technician]
Master Technician Tool List:
All tools listed above
Volt-Ohm multimeter