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Wichita builds airplanes, from 737 fuselages to Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft, and its two biggest employers are aircraft makers. We train the electrical crews who keep those plants and their suppliers running, at your facility or in an in-person class we set up in Wichita when you ask.
Private employers in Kansas are inspected by federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. Kansas electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Wichita crew
Crews we train in and around Wichita: aircraft manufacturing, aerospace suppliers, research and testing, chemical and food processing, utilities and generation, public employers.
What the class covers for Wichita crews
When a fuselage line or final assembly is running to schedule, the pressure to troubleshoot energized is real. We teach the justification test for energized work and how to plan the job so it is rarely needed.
Aerospace plants concentrate large drives, cranes and test equipment. The 2-Day Intensive spends time on these specialty systems and the stored energy they carry.
A supplier with two maintenance techs often has no written electrical safety program. We help build one that fits a small shop and still covers risk assessment, PPE and lockout.
Kansas has no statewide electrician license, so outside Wichita and Sedgwick County there may be no third-party credential at all. Your documented qualification decision carries the full weight.
Wichita at a glance
Federal OSHA (Wichita Area Office)
Evergy
Local (MABCD for Wichita and Sedgwick County); none statewide
ICT
Central
Kansas: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: federal OSHA
Kansas has no state plan. Private employers are covered by federal OSHA's single Kansas area office in Wichita, under Region 7. Public employers are not covered by OSHA; the Kansas Department of Labor's Industrial Safety and Health Division evaluates them, but it does not issue citations or penalties.
Licensing: local
Kansas has no statewide electrician license. In Wichita and Sedgwick County, the Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department issues journeyman and master electrician certificates based on approved ICC exams and documented field experience.
Where NFPA 70E fits
OSHA does not enforce NFPA 70E. Employers use it to show how they meet the electrical requirements in OSHA 1910 Subpart S and 1926 Subpart K, and OSHA can cite the General Duty Clause for a recognized electrical hazard.
Wichita's electrical work environment
Boeing closed its acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems in December 2025, bringing the Wichita plant that builds 737 fuselages and major structures for the 767, 777 and 787 back in house. Textron Aviation builds Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft across town, and the two companies together employ roughly 18,500 or more people locally. Airframe production at that scale means plant electricians work on heavy industrial equipment every shift.
More than 450 aerospace suppliers sit around them, from LMI Aerospace to Collins Aerospace. Wichita State's National Institute for Aviation Research employs about 1,400 people in composites, wind tunnel and simulation work, and Airbus has run its Americas Engineering Center on the university's Innovation Campus since 2017. McConnell Air Force Base flies the KC-46 tanker.
Outside aviation, Koch Industries keeps its headquarters here with more than 3,000 local employees, and Cargill Protein employs more than 1,000. Occidental Chemical runs a Wichita chemical plant, and Ascension Via Christi's hospitals carry their own emergency power systems. Data centers are on hold for now. Sedgwick County paused data center applications in January 2026 and extended the moratorium to September 11 while it writes zoning rules, after opposition to a proposal near Colwich.
Aircraft plants and industrial sites in the Air Capital
These are the employers and projects where Wichita electrical crews do most of their work. Aviation dominates, but chemical, food and power sites are close behind.
| Site | What is there | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Boeing Wichita (former Spirit AeroSystems) Boeing | Builds 737 fuselages and major structures for the 767, 777 and 787; acquisition completed December 2025. | Operating |
| Textron Aviation Textron | Cessna and Beechcraft production, with 9,000 to 9,350 local employees. | Operating |
| National Institute for Aviation Research Wichita State University | About 1,400 employees in composites, simulation and wind tunnel testing. | Operating |
| Airbus Americas Engineering Center Airbus | Engineering center on the WSU Innovation Campus, opened in 2017. | Operating |
| Gordon Evans Energy Center Evergy | Natural gas plant near Colwich in Sedgwick County. | Operating |
| Viola combined cycle plant Evergy | 710 MW combined cycle plant in Sumner County, approved by the KCC in July 2025 for a 2029 start. | Planned |
| Colwich-area data center proposal Not disclosed | Proposed west of Wichita and on hold under Sedgwick County's data center moratorium. | Planned |
Evergy Kansas Central and new gas generation
Evergy Kansas Central serves about 735,000 customers, including Wichita, Hutchinson, Newton, El Dorado and Arkansas City. In Sedgwick County, Evergy runs the Gordon Evans Energy Center near Colwich and the Murray Gill plant, while plant crews at large industrial customers maintain their own substations and distribution.
In July 2025 the Kansas Corporation Commission approved two new 710 MW combined cycle plants, Viola in Sumner County and McNew in Reno County, along with the Kansas Sky solar project. Viola is expected online in 2029. Building them brings large switchyards and medium-voltage work within commuting distance of Wichita for the rest of the decade.
Who we train in Wichita and South Central Kansas
Plant electricians and facilities techs at Boeing Wichita and Textron Aviation.
Maintenance staff at the machine shops and composite suppliers that feed Wichita's aircraft lines.
Lab and facility crews at Wichita State's NIAR, working on wind tunnels, test rigs and simulation equipment.
Electricians at Occidental Chemical's Wichita plant and Cargill's protein operations.
Evergy plant and substation crews and contractors building the new gas plants south and west of the city.
City, county and school district electricians, who have no OSHA coverage in Kansas and depend on a written program.
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Questions from Wichita employers
Can you train our crew without stopping the production line?
Our electricians hold MABCD certificates. Does that make them qualified?
We are a Kansas city government. Does OSHA apply to us?
We are a small aerospace supplier. Is onsite training practical for us?
Does finishing the class make someone a qualified electrical worker?
What the people in the room say
“Virtual can never replace hands-on, but the engagement from our instructor and the class made it feel more engaging than some in-person courses I've taken.”
“Probably one of the most useful safety courses I've ever attended. Rick genuinely cares about people and their well-being.”
“This is the 2nd arc flash training course I've taken and the class was amazing. I feel like I'm leaving the training safer than before I took this class.”
Train your Wichita crew on the 2027 edition.
Onsite within a few days, or private live virtual as soon as tomorrow. Need it fast? Call (813) 725-0999.