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This course covers electricity concepts related to preventing electrical and workplace hazards. Instruction includes safety requirements for campus, classroom, lab, and shop environments including the use of tools/equipment, and safety procedures. Weekly safety meetings include demonstrations of tools, ladders, and other equipment needed in the electrical trade. A first aid and CPR certificate is awarded after completion of the CPR class. 

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

This course applies classroom instruction through drawing schematics and wiring residential switch and receptacles. Instruction includes use of personal protective equipment and tools to install and troubleshoot conductors, switches, receptacles, and fixture wiring. 

Building on their electrical theory, students are taught safety relating to energy and various test equipment. The Electrical Department holds weekly safety meetings that include safety demonstrations showing the 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 and magnetic fields surrounding conductors and coils. Students will move into the generation of alternating current and reactive components such as inductors and capacitors in RLC circuits. From there, students will explore solid state electronics, printed circuit boards, soldering, and troubleshooting electronics.

Students will use electrical components and breadboards to assemble circuits and verify electrical quantities determined in classroom calculations. Students will have the opportunity to apply the use of training equipment including oscilloscopes, signal generators, and DC power supplies used with solid state components to determine how and why they operate. They will also learn to solder and repair circuit boards. 

Students will explore safety in an industrial setting, covering topics such as meter use, personal protective equipment and lock-out, tagout, try-out. Weekly safety meetings are held and include safety demonstrations showing the 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 for control installation. Students are taught the theory and operation of AC and DC 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.

This course covers safety in an industrial setting such as 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 reviews previously covered NEC articles.

This course covers programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Students are taught 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.