Celebrating Our 2025 Apprentices

On May 7th, 2025, the New Jersey Independent Electrical Contractors (NJIEC) community gathered at The Pines Manor in Edison, NJ to celebrate our 2025 apprentices. The annual Apprenticeship Graduation event was an inspiring evening filled with pride, recognition, and a shared commitment to excellence in the electrical trade.

Excellence Recognized: The Awards

Several apprentices received awards for outstanding performance highlighting their dedication and progress at every stage of the four-year program.

A-Team Awards were presented to those scoring over 90%, highlighting academic excellence and consistent effort.

Joseph Aguirre

Aleksandre Arutinov

Trajche Babunski

Eduardo Batz

Alan Borusovic

Daniel Buckley

Frank Bursese

Anthony Castellanos

Byron A Castellanos

Bert Chong

Bruno Ciaglia

William Colehower

Andrew Costagliola

Julian DeJesus

Stephen Dutko

ester Estrada

Alex Gianakouros

Joshua Gosselin

Daniel Grimm

Mark Grimyser

Fady Hanna

Bruno Hernandez

Jaime Hernandez

Michael Lazogue

Oscar Macoto

Luis Matias

Joshua Mejia

Juan Jr Mejias Jr

Luis Melendez

Adam Sobhy Mohamed

Ryusei Oshiro

George Peregrina

Edwin Polanco

Giordano Ponce

Michael Poth

Anthony J Quintana

Clayton Rogers

Andrew Russo

Joel Sanchez

Justin Snyder

Johan Solis

Nicholas Testa

Kayseem Toney

Ryan Wadle

George Wilde

Andrew Costagliola receiving award for Top Overall Apprentice

Sharpest Tool in the School - Top Overall Apprentice:

Andrew Costagliola

Sharpest Tool in the Box awards were given to the top apprentices in each year level:

Year 1: Luis Melendez

Year 2: Daniel Grimm

Year 3: Oscar Macoto

Dan Buckley (left), Ron Pecina (right)

100 Club Award, for earning a 100% score on the exam:

Daniel Buckley

Shoutout to Ron Pecina Jr. on getting The Hard Hat of Wisdom Award, honoring the instructor who had the student (Dan Buckley) with the only 100% exam score.

Celebrating the Class of 2025

Congratulations to all 2025 IEC Apprenticeship graduates:

Alan Borusovic*

Frank Bursese

Walter Callejas

Bert Chong*

Bruno Ciaglia*

Andrew Costagliola*

Julian DeJesus

Hany Elmokadem*

Mark Grimyser*

Oscar Macoto

Luis Matias

Chris Michura

George Peregrina*

Edwin Polanco

Giordano Ponce

Michael Poth

Joel Sanchez*

Luis Santamaria

Justin Snyder

Diamante Stewart

Kayseem Toney*

(*Denotes USDOL Graduate)

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