Electrician

Students examine the fundamental concepts of DC circuits including electricity and magnetism, resistance, capacitance, inductance, series and parallel circuits, power and basic electrical measurements.

A study of alternating electrical current is presented. Topics include AC measurements, resistance, inductance and capacitance in AC circuits.

Topics covered in this course include blueprint reading, NEC code, branch circuit design, service entrance and switch control. Students are required to practice wiring and design skills with hands-on experiences.

Topics covered in this course include wiring plans of commercial buildings, three phase 208/120 volt services, lighting fixtures, service entrances and metering facilities. The students will be given opportunities to practice skills in the wiring laboratory.

Topics covered in this course include, substation and high voltage metering, feed duct, panel boards, motors and controllers, signal systems, ventilation and others. Students will be given opportunities to practice skills in the electrical wiring laboratory.

This course explores troubleshooting in various areas such as: control circuits, combination starters, control devices, special controls, DC motors, AC motors, lighting systems with use of schematics, building drawings, and with emphasis on cutting trouble-shooting time.

This course covers motion controls as used in real world situations, including PLC, robotics, servos, sensing devices, actuators and controls.

Basic principles involved in the operation of motors and controls. Study includes single-phase motors and their operating principles, polyphase systems and the various control devices used with these systems.

Basic programmable controllers is a course for apprentices and skilled trades trainees looking at the history, characteristics, application and limitation of PCs. Numeration systems, binary-coded decimals, ASCII, gray code and Boolean logic studied. Additional study includes input/output devices, processing and programming functions, program development, documentation, start-up and troubleshooting.

This course is an extensive study of the national and local electric codes for wiring and apparatuses. It covers wiring design and protection, wiring methods and materials, equipment for general use including motors and controllers, special occupancies such as hazardous location; special equipment such as electric welding and machine tool wiring, and the use of tables and diagrams for the solution of practical wiring problems.

Study of electronic devices including diodes, bipolar and field effect transistors, integrated circuits, and other semiconductor devices; their parameters, nomenclature, characteristics, and application to practical circuitry.

This course is the beginning course in digital electronics. Topics include number systems, Boolean algebra, and basic logic gates and circuits.

This course introduces topics that include advanced PLC programming, troubleshooting and data communications.