IBEW Local 666 is the Richmond hall, and the door is in Highland Springs, not downtown. On October 5, 2026, GoHereBro's scrape of the inside board showed one call: Chewning & Wilmer, three journeymen, at CTP-03, on 4-10s plus an 8, at scale, with medium-voltage experience named on the call. Book 1 stood at 94. The card below is the live scrape. That paragraph is the October 5 picture.
Other Virginia and regional openings are on the job call map and the Hot Spots dashboard.
What the October 5 board showed
The journeyman scale on the local record that day was $39.35. Health and welfare on the same record was $8.17. The pension line was a defined-contribution pension at 21 percent and an annuity at 3 percent. The Chewning & Wilmer call was written at scale, not at a premium. It asked for medium-voltage experience, a drug test, a hire time of 12:30 p.m. on October 6, and a 7:00 a.m. report on October 7.
Three journeymen on one call, with 94 names already on Book 1, is a short list. It is not a reason to roll in without a phone call. The hall posts separate boards for inside journeymen, construction electricians, and the streetlight agreement. On September 23, 2026, the construction-electrician page showed no call and 85 names on CE Book 1. Read the book that matches your classification.
The hall's public hiring-hall page says every call requires a drug test and I-9 identification.
How you sign at 666
The hiring hall page is the rule sheet travelers actually see:
- Daily check-in is 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
- Book signing is in person only, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- The hiring hall closes 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- The September 23 construction-electrician page, and GoHereBro's October 5 scrape, both put re-signs on the 10th through the 16th of the month, during those hall hours. The landing page is easy to misread on that point. Ask when you sign.
Good-guy letters go to [email protected]. The hall asks you to name the local you are traveling to and whatever that local wants on the letter. The generic travel-letter steps are in how to travel IBEW Book 2. Local 666's own page is the one that says signing is in person.
The September 23 construction-electrician notice said the hiring hall and the administrative windows were operating out of trailers behind the hall, in English and Spanish. Treat that as a dated notice. If the front door is dark, walk the lot before you leave.
Hall: 1400 East Nine Mile Road, Highland Springs, VA 23075. Phone (804) 353-9666. Hiring hall hours on the location page: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the lunch close above. The business office on that page runs to 5:00 p.m. Dues by mail go to IBEW Local 666, P.O. Box 467, Sandston, VA 23150.
Highland Springs sits east of downtown Richmond, toward the airport. A room on West Broad or in Short Pump can be a long morning if the report-to is on the Nine Mile Road side. Ask for the jobsite before you book.
Virginia journeyman license
Virginia licenses individual journeyman and master electricians through the Board for Contractors at the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation. The yellow ticket gets you to the hiring hall. It does not replace the tradesman card when a call or an inspector asks for it.
The Board's reciprocal agreements list is short for electricians:
- District of Columbia journeyman and master: Virginia journeyman and master, license and exam.
- Kentucky electrician and master electrician: Virginia journeyman and master, exam reciprocity.
- West Virginia journeyman and master: Virginia journeyman and master, exam reciprocity.
- Maryland master only: Virginia master. A Maryland journeyman card is not on that line.
- Alabama electrical contractor: Virginia master electrical tradesman, exam reciprocity. That is a contractor-to-master path, not a journeyman transfer.
Everyone else is on the exam route unless they qualify for Virginia's universal license recognition. DPOR's ULR page requires a similar license held at least three years, an examination, the training standards, no disqualifying discipline, and the Virginia fee. You still apply before you work.
The tradesman exam application, form A501-2710EXLIC, gives journeyman applicants these experience combinations: four years plus 240 hours of formal vocational training, five years plus 160 hours, six years plus 80 hours, or seven or more years plus 40 hours. The Board regulations also recognize eight years of practical experience with no vocational-training line. The fee and the exam vendor are printed on the current application. This guide does not copy a dollar amount off an older fee sheet. Phone for the Board for Contractors: (804) 367-8511. Email: [email protected].
Work over the contractor threshold needs a Virginia contractor license on top of the tradesman card. The application says anyone performing work over that limit has to contact the Board for Contractors. A traveler on a signatory call is usually working under the contractor's license. Confirm that on the call instead of assuming the journeyman card is the only paper on the job.
DC's own board will look at a Virginia license earned by exam. That direction is the Washington, DC electrical license guide. The state-by-state pattern is the electrician license reciprocity guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is IBEW Local 666?
1400 East Nine Mile Road, Highland Springs, VA 23075. Phone (804) 353-9666. That is east of downtown Richmond. The hiring hall is open weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and closes 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Does Local 666 have open calls?
On October 5, 2026, the inside board GoHereBro scraped had one call for three journeymen, Chewning & Wilmer at CTP-03. Book 1 had 94 names. Check the live card before you leave.
What is the Local 666 journeyman scale?
$39.35 on the local record tied to that October 5 scrape. Health and welfare on the same record was $8.17. The call was written at scale and asked for medium-voltage experience.
Can you sign Book 2 online at Local 666?
No. The hiring hall page says book signing is in person only, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with daily check-in from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
When do you re-sign?
The construction-electrician page and the October 5 scrape both put re-signs on the 10th through the 16th. Confirm the window when you sign. The landing page is easy to misread.
Does Virginia reciprocate electrician licenses?
The Board for Contractors list covers District of Columbia, Kentucky, and West Virginia for journeyman and master, Maryland for master only, and Alabama's electrical contractor license toward a Virginia master. Other states use the exam or, if they qualify, universal license recognition.
Does an IBEW ticket replace the Virginia journeyman card?
No. DPOR licenses the individual tradesman. The hall referral and the state card are separate.
Official sources
- Local 666 location and hiring hall
- GoHereBro scrape of the Local 666 inside board, October 5, 2026
- Construction electrician calls, September 23, 2026
- Virginia reciprocal agreements
- Tradesman exam and license application
- Universal license recognition
Call (804) 353-9666 before you leave Highland Springs. Ask which book is moving and whether the windows are still in the trailers.
