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Fast Track to Electrician

Micropathway - Electrical

Pima Community College

BlendedType
Jan 17, 2023Enrollment Deadline
Eligible for 9 College Credits College Credits
15 Continuing Education UnitsEducation Credits
Tucson, United StatesLocation
Jan 23, 2023 - May 5, 2023Course Dates
10 AvailableTotal Seats

Course Details

The Electrical Fast Track consists of four courses. UBCT-107 Basic Safety, Hand & Power Tools, Blueprint Reading and UBCT 105 Professionalism in Service, Construction Math, Basic Rigging are virtual courses, which means you will engage with your instructor during regularly scheduled class time in an online format.  On the start date of your course, login to your MyPima account and click "Access D2L" under QuickLinks.  UBCT 172 Electrical Systems is hybrid.  Students obtain basic knowledge in the online classroom then demonstrate skills each week in a 4 hour lab.

Course Fees are inclusive of text, laboratory materials and certification tests (NCCER Core Certification and Electrical I).

Concepts and procedures for building and construction electrical training. Includes safety, conduit bending, electrical theory, test equipment, National Electric Code, aceways, boxes, and fittings, print reading, and wiring applications.

After This Course, You Will Be Able To

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Describe electrical safety procedures on the job site.
  2. Perform conduit bending requirements.
  3. Demonstrate the use of anchors and supports.
  4. Describe the use of electrical theory, including Ohm's law series and parallel circuits for direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC).
  5. Demonstrate the use of electrical test equipment.
  6. Discuss the layout and types of information found in the National Electric Code (NEC).
  7. Explain raceways, boxes, and fittings.
  8. Describe the types and applications of conductors.
  9. Read electrical prints.
  10. Perform commercial and industrial wiring.
  11. Perform residential wiring.

Skills you will learn

TroubleshootingRepairingActive ListeningCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision Making
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Knowledge Outcomes and Experience

Jobs & Careers
Electricians
Helpers--Electricians

Additional Attendance Information

Student complete online content learning, then 4 hours in the lab each week to demonstrate learning.  Basic Safety, Hand & Power Tools, Blueprint Reading is the first course offered online. Professionalism in Service, Construction Math is the second course online.  Critical Thinking is usually taken at the same time as Safety, this is also an online course. The core course, Electrical Systems is attended in the lab as an experiential course.

Schedule

Tuesday 12:00 AM - 03:00 AM
Saturday 12:00 AM - 03:00 AM
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