The mentor is built for the trade.
Voice-first, NEC-aligned, and calibrated to NC state code. One earbud, phone in pocket, hands on the work. The answer arrives in under 90 seconds. The apprentice stays on the job.
Built for the way apprentices actually work.
Crew Rise Mentor is not a tap-to-open-app product. It is a press-the-earbud-button product.
One earbud
A single Bluetooth earbud in one ear. The other ear stays open for the jobsite. Any standard Bluetooth earbud or headset with a media-control button works today. OSHA-compliant hearing protection with audio pass-through is supported.
Phone in pocket
The phone stays where it belongs. An apprentice pressing their earbud button, asking a question, and listening to the answer never touches the phone. This is the core design constraint — not a feature, but the reason apprentices actually use it mid-task.
Voice-first session
Single press starts a conversation. The apprentice asks in plain language. Mentor responds in trade-accurate language calibrated to the apprentice's register — helper, intermediate, journeyman, or code mastery. Silence auto-ends the session.
200 lessons built on the code, not around it.
The 200 NC electrical lessons cover NEC Chapters 1 through 9 and North Carolina's state adoption record — the places where NC differs from the base NEC.
NEC Chapters 1–9
Every lesson is tied to a specific NEC chapter and article. Ask Code retrieves NEC language mid-conversation — not just a citation, but teaching around the citation at the apprentice's registered tier level.
NC state adoption record
North Carolina has specific adoption deltas from the base NEC. Every lesson reflects the code edition and amendments that apply to NC apprentices. The State Code Adoption Engine tracks 204 data rows across 50 states for electrical.
SME-signed curriculum
Every lesson carries the sign-off of Joseph Torrance, NC master electrician of record. That provenance is the basis for SME instructor recognition under DOL Circular 2026-01. It is not a marketing credential — it is what makes the program eligible for federal RI recognition.
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Joseph Torrance signed every lesson in this curriculum.
NC Master Electrician · Founder, Crew Rise LLC
Joseph Torrance
Joseph Torrance is a licensed master electrician in North Carolina and the founder of Crew Rise LLC. He built the 200-lesson NC electrical curriculum from the ground up — not as a content exercise, but as the kind of teaching he would want his own apprentices to have. Every lesson carries his sign-off: the code citations are verified, the explanations are trade-accurate, and the tier calibration reflects what a real journeyman or master electrician would say differently to a helper versus a third-year apprentice.
That signature matters in two specific ways. First, it matters for quality. AI models generate fluent-sounding text that is wrong about the NEC more often than any working electrician would tolerate. Having a master electrician review, correct, and sign each lesson is the only way to make a curriculum trustworthy on a jobsite.
Second, it matters for compliance. DOL Circular 2026-01 explicitly recognized SME instructors — trade professionals with domain credentials — as eligible instructors for Related Instruction in registered apprenticeship programs. Joseph's status as NC master electrician is the basis for Crew Rise's SME instructor qualification under that framework. It is not a marketing credential. It is what makes the program eligible.
Built for what DOL Circular 2026-01 described.
DOL Circular 2026-01 (March 9, 2026) made competency-based Related Instruction official, recognized SME instructors as qualified RI instructors, and recognized self-study and electronic media toward the 144-hour annual RI requirement. Crew Rise Mentor is exactly that: competency-based, SME-developed, electronically delivered.
DOL Circular 2026-01 · March 9, 2026
Competency-based RI recognized
Formally recognized competency-based Related Instruction as a valid alternative to time-based seat hours. Crew Rise Mentor's competency table structure is designed to produce exactly this documentation.
DOL Circular 2026-01 · SME Instructors
SME instructors recognized
Licensed tradespeople recognized as qualified RI instructors without a teaching credential. Joseph Torrance's NC master electrician license is the SME-of-record qualification for Crew Rise's curriculum.
DOL Circular 2026-01 · Electronic Media
Electronic media eligible
Self-study and electronic media formally recognized toward the 144-hour annual RI requirement. Crew Rise Mentor is an electronically delivered RI resource used in the apprentice's working context.
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