Application deadline ($20 fee): February Aptitude Test: Mid April Interview: Sometime around June Orientation (+drug test): Mid July You start when there is work available. Could be immediately, could be around September when classes start. Drug test is urinal. Interview questions have absolutely nothing to do with electrical knowledge and more to do with character. It is conducted by JATC and NECA board members (read: very iimportant people) so be presentable. With this being said, experience in the trade is preffered.