Introduction to Construction Trades: This course is designed to provide students with an occupational outlook of the electrical field. Students will also identify hazardous job conditions, practice good work and shop safety, interpret Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), perform basic first aide, identify electrical hazards, and practice basic electrical safety. Students will learn skills in operating basic hand and power tools, use common measurement devices, read blueprints, and basic rigging procedures.

Electrical Safety: This course covers safety rules and regulations for electricians. Trainees learn the necessary precautions to take for various electrical hazards found on the job. The OSHA-mandated lockout/tagout procedure is also covered.

Hand Bending: This course provides an introduction to conduit bending and installation. The techniques for using hand-operated and step conduit benders, as well as cutting, reaming, and threading conduit are also covered.

Fasteners and Anchors: This course covers the hardware and systems used by an electrician to mount and support boxes, receptacles, and other electrical components. Trainees learn the various types of anchors and supports, their applications, and safe installation.

Electrical Theory I: This course offers a general introduction to the electrical concepts used in Ohm’s law applied to DC series circuits. Includes atomic theory, electromotive force, resistance, and electric power equations.

Electrical Theory II: This course introduces series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits. Resistive circuits, Kirchoff’s voltage and current laws, and circuit analysis are also covered.

Electrical Test Equipment: This course focuses on proper selection, inspection, use, and maintenance of common electrical test equipment. Trainees get to practice using many of the instruments while learning the appropriate test procedures and safety rules.

Introduction to National Electrical Code NEC: This course provides a navigational road map for using the NEC®. Trainees are introduced to the layout of the NEC® and the types of information found within the code book. Trainees are able to practice finding information using an easy-to-follow procedure.

Raceways, Boxes and Fittings: This course introduces the types and applications of raceways, wireways, and ducts. The appropriate NEC® requirements are stressed.

Conductors: This course focuses on the types and applications of conductors and covers proper wiring techniques. The appropriate NEC® requirements are stressed.

Introduction to Electrical Blueprints: This course focuses on electrical prints, drawings, and symbols. Trainees learn the types of information they can find on schematics, one-lines, and wiring diagrams.

Commercial & Industrial Wiring: This course covers the electrical devices and wiring techniques common to commercial and industrial construction and maintenance. The appropriate NEC® requirements are stressed.

Residential Wiring: This course covers the electrical devices and wiring techniques common to residential construction and maintenance. Trainees also practice making service calculations. Stresses appropriate NEC® requirements.

Introduction to Electrical Trades: This course covers an introduction to safety, construction math, hand and power tools, blueprints, and rigging.

Alternating Current: This course focuses on forces that are characteristic of alternating-current systems and the application of Ohm’s law to AC circuits.

Motor Theory and Application: This course covers AC and DC motors including the main parts, circuits, and connections.

Grounding: This course focuses on the purpose of grounding and bonding electrical systems. NEC® regulations are thoroughly covered.

Conduit Bending: This course covers all types of bends in all sizes of conduit up to 6 inches. Focus is placed on mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical benders.

Boxes and Fittings: An NEC®-driven module that explains how to select and size outlet boxes, pull boxes, and junction boxes.

Conductor Installation: This course covers the transportation, storage, and setup of cable reels; methods of rigging; and procedures for complete cable pulls in raceways and cable trays.

Cable Tray: This course focuses on NEMA and NEC® installation requirements for cable tray, including modifications and cable installations.

Conductor Terminations and Splices: This course describes methods of terminating and splicing conductors of all types and sizes, including the preparation and taping of conductors.

Installation of Electric Services: This course covers methods and techniques for both single- and three-phase services, including metering equipment and NEC® regulations.

Circuit Breakers and Fuses: This course describes fuses and circuit breakers along with their practical applications. Short-circuit calculation is also covered.

Contactors and Relays: This course gives basic descriptions of various types of contactors and relays, along with their practical applications.

Electric Lighting: This course introduces the basic principles of human vision and the characteristics of light. Focuses on the handling and installation of the different kinds of lamps (incandescent, fluorescent, and HID) and lighting fixtures (surface-mounted, recessed, suspended, and track lighting).

Career Experience: This course is only offered in the summer for adult students only.

Load Calculations-Branch and Feeder Circuits: This course introduces the industry standards for electrical work, including the topics of branch circuits, rating and derating, and various types of residential and commercial electrical loads.

Conductor Selection and Calculations: This course covers the types of conductors used in wiring systems, including insulation, current-carrying capacity, and temperature ratings.

Overcurrent Protection: This course stresses the use of a variety of overcurrent protection devices, including circuit breakers and fuses, in all types of electrical systems.

Raceway, Box, and Fitting Fill Requirements: This course covers the number of conductors allowed in raceways, boxes, and fittings.

Wiring Devices: This course covers popular receptacles and switches, and takes an in-depth look at safety switches and other wiring devices.

Distribution Equipment: This course explains distribution equipment, including grounding, switchboard and ground fault maintenance, transformers, and electrical drawing identification.

Distribution Systems Transformers: This course discusses transformer types, construction, connections, protection, and grounding along with capacitors and rectifiers.

Lamps, Ballasts and Components: This course covers specific types of incandescent, fluorescent, and HID lamps, as well as ballasts, troubleshooting, and various types of lighting controls.

Motor Calculations: This course covers single and multi-motor calculations to enable the trainee to size conductors, overcurrent protection, and overload protection for motor applications.

Motor Maintenance: This course covers proper maintenance of motors in use and in storage. Includes a troubleshooting and motor identification guide.

Motor Controls: This course provides information on selecting, sizing, and installing motor controllers. Control circuit pilot devices and basic relay logic are also covered.

Hazardous Locations: All classes of hazardous locations are covered, including seals, components, and equipment approved for use in various hazardous locations.