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Central Pennsylvania Chapter Independence Electrical Contractors
Apprenticeship Program for Electricians

 

Spring 2010 Open Enrollment Dates:
 

March - 1st - 5th

June - 7th - 11th

           
Applications will only be accepted during these dates.
The local IEC Chapter has the above date’s subject to change.

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Call IEC Chapter at 717.697.7553 for details

 

Apprenticeship Program Curriculum:

First Year - Student Lessons

The following items are covered in the First Year IEC Apprenticeship Program.

  • CPR & First Aid

  • Hand Tools

  • Assessment Inventories

  • General Information - Electrical Installations, introduction to electricity, whole numbers, fractions

  • Electrical Symbols + Outlets

  • Circuit Theory

  • Decimal Fractions

  • Lighting + Appliance Circuits

  • Static Electricity

  • Percents, Averages

  • Conductor Sizes + Types, Wiring

  • Basic Circuits

  • Powers + Roots

  • Switch Control, Receptacle Bonding, etc.

  • Magnetism

  • Measures

  • Ground Fault Protection

  • Resistors

  • Ratio + Proportion

  • Lighting Fixtures

  • Ohms Law - Series Circuits

  • Formulas

  • Bedroom Lighting

  • Parallel Circuits

  • Lighting Branch Circuits

  • Using Fractions in Current Dividers

  • Entryway Lighting

  • Trigonometry

  • Kitchen Circuits

  • Living Room/Study Circuits

  • Series/Parallel Circuits

  • Laundry Outlets

  • Proportional Values

  • Garage Circuits

  • Kirchoff’s Laws

  • Workshops

  • Water Pumps + Heaters

  • Current Sources, Superposition

  • Kitchen Outlets

  • Special Purpose Outlets

  • Heating Systems

  • Low Voltage Systems

  • Lamp Identification

  • Low Voltage Lighting

  • Fire Alarm + Security Systems

  • Remote Control Systems

  • Knots and Rigging

  • Pipe Bending

  • Service Entrance

  • Equipment

  • Swimming Pools

 

 

 

Second Year - Student Lessons

The following items are covered in the Second Year IEC Apprenticeship Program.

  • Measuring Instruments

  • DC Generators

  • DC Motors

  • 3 Phase Alternators

  • 3 Phase Motors

  • Single Phase Motors

  • Sizing and Protecting Motors and Motor Circuit Conductors

  • Troubleshooting Motor Windings and Components

  • Control Circuits Conductors, Components and Connection; Compressor Motors

  • General Wiring, Conduit and Box Sizing

  • Outlets, Lighting, Appliances and Heating

  • Services and Feeder Calculations

  • Grounding, Bonding and Over current Protection

  • Hazardous Locations and Motor Circuit Winding

  • Health Care Facilities and Emergency Systems

  • Industrial and Commercial Wiring

  • Special Applications Wiring

Third Year - Student Lessons

The following items are covered in the Third Year IEC Apprenticeship Program.

  • First Aid/CPR Review

  • Motor & 3 Phase System Review

  • Transformer Review

  • Part 1 - Drawings - The Language of the Industry

  • Part 2 - Reading prints for trade information

  • Part 3 - Multi-Family Construction

  • Part 4 - Commercial Construction

  • Introduction to Grounding

  • Grounding Conductors

  • Grounding Equipment

  • Fault Currents

  • Introduction to Motor Controls

  • Introduction to Logic & Line Diagrams

  • Motor Controls Lab Session #1

  • Contractor, Starters & Solenoids

  • AC/DC Contractors & Magnetic Motor Starters

  • Time Delay & Logic

  • Application & Installation of Control Devices

  • Reversing Circuits

  • Power Distribution Systems

  • Hazardous Locations

  • Special Hazardous Locations

  • Signs & Sign Connections

  • Basic Fiber Optics

 

Fourth Year - Student Lessons

The following items are covered in the Fourth Year IEC Apprenticeship Program.

  • Orientation and Safety

  • Community First Aid & Safety

  • Solid State Electronic Control Devices

  • Electromechanical and Solid State Relays

  • Advanced Controls

  • Photoelectric and Proximity Controls

  • Programmable Controllers

  • AC Reduced Voltage Starters

  • Accelerating and Decelerating Methods

  • Preventative Maintenance and Troubleshooting

  • Leadership

  • Introduction to Fire Protection Signaling Systems and Devices

  • Installation, Start-up, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting of Fire Alarm Systems

  • Fire Alarms Lab

  • NEC and Related Standards, Safety Regulations, Power Systems

  • Services, Switchboards, and Panel boards

  • Conductors and Over current Protection Devices

  • Lightning Protection and Grounding

  • Designed and Installing Wiring Systems

  • Branch and Feeder Circuits

  • Receptacle and Lighting and Switching Outlets

  • Motors and Motor Compressors

  • Transformers

  • Hazardous Locations

  • Load Calculations

 

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