Electrician Training
Career Diploma

Types and sources of electric current; circuits; loads; electromagnetic induction; generators; alternators; power transmission; motors; measuring electricity and energy; electrical codes; safety standards; resistance; converting fractions to decimals and percentages; formulas; basic trigonometry: circles, rectangles, squares, and calculating circumference and perimeter.

Wire sizes; conductor markings; insulation; protective devices; controllers; striking, cutting, sawing, fastening, drilling, soldering and measuring; cutting tools; temporary wiring; shock prevention; grounding; ground fault circuit interrupters; bonding; troubleshooting tools; diagnosing problems; overloaded neutrals and unbalanced currents; fuses; breakers; understanding other problems.

Raceways; conduit fill; box construction and location; knockouts; pryouts; box gangs; box mounting, covers and accessories; non-metallic boxes and cable; fittings; fill allotment; roughing-in; installing conduit runs; boring; notching; cutting and bending conduit; installing flexible metal conduit; making conduit connections.

Techniques to help you study more efficiently and to increase your productivity in an electrician career.

Equipment acceptability; wiring methods and materials; attaching conductors to device terminals; splicing; wiring and mounting fixtures; branch circuit design; determining proper electrical loads; lighting fixture installation rules; balancing circuit loads.

Standard symbols; wiring circuits; outdoor wiring procedures; fluorescent lighting; pole transformer; service entrance components and location; power company wires; sizing service entrance conductors; service drop mast and insulator; grounding; clearances; supplies and fittings; overcurrent protection; multi-phase systems.

Heater circuits; air conditioning units; garbage disposals; dishwashers; refrigerators; freezers; cook-tops; ovens; electric motors; small multi-family dwellings; building categories and service schemes; mobile home devices and outlets; hooking up the distribution panel.

Installing remote-control systems; types of low-voltage circuits, cables and devices; wiring advantages and considerations; low-voltage code rules; safety considerations; special tools and materials for remodeling jobs; box installation; installing surface wiring.

Types of electrical drawings; symbols; building codes; the National Electrical Code; certification labs; commercial installations; calculating wireway sizes to meet code requirements; hardware; box types; grounding, mounting and supporting boxes to meet code; box fill; computing box sizes for straight and angular pulls.

The types and functions of conductors; conductor ampacity rating; voltage drop; sizing conductors; adjusting conductor ampacity based on ambient temperature and number of conductors; sizing electrical conduits based on permissible percentage fill of conduit; electrical protective devices and fuses; recognizing overloads and short circuits; circuit breakers.

Functions, types and terminology of feeders and branch circuits; figuring loads for lighting and receptacles; sizing branch circuits and feeders; branch circuit overcurrent protection; the two basic types of electrical service; service drop clearance; the arrangement of service drops and service laterals; supply voltages and their common applications.

Purposes and uses of transformers; transformer construction and components; how transformers work; transformer types; sizing overcurrent protective devices for transformer primaries and secondaries; special calculations for transformers; solving practical problems.

Motor components and types; calculating motor starting currents; code requirements for design of motor branch circuits, motor controls and motor control circuits; computing true power, apparent power and power factor; manual and magnetic starts; pilot device types; reading control circuit diagrams; reversing motor direction by switching connections; basic motor control center setup.

Emergency power and standby power; automatic transfer switches; optional vs. legally required standby systems; identifying hazards; ignition and combustion principles; placing fixtures and receptacles around pools; types of underwater lighting fixtures; limitations and clearances for conductors passing over pools; codes for bonding and grounding equipment near a pool; spa and hot tub installation.

Troubleshooting tools and tests; overloaded neutrals; unbalanced currents; fuses; breakers; troubleshooting a power circuit, power supply, control circuit and control transformer; motor breakdown; preventive maintenance; owning a business; qualifications; advancement.

A helpful manual to guide your search as you begin your career; preparing your résumé; the interview.