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Electrical Technology
Course Description
Electricity, open to all interested students grades 9-12, consists of four main parts: Theory of electricity, residential wiring, commercial wiring, and industrial wiring. Electricity is a competency-based program, taught with the aid of text, VCR tapes, demonstrators, lectures, and equipment. Some areas covered are: fundamental electrical quantities, blue print reading, conduit bending, national electric code, motors, measuring instruments, and much more. Residential wiring begins with splicing wires, wiring circuits, lights and receptacles. Commercial wiring practices are used to wire restaurants, school buildings, public buildings, malls, hospitals, etc. industrial wiring consists of large power supplies, motor controls, transformers, and most of the electrical equipment used in today's industrial plants. Students who complete the program can look forward to a solid background with which to pursue a job in the electrical field.
Program Elements
The units of study for this course are safety, care, and use of hand tools, nature of electricity, ohms law, residential wiring, electrical circuits, motor control wiring, troubleshooting, advanced circuitry, commercial wiring, national electrical code, transformers, blueprint reading, conduit installation, Netowkr Cabling Copper and Fiber, cable skills, as well as, telecommunications, and motors.
Career Path
Some related occupations are residential electricians, mine electricians, industrial electrician, commercial electrician, wiring specialist, cable technicians, telephone technicians, electrical inspector, and railroad signal maintainence.
Industry and Skills Certification
C-Tech Networking, C-Tech Fiber Optics, C-Tech telephone programming and voice messaging systems, National Association of Home Builders Residential Wiring, Nation Association of Home Builders Electrical Principles, Nation Center for Contruction Education and Research.
Units of Study
The units of study for this course are safety, care and use of hand tools, nature of electricity, ohms law, programmable controllers, residential wiring, electrical circuits, motor control wiring, troubleshooting, advanced circuitry, commercial wiring, national electrical code, transformers, blueprint reading, conduit installation, and motors.
Grading Procedures
The grading procedures in this shop are 40% classroom instruction, tests, & quizzes, 40% shop projects and 20% Daily grade.
Student Requirements
Student requirements include: a regular attendance, complete a number of shop projects, pass theory with at least a grade of 70%, and observe all safety regulations.
Some Related Occupations
Some related occupations are residential electricians, Mine Electricians, industrial electrician , commercial electrician, Wire specialist, Telephone Electricians, Motor Repair Technician, Motor-Generating Inspector, Electrical inspector, and Railroad Signal Maintenance.
Some Skills You Will Learn
Some skills you will learn are wire series circuits, wire parallel circuits, wire service entrances, house wiring, electric code requirements, layout power circuits, bend and install conduits, read voltage, ohms, and amps with measuring instrument, wire a DC motor for speed control, wire an AC motor for speed control, repair of small appliances, wire a 440V to 220V transformer, and wiring a 220-440 volt 3ph motor.
For More Information
Contact your home school counselor Contact CWCTC counselor at 925-3532 Attend the CWCTC assemblies Attend the CWCTC tours for interested students Attend CWCTC open house
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