Current Scholarship Opportunities
Western Electrical Contractors Education Foundation (WECEF) is pleased to offer a scholarship opportunity for students enrolled in WECA’s Electrician Trainee (ET) Program. These scholarships help support students in continuing their education with WECA.
The application round for the 2025-26 WECEF Scholarship for Electrician Trainees is now open! The application deadline is January 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM. Learn more and apply here.
WECEF Scholarships benefit individuals whose career pursuits are in the electrical and low voltage fields. WECEF’s scholarship assistance helps them in continuing their education with Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA).
Previous Scholarship Winners
WECEF Scholarships benefit apprentices and students whose career pursuits are in the electrical and low voltage fields. WECEF’s scholarship assistance helps them in continuing their education with Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA).
The 2024 Winners of the WECEF Electrician Trainee (ET) Program Scholarship were:
Eduardo Andrade-Ramirez
Joshua Angulo
Hunter Backues
Dale Cohn
Adam Gardner
Chavez Garner
Micah Kirk
Nhattinh Le
Luis Alejandro Macias
Daniel Martinez
Tobias McMullen
Jacob Medina
Christian Mendoza
Jose Uriel Morales Hernandez
Nathen Morse
Nick Palmer
Gregorio Perez-Garcia
Omar Pinot
Edwin Romero
Joshua Romero
Michael Ulisny
Michael Watkins
The Frank Vellutini Memorial Apprenticeship Scholarship awards funds to Apprentices to be used towards the cost of books, tools or other expenses associated with completing their program. The WECEF Scholarship for Electrician Trainees helps those students with awards towards tuition and fees.
The 2024 Winners of the Frank Vellutini Memorial Apprenticeship Scholarship were:
Moses Melgar (CA)
Garrett Shell (CA)
Andrew Holdaway (AZ)
Mark Belogub (CA)
Nicolas Craig (CA)
Devon Sprague (CA)
Damon Collins (AZ)
Joseph Discoe (UT)
Jairo Felix (CA)
Demetrios Pathammavong (CA)
Dan Larkin (CA)
James Dolinich (AZ)
Leng Vang (CA)
Giancarlos Mendoza (CA)
Paul Roberts (CA)
Corbin McBride (CA)
