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)