ELECTRICAL CURRICULUM
DC Electricity and Low Voltage Applications
The 10 week DC Electricity term covers Ohm’s Law as applied to DC circuits, electromotive force, resistance, electrical power equations, electrical safety, and troubleshooting techniques. The 10 week Low Voltage Applications term covers home security systems, smart home devices, power over Ethernet, coaxial cable, video surveillance, and fire alarm systems and batteries.
Commercial Wiring Methods
This 10 week term focuses on electrical symbols, sizing transformers, lighting, conduits and conduit bending, electrical distribution systems, harmonics, calculation for overload protections, overload protection methods, various electrical devices, troubleshooting and National Electric Code.
Commercial Motor Applications
This 10 week term focuses on motor installations, motor operations, motor controls, motor corrections, rigid conduit application, using wire tables and determining conductor sizes, industrial wiring, single phase and three phase motors, motor applications, motor maintenance and National Electric Code.
Residential New Construction
This 10 week term focuses on blueprint reading, wiring diagrams, measuring instruments to troubleshoot electrical circuits, conductor sizing, calculation on service entrance, different types of electrical devices (receptacles, switches, fans etc), combination wiring devices, special purpose wiring, luminaries, low voltage concepts and National Electrical Code.
Residential Modernization
This 10 week terms focuses on special purpose branch circuits in rehabbing older residences, kitchen appliances, dish washers, food waste disposals, laundry, water heaters, furnaces, air conditioning units, overcorrect protection, fuses and circuit breakers, low voltage devices and National Electric Code. Emphasis will also be placed on job bidding and writing proposals.