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Electrical Apprenticeship

First Year

  • Orientation And Basic Principles
  • Tools and Blueprints
  • First Aid/CPR/AED Training
  • First Aid/CPR/AED Training
  • Applied Math - Circuit Theory-Plans & Specs
  • Conduit Bending
  • Applied Math-Electrical Symbols & Outlets - Ohm’s Law
  • General-Purpose and Small-Appliance Circuit
  • Conductor Sizes, Types, & Connections - Type NM Cables
  • Voltage Drop, Other Wiring Methods, and Printreading
  • Mid-term Review and Exam
  • Switch Control
  • GFCI Protection
  • Luminaires
  • Front Bedroom Lighting and Introduction to Series Circuits
  • Master Bedroom and Series Circuits
  • Lighting and Small Appliance Branch Circuits
  • Living Room and Study Branch Circuits - Introduction to Parallel Circuits
  • Laundry Outlets and Parallel Circuits
  • Garage Circuits and Parallel Circuit Calculations
  • Conduit Fill and Special Purpose Outlets
  • Special Purpose Outlets – Kitchen
  • Special Purpose Outlets - Bathroom, Exhaust Fans and Hydromassage Tub
  • Heating and Air Conditioning
  • Low Voltage and Fire Alarms
  • Recreation Room – Multiwire branch Circuits and Introduction to Combination Circuits
  • Workshop Lighting and Receptacle Branch Circuits - Combination Circuits
  • Service Entrance Equipment
  • Knots, Rigging and Specialty Tools
  • Overcurrent Protection
  • Service Entrance Calculations
  • Swimming Pools, Spas and Hot Tubs
  • Home Automation, Standby Power and Review

Second Year

  • Orientation, Safety Introduction to Meters, Feeder/Branch Circuits
  • Service Calculations
  • Services
  • Conductor and Overcurrent Protection
  • Grounding and Bonding Part I
  • Grounding and Bonding Part II
  • Wiring Methods
  • Wiring Materials, Conduit and Box Fill
  • Switches, Switchboards and Panelboards
  • Equipment for General Use
  • Introduction to AC Theory
  • AC Theory I
  • AC Theory II
  • Single-Phase Transformers Part I
  • Single-Phase Transformers Part II
  • Power Generation, Three-Phase Transformers, Circuits, and Calculations
  • Three-Phase Transformers, Delta-Delta
  • Three-Phase Transformers, Delta-Wye
  • Transformers for Non-Linear Loads, Three-Phase Fault Currents, Voltage Drop
  • NEC Requirements for Transformers
  • Transformers, Buck/Boost – Single and Three-Phase
  • Generator and Transfer Switches
  • Motors – Three-Phase
  • Motors – Single Phase/DC
  • Motors/Code – Branch Circuit Conductors
  • Motors/Code – Branch Circuit
  • Motors/Code – Starter/OL/Disc/Grounding
  • Motors/Code – Locked Rotor/Phase Loss
  • Motors/Code – Motor Feeders/Cond./OCPD

Third Year

  • Registration & Orientation
  • First Aid/CPR Review
  • Construction Documents and Blueprint Reading Fundamentals
  • Survey and Site Plans
  • Structural, Architectural, and Mechanical Blueprints
  • Electrical Branch Circuits, Feeders, and Lighting Blueprints
  • Electrical Services and Service Entrance on Blueprints
  • Specialty System Blueprint Reading
  • Data, Voice, and Video Cabling using Copper Wiring
  • Fiber Optics and Fiber Optic Systems
  • 3-Phase Systems and Transformer Review/Harmonics
  • Introduction to Grounding
  • Conductors Used for Grounding, Bonding, and Systems
  • Equipment Bonding and Ground Fault Protection
  • Separately Derived Systems, Multiple Building Grounding, and Fault Current Calculations
  • Grounding Review, Semester Review
  • Electrical Quantities and Circuits
  • Electrical Tools and Test Instruments/Safety
  • Symbols, Logic and Line Diagrams
  • Solenoids
  • Contactors and Motor Starters
  • Control Devices
  • Motor Control Lab #1
  • Motor Control Lab #2
  • Reversing Circuits
  • Time Delay and Counters
  • Motor Control Lab #3
  • Introduction to Fire Protection Signaling Systems – Conventional Systems
  • Fire Alarm Systems Lab #1
  • Installation, Start-up, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of Fire Alarm Systems, and New Technology Systems
  • Fire Alarm Systems Lab #2

Fourth Year

  • Orientation & Safety
  • Community First Aid & Safety
  • Solid State Electronic Control Devices
  • Electromechanical and Solid State Relays
  • Advanced Controls Lab #1
  • Photoelectric and Proximity Controls
  • Programmable Controllers
  • Advanced Controls Lab #2
  • Reduced Voltage Starting
  • Accelerating and Decelerating Methods
  • Advanced Controls Lab #3
  • Preventative Maintenance and Troubleshooting
  • Advanced Controls Lab #4
  • Leadership
  • Using Digital Multimeters to Diagnose Power Quality
  • National Electric Code and Related Standards, Safety Regulation, Power Systems
  • Power Distribution Systems
  • Services, Switchboards, and Panelboards
  • Conductors and Overcurrent Protection Devices
  • Grounding
  • Designing and Installing Wiring Systems
  • Branch and Feeder Circuits
  • Receptacle and Lighting and Switching Outlets
  • Motors and Compressor Motors
  • Hazardous Locations
  • Hazardous Locations, Special Types
  • Signs and Sign Connections
  • Load Calculations
  • Final Code Review