ELCT 1203 - Electrical Skills I

Description
Electrical Skills I is an introductory course designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the basic principles and practices of electrical work. Students will learn essential skills and knowledge related to electrical tools, materials, safety practices, and fundamental electrical systems.

Pre-Requisite
NONE

4 Credit Hour(s)

Semesters Offered
Fall

Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, the student should be able to:
•Identify the various sectors and trade options in the electrical industry.

•Describe the apprenticeship/training process for electricians.

•Identify the responsibilities of the employee and employer.

•Identify electrical hazards and their effects.

•Use PPE to reduce the risk of injury.

•Identify the standards that relate to electrical safety.

•Recognize the safety requirements for various hazards.
•Describe atomic structure as it relates to electricity.
•Identify electrical units of measurement.
•Read schematic diagrams.
•Calculate values in resistive circuits.
•Apply Kirchhoff’s laws to various types of circuits.
•Explain the purpose and history of the NEC®.
•Navigate the NEC®.
•Size and install outlet boxes.
•Size and install pull and junction boxes.
•Select and use hand bending equipment.
•Cut, ream, and thread conduit.
•Select and install raceway systems.
•Select fasteners and anchors for the installation of raceway systems.
•Select and install wireways and other specialty raceways.
•Select and install cable trays.
•Handle and store raceways.
•Classify conductors by wire size, insulation, and application.
•Install conductors in a conduit system.
•Interpret construction drawings.
•Measure items on scale drawings.
•Apply the information on electrical drawings.
•Integrate specifications with electrical drawings.
•Size the electric service for a dwelling.
•Identify the grounding requirements for a residential electrical system.
•Install service-entrance equipment.
•Identify wiring methods for various types of residences.
•Lay out branch circuits and size outlet boxes.
•Select and install various wiring devices.
•Identify various types of electrical test equipment.
•Identify meter category ratings and safety requirements.

General Education Outcomes Supported
•Students develop higher order thinking skills.

•Students can achieve mathematical literacy.

•Students demonstrate information literacy.

Standard Practices
Topics List:

•Introduction to the Construction Trades including Safety, Basic Tools, etc.
•Occupational Overview: The Electrical Industry
•Safety for Electricians
•Introduction to Electrical Circuits
•Electrical Theory
•Introduction to National Electrical Code
•Device Boxes
•Hand Bending
•Wireways, Raceways, and Fittings

•Conductors and Cables
•Basic Electrical construction Documents
•Residential Wiring
•Electrical Test Equipment

Learning Activities:

•Courses must, at a minimum, cover the core learning outcomes for each topic. Faculty mayadd to these outcomes but may not omit any of them.
•Lab safety and equipment orientation and enforcement of safety protocols is each facultymember’s responsibility.
•Since all general education outcomes are supported by specific course and programoutcomes, all instructors should include learning activities that develop these outcomes in theircourses and identify them in course syllabi. Instructors should describe how these activities willbe evaluated in their course syllabi and/or reflected in their gradebooks.

Assessments:

Exams include closed book tests and online quizzes.

Grading guidelines:
•90% score of all graded assignments = A
•80% - 89% score on all graded assignments = B
•70% - 79% score on all graded assignments = C

•60% - 69% score on all graded assignments = D
•<60% score on all graded assignments = F