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This course will provide a basic understanding of electricity and how to prevent common electrical/workplace hazards. Students will be introduced to safety requirements for campus, classroom, lab, and shop environments including the proper use of tools/equipment, and safety procedures. Weekly safety meetings are held and include safety demonstrations showing the correct way to use tools, ladders, and other equipment needed in the electrical trade. A first aid and CPR certificate is awarded after successful completion of the CPR class.

While learning to navigate the National Electrical Code (NEC), students will be introduced to minimum standards for safe installation, maintenance and repair of electrical systems. This course will also cover the Washington Administrative Codes (WAC) that supersede the NEC and Revised Code of Washington (RCW) pertaining to electricians.

Beginning with atomic structures, this course will introduce the basic theory of electricity along with solving for voltage, current, resistance and wattage in different circuit configurations using Ohm’s and Watt’s laws. Students will also identify and draw single-phase and three-phase systems used in industry.

Starting with proper drawing of schematics, students will practice safe and practical application of classroom instruction through wiring residential switch and receptacle labs. Students will also demonstrate proper use of personal protective equipment and tools to install and troubleshoot conductors, switches, receptacles, and fixture wiring.

Building on their electrical theory, students will learn safety relating to energy and various test equipment. The Electrical Department holds weekly safety meetings that include safety demonstrations showing the correct way to use tools, ladders, and other equipment needed in the electrical trade.

This course will review and build upon the code previously covered in the program with the addition of articles relating to reactors such as capacitors and inductors.

This course will examine direct current motors and generators beginning with magnetic fields surrounding conductors and coils. From there, students will move into the generation of alternating current and reactive components such as inductors and capacitors in RLC circuits. Students will learn the theory of transformers, conversions of power, and various semiconductor components.

Students will use electrical components and breadboard to assemble circuits and verify electrical quantities determined in classroom calculations.

Students will explore safety in an industrial setting, covering topics such as proper meter use, personal protective equipment and lock-out, tag-out, try-out. Weekly safety meetings are held and include safety demonstrations showing the correct way to use tools, ladders, and other equipment needed in the electrical trade.

This course will cover NEC requirements for motor circuits. Students will determine sizes of conductors, overloads, overcurrent protection and disconnecting means for motor circuits. Previously covered NEC will be added to these calculations such as proper grounding and bonding.

Industrial I introduces the principles of two- and three-wire control for motor control circuits. The course will identify various control components such as relays, mag-starters, timers and sensors, along with the symbols and ladder diagrams needed to make a successful control installation. Students will learn the theory and operation of AC motors along with proper wiring connections for different voltages and troubleshooting of motors and motor control circuits.

Using ladder diagrams designed in class, students install the wiring to motor control lab stations for various applications and processes. After completion of the lab, the instructor will bug the station and students will apply troubleshooting skills learned in the classroom to locate and repair the malfunctioning process.

Students will explore safety in an industrial setting such as proper meter use, personal protective equipment and lock-out, tag-out, try-out. Weekly safety meetings are held and include safety demonstrations showing the correct way to use tools, ladders, and other equipment needed in the electrical trade.

This course will examine and review previously covered NEC articles.

This course will build upon the material introduced in Industrial I with the introduction of programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Students will learn the parts of a PLC and how to set up communication with the computer along with constructing programs in the PLC software. Students will also examine several digital numbering systems and conversions along with troubleshooting.

Students will develop, use, and create programs. Students will also use logical diagrams to control the desired process by analyzing inputs and updating outputs by monitoring devices and troubleshooting the written program.