Basic Electricity

Course Overview

Basic Electricity is a course designed to provide participants with a beginning conceptual level of knowledge in electricity. The primary topics covered in the course are:

• Language of electricity
• Electrical qualities
• Ohm's Law
• Watt's Law
• Electrical formulas
• Symbol identification
• Components
• Circuit configurations
• AC/DC current
• Measuring circuit values

Objectives

After successfully completing the Basic Electricity course, participants will be able to perform the following course objectives:

• Demonstrate the ability to identify basic electrical symbols
• Perform Ohm's Law calculations
• Wire basic electrical circuit diagrams
• Operate multimeters

Format

Basic Electricity is a 30-hour course, offered two nights a week, for three hours each night. The course content is presented in an interactive, learner-centered style of facilitation. Participants are actively engaged in application exercises throughout the 30 hours. Course skills are reinforced through actual hands-on lab exercises.

Special Features

• Interactive course delivery
• Hands-on, experiential project labs
• Text workbooks for in and out of classroom study
• Use of digital meters

Benefits

• Participants gain skills necessary for improvement of on the job performance.
• Participants are better prepared for the basic technical tests in the telecommunications industry.