Curriculum

 Electrical Fundamentals

Conductor Ampacity and Adjustment Factors, Series Circuits, Parallel Circuits, Series/Parallel Circuits, Branch Circuits, Part I & II, Multiwire Branch Circuits, Overcurrent Protection, Power Generation, Services and Service Equipment, Effective Ground Fault Path, Appliances and Equipment, Heating and Air-Conditioning, Swimming Pools, Hydromassasge Tubs, and Spas, Communication and Special Systems.

Electrical Fundamentals

Year One Semester One  - Intro to Construction Safety, Electrical Test Instruments and Applied Electrical Math, Tools and Fasteners, Electrical Theory and Ohm's Law, Navigating the National Electrical Code, Conduits and Raceways, Conductors,Cables and Cords, General Requirements for Wiring Methods & Conduit Bending, Boxes and Enclosures, Receptacles, Snap Switches, LIght and Luminaires, and Printreading.  

Year 2 related material - Construction Materials, Printreading: Project Design, Development, Specifications, Printreading basics, Electrical Part I: Service, Distribution, Panel Schedules, Electrical Part II: Lighting, Power and Other Associated Drawings, Site/Civil and Structural Drawings, Mechancical and Plumbing Materials and Drawings, Architectural Drawings.  

Code Study - NEC Intro, Ch 1, Ch 2, Articles 90, 100, 110, 200, Ch 2, Article 210, CH 2 Articles 215, 220, 225, 230, 240, 242, 250.  Ch 3, Articles, 300, 310 312, 314, 320-393.  

Year Two Semester Two covers:

AC Theory: inductive and capacitive reactance, impedance and power factors, Single-Phase transformers, theory, types, calculations, power generation, transmission, distribution: intro to three-phase calculations, three-phase transformers, buck-boost transformers: Single-phase connections and applications, balancing three-phase loads, nonlinear loads, three-phase fault currents and voltage drop.  

NEC - Ch 4, Articles 400-408, 410, 422, 424, 430, 440, 445, 450, 480.  Ch 5, Articles, 500-206, 511-516, 517-590.  Ch 6, Articles 500-504, 620-645, 680.  Ch 7, Articles 700-705, 722, 724, 725, 760.  

Electrical Grounding & Bonding - covers the National Electrical Code for Electrical Grounding and Bonding based on the following:  General Requirements, System Grounding - grounded conductors, systems required to be grounded and systems not permitted to be grounded, separately derived systems, main and system bonding jumpers.  Grounding electrode systems and conductors.  Line-Side and Load-Side Bonding.  Equipment Grounding and Equipment Grounding Conductors.  Grounding of Specific Equipment and Conditions, Safety.

Motors - DC Motors, AC Single-Phase and Plolyphase, General Knowledge and Sizing Branch Circuit, Sizing Motor Short-Circuit and Ground-Fault Protection: Locked Rotor Current, Sizing Motor Overloads and Disconnects, Motor Feeder Conductors, OCPDs and Tap Conductors, Adjustable-Speed Drive Systems, Code, and Introduction to Motor Speed Control Methods, AC Equipment and Fire Pumps.  

Electrical Motor Controls  - covers Introduction to ladder logic and pushbuttons, manual and control devices, automatic control devices, relays, solid-state relays, contactors, holding circuits, timing relays: On-Delay, Interval and Recycle, Timing Relays: Off-Delay, One-Shot, and multifunction, Ladder Logic Line Diagram: Critical Thinking, magnetic motor starters, control circuit overview, motor power connections, NEMA enclosures, Motor reversing: Controllers and Connections, Jogging Circuits, Latching Relays, Alternating Relays, Phase-Loss Relays, Intro to Limited Energy/Low-Voltage Systems, Building the Foundation of the Productive Workers, Transition to Supervisor.  

Students will show their knowledge in several practical application requirements to the instructor.

LABS FOR A LESSON ARE DUE BEFORE THE NEXT LESSON IS STARTED.    

Labs must be turned in for credit or it is a fail.

Resubmits for labs must be turned in by the due date the instructor assigns.    

Year Four Semester One related material such as:  Energized Electrical Work relative to the NFPA 70E, Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers and Relays, Variable Frequency Drives - Motor Starting Methods, Accelerated/Decelerate, Power Qualify, Introduction to Solar Photovoltaics, Introduction to Electric Vehicles and Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Introduction to Supervision, Introduction to Limited Energy Systems, Structured Cabling, Home Automation, Audio/ Sound Systems, and Video Surveillance Systems, PoE and Lighting Systems, Introduction to Building Automation Systems (BAS), Fire Alarm Systems, Predictive and Preventive Maintenance, Troubleshooting.  

NEC Code Review - Using and applying NEC 90, 100 and 110, NEC 210 and 215, NEC 220-Part 1 and Part 2, NEC 230, NEC 100, 110, 240, 310, NEC 250, NEC Chapter 3, NEC 404 and 408, NEC 400, 406, 410 and 422, NEC 450, NEC 500-504, 511, 514, 517 and 590.