Residential Electrician Curriculum

First Year:

• Orientation, The Independent Way , Hazcom, Safety

• Living Room/Study Circuits, Series/Parallel Circuits

• Hand Tools, Math & Reading Evaluations

• Laundry Outlets, Proportional Values

• General Info: Electrical installations, Intro to Electricity, Whole Numbers, Fractions

• Garage Circuits, Kirchoff's Laws

• Electrical Symbols, Outlets, Circuit Theory, Decimal Fractions

• Rec. Rooms and Workshops, Thevenin's Theorem

• Water Pumps and Heaters, Current Sources, Superposition

• Lighting and Appliance Circuits; Static Electricity, Percents, Averages

• Kitchen Outlets

• Conductor Sizes and Types, Wiring Basic Circuits, Powers and Roots

• Special Purpose Outlets

• Heating Systems Switch Control, Receptacle Bonding, etc., Magnetism, Measures

• Low Voltage Systems

• Ground Fault Protection, Resistors, Ratio & Proportion

• Lamp Identification, Low Voltage Lighting

• Fire Alarm and Security Systems Lighting Fixtures, OHMS Law-Series Circuits, Formulas

• Remote Control Systems, Knots and Rigging

• Bedroom Lighting, Parallel Circuits

• Pipe Bending Lighting Branch Circuits, Using Fractions in Current Dividers

• Service Entrance Equipment

• Entryway Lighting, Trigonometry

• Swimming Pools

• Kitchen Circuits

Second Year

• Orientation Safety and Math Review

• DC Generators

• Trigonometry, Vector Math and Hazcom

• DC Motors

• Introduction to AC Electricity

• 3 Phase Alternators

• Inductance in AC Circuits

• 3 Phase Motors

• Resistive-Inductive Circuits

• Single Phase Motors

• Capacitance

• Series and Parallel Resistive-Capacitive Circuits

• Troubleshooting Motor Winding and Components

• Resistive - Inductive - Capacitive Series & Parallel

• Control Circuits Conductors, Components & Connection

• Three Phase AC

• General Wiring, Conduit and Box Sizing

• Single Phase Transformers

• Outlets, Lighting, Appliances and Heating

• Three Phase Transformers

• Services and Feeder Calculations

• Installing Transformers and Transformer Vaults

• Grounding, Bonding and Overcurrent Protection

• Transformer Sizing and Protection

• Hazardous Locations and Motor Circuit Winding

• Secondary Ties, Transformer Windings

• Health Care Facilities and Emergency Systems

• Measuring Instruments

• Industrial and Commercial Wiring