Upcoming Scholarship Opportunities
The Western Electrical Contractors Education Foundation (WECEF) is pleased to announce the upcoming 2026 Frank Vellutini Apprentice Scholarship Award for apprentices enrolled in WECA’s Apprenticeship programs.
Further details for the application round will be available soon. Please check this space, your emails, and WECA’s social media accounts for further information.
Past Scholarship Opportunities
The Western Electrical Contractors Education Foundation (WECEF) is pleased to offer scholarship opportunities for students enrolled in WECA’s Electrician Trainee (ET) Program.
We recently did an application round for the 2025-26 WECEF Scholarship for Electrician Trainees in January. The winners of this application round will be announced soon. Please check this space, your emails, and WECA’s social media accounts for updates.
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)
