About Us
Accessible Education. Practical Knowledge. Stronger Pathways.
Brothers Employment & Training (BET) is a Texas-based nonprofit workforce education organization focused on expanding access to practical electrical, industrial, maintenance, safety, and workforce-readiness education.
BET was created to provide flexible learning opportunities for individuals who may face barriers to traditional technical education because of work schedules, transportation, geography, family responsibilities, or other circumstances.
Through self-paced online courses, live instructor-led learning, virtual simulations, and structured Canvas resources, BET provides learners with opportunities to strengthen foundational knowledge, explore technical career pathways, and better understand workplace expectations and professional responsibilities.
BET does not seek to replace registered apprenticeship, supervised field experience, employer-provided training, or traditional trade education. Instead, our goal is to provide an additional educational resource that helps learners become more informed, better prepared, and more confident as they consider their next steps
Our Mission
Brothers Employment & Training works to expand access to affordable, industry-informed technical education and workforce-readiness resources that support professional development, continued learning, and pathways toward economic mobility.
BET is committed to creating flexible educational opportunities that help individuals strengthen technical understanding, safety awareness, workplace readiness, and confidence as they explore electrical, industrial, maintenance, and related career pathways.
BET supports individuals and communities through
- Accessible online instruction
- Flexible self-paced learning
- Live instructor-led training
- Virtual simulations and interactive course resources
- Career exploration and workforce-readiness education
- Industry- and community-supported training opportunities
- Texas electrical continuing education for eligible license holders
Our Training Approach
BET combines structured digital learning with practical, industry-informed instruction.
Courses are delivered through the Canvas learning platform and may include:
- ICanvas
- Instructional videos
- Presentations
- Knowledge checks
- Technical reference materials
- Virtual simulations
- Live instructor sessions where applicable
- Supplemental resources
- Workforce-readiness resources
Each course has its own format, access period, learning objectives, and completion requirements. Participants receive clear information about the applicable course before registration.
Workforce Training
BET’s workforce-training courses are designed to support technical awareness, foundational skill development, career exploration, and continued education.
Current workforce-training offerings include:
Electrical Foundations and Workforce Readiness
- Self-paced
- 30 days of Canvas access
- Introductory workforce and electrical concepts
Applied Electrical Systems Fundamentals
- Six weeks
- Live instructor-led
- Four hours per week
- 24 total scheduled instructional hours
Industrial Systems and Maintenance Fundamentals
- Self-paced
- Three months / 90 days of access
- Industrial, maintenance, troubleshooting, safety, motor-control and simulator-supported resources
Texas Electrical Continuing Education
BET also provides a separate Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation continuing education course for eligible Texas electrician license holders.
Mastering the NEC: 4-Hour Texas Electrical Continuing Education
This four-hour, online, self-paced course supports eligible Texas electrician license holders completing continuing education for license renewal.
The course is available in English and Spanish and includes:
- Brothers Employment & Training
- TDLR CE Provider No. 2514
- Course No. 32647
- Four-hour online format
- English and Spanish availability
- NEC
- Texas electrical laws and rules
- NFPA 70E
- Professional compliance responsibilities
The TDLR continuing education course is administered separately from BET’s workforce-training courses.
Who We Serve
BET’s learning opportunities may support:
- Individuals exploring technical careers
- Entry-level learners
- Career changers
- Electrical helpers
- Registered apprentices seeking supplemental education
- Maintenance and facilities workers
- Industrial and manufacturing workforce participants
- Working adults seeking flexible technical learning
- Employers interested in workforce-development partnerships
- Community organizations supporting education and workforce development
- Eligible Texas electrician license holders completing continuing education
Course eligibility and intended audiences vary by offering.
Our Commitment to Access
BET is committed to reducing barriers to technical education by providing flexible online learning options that can be accessed from a computer or compatible mobile device.
As BET develops its nonprofit workforce-development model, the organization intends to expand opportunities through:
- Scholarships
- Sponsored training
- Employer and industry partnerships
- Community collaborations
- Grant-supported learning opportunities
- Outreach to individuals facing educational or employment barriers
Emmanuel Edmonds, Founder and Executive Director of Brothers Employment & Training
Emmanuel Edmonds is the founder and Executive Director of Brothers Employment & Training. He is a currently licensed Texas electrician, electrical contractor, technical instructor, curriculum developer, industrial service professional, and OSHA Outreach Trainer. With more than 15 years of professional experience, Emmanuel’s background includes residential, commercial, and industrial electrical work; engineering maintenance; industrial automation; electromechanical systems; troubleshooting; preventive maintenance; technical service; customer training; and technical education.
His interest in the skilled trades began with formal electrical training at Coyne College in Chicago, where he completed the Electrical Maintenance and Construction program in 2004. He later earned an Associate in Applied Science in Industrial Automation and Technology from Prairie State College and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Management, Instructional Technology, Training and Evaluation from Northern Illinois University.
Emmanuel’s professional experience has allowed him to see technical education from several perspectives — as a learner, electrician, contractor, service engineer, instructor, and curriculum developer. Through EE Electrical LLC, he has worked in electrical installation, maintenance, project coordination, troubleshooting, and National Electrical Code-compliant applications across residential, commercial, and related environments. His industrial experience includes work as a service engineer supporting equipment installation, preventive maintenance, calibration, troubleshooting, technical demonstrations, and customer training across numerous industrial customer locations. As a technical instructor, Emmanuel has taught electrical, electronics, and industrial automation concepts in both traditional classroom and remote-learning environments. His instructional work has included lesson planning, curriculum development, student assessment, technical demonstrations, and helping learners understand complex concepts through clear and practical instruction. Education has remained an important part of Emmanuel’s professional journey. His studies in instructional technology strengthened his interest in how modern learning tools can make technical subjects more accessible to today’s learners. That interest ultimately helped inspire the development of Brothers Employment & Training. BET reflects Emmanuel’s belief that new educational technology and traditional trade instruction do not have to compete with one another. Online learning, interactive simulations, digital resources, and flexible access can provide valuable educational opportunities while still honoring the safety, accountability, repetition, technical accuracy, and respect for craftsmanship that have long been part of skilled-trade education. Emmanuel continues to learn through field experience, teaching, curriculum development, code study, and interaction with other professionals. Through BET, his goal is to share useful knowledge, create accessible educational resources, and provide learners with another pathway for exploring and developing within technical fields.
Our Values
Access
Technical education should be available to individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and circumstances.
Clarity
Participants should understand what a course includes, how it is delivered, what is required, and what it does and does not provide.
Safety
Electrical and industrial education should reinforce safe practices, hazard awareness, and responsible professional conduct.
Accountability
BET is committed to accurate course information, clear expectations, reliable records, and responsible program administration.
Practical Learning
Course content should help participants understand real workplace concepts, systems, terminology, and expectations.
Continued Growth
BET encourages participants to view each course as one part of a broader education, training, licensing, or career-development pathway.
Important Program Information
BET’s non-TDLR workforce courses are educational and professional-development offerings. Unless
specifically stated for an individual course, they do not independently provide:
- A Texas electrician license
- Registered-apprenticeship enrollment
- Apprenticeship credit
- College credit
- Professional or industry certification
- Employment placement
- Guaranteed employment, wages, or promotion
- Authorization to independently perform work requiring an occupational license
Electrical Foundations and Workforce Readiness and Industrial Systems and Maintenance
Fundamentals are self-paced educational offerings and do not result in a BET Certificate of Completion.
Participants in Applied Electrical Systems Fundamentals who satisfy the published attendance,
participation, and course requirements may receive a Brothers Employment & Training Certificate of
Completion. This certificate documents completion of BET’s educational requirements and is not an
occupational license, professional certification, apprenticeship credential, college credential, or guarantee
of employment.
Mastering the NEC is administered separately as BET’s TDLR-approved continuing education course for
eligible Texas electrician license holders.